Here are seven hospitals and health systems that announced or conducted layoffs in January, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., will lay off about 3% of its workforce and require unpaid, one-week furloughs for nonunion employees in 2026, citing inflation, reimbursement shortfalls and other financial challenges.
2. Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health shared plans to eliminate 31 positions, effective March 31, tied to the end of government funding for North Carolina’s Healthy Opportunities Pilots program…