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According to the Healthcare Association of New York State, which alone represents 249 medical centers, dozens of its facilities are laying off employees. The organization blamed the layoff of over 6000 workers on Medicaid and Medicare cuts.
The Nassau-Suffolk Hospital Council (NSHC) and the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association also point their fingers at increasing pension costs for public hospitals. Nassau University Medical Center (NUMC) has recently laid off 175 employees, while the Westchester Medical Center has threatened laying off 650 without union concessions. The New York City Health and Hospitals Corp., the nation's largest healthcare group, has sacked 2500.
Meanwhile, the nonprofit North Shore-LIJ system of 13 hospitals is reported to be financially on guard, as is Catholic Health Services of Long Island. They are hoping to cut costs without laying off workers.
However, not all is doom and gloom. NUMC has experienced some good news: it was given top honors out of 20 contenders for patient safety by the NSHC at the end of last month. One of its recognized successes was an initiative advanced to decrease the rate of central line catheter infections. Between May and October of 2010, the hospital recorded an astonishing zero bloodstream infections in the medical and surgical ICUs, as well as in its critical care unit.
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