The Queen's Health Systems plans to lay off about 100 employees as the organization looks to improve efficiency across its six hospitals and more than 70 other care sites.
The Honolulu-based system said less than 1% of its estimated 9,500 employees would be impacted. Affected staff members would have the opportunity to apply for other positions within the organization.
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"In response to the evolving needs of the communities we serve, the technological advances that have changed healthcare delivery, and the challenges affecting healthcare sustainability across the country, we have taken a careful look at our operations, aimed at finding ways to enhance our effectiveness and efficiency," President and CEO Jason Change said Monday. "While the resulting changes will ultimately make us stronger in the long term, one consequence is the need to change or eliminate positions."
Queen's Health declined to comment on what types of positions would be affected, when the layoffs will go into effect, or if any additional cuts are a possibility.
In October, the health system acquired Kahi Mohala, a behavioral health hospital in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, from Sacramento, California-based Sutter Health. Queen's Health hired many of Kahi Mohala's employees to operate child and adolescent services at the facility and encouraged all other staff to apply for roles across Queen's Health as part of the purchase agreement, according to a news release.
Queen's Health did not immediately respond to a request for comment if the transaction had any impact on the system's recent layoffs.
