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17 CFO / FINANCE That's what we call Learn more at www.molnlycke.us/totalvalue At Mölnlycke, we strive to Deliver Möre to healthcare organizations and aim to boost profitability by improving every part of the care cycle. Enhancing patient experiences Protecting clinician safety Improving outcomes Generating higher efficiencies Supporting you with a reliable, robust supply chain See how Mölnlycke delivers möre to your bottom line. The Mölnlycke trademarks, names and logo types are registered globally to one or more of the Mölnlycke Health Care Group of Companies. Distributed by Mölnlycke Health Care US, LLC, Norcross, Georgia 30092. © 2020 Mölnlycke Health Care AB. All rights reserved. 1-800-843-8497. MHC-2020-78805 16. Mercy Medical Center (Canton, Ohio.). Mercy Medical Center began implementing furloughs in March. e system placed 349 em- ployees on full furlough and 376 employees on partial furlough. As of Sept. 3, 15 employees remain on full furlough, two remain on partial furlough, and 19 employee positions were eliminated, according to a hospital spokesperson. 17. North Bend Medical Center (Coos Bay, Ore.). North Bend Med- ical Center this spring furloughed 130 employees. According to John Burles, North Bend Medical Center CEO, most of the furloughed workers have been called back to work, but about 30 did not return. 18. St. Lawrence Health System (Potsdam, N.Y). e three-hospital system temporarily furloughed 427 workers in April. By the end of June, 25 of those positions were permanently eliminated, all of which were full-time and primarily at the management level. 19. omas Health (South Charleston, W.Va.). omas Health, which had 1,663 employees at the start of the pandemic, furloughed 584 of those staff members. Due to attrition and reorganization, the health system brought back all but 80 employees, a omas Health spokesperson told Becker's Sept. 2. "Since then, we have already hired 50 full-time employees," the spokesperson added. 20. Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.), which includes Trinity Health of New England (Hartford, Conn.). Trinity Health, a 92-hospital sys- tem, implemented furloughs across its network. At its Michigan hos- pitals, 2,500 employees were furloughed this spring, while an undis- closed number of employees were furloughed at Trinity Health of New England. In July, the health system said it would lay off and reduce work schedules of 1,000 employees. A Trinity Health spokesperson told Becker's Sept. 3: "Our staffing reductions were less than 3 percent of our workforce nationally, which is much lower than we originally anticipated would be required due to stronger-than-expected resur- gence of patient volume." 21. University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus (Tope- ka). e University of Kansas Health System in April laid off 29 em- ployees and furloughed 235. In mid-June, the health system restruc- tured and consolidated some services and laid off 33 employees to manage the effects of COVID-19. e 33 affected employees represent about 2.3 percent of the hospital's workforce, and most had already been put on furlough. 22. UW Medicine (Seattle). UW Medicine announced furloughs of approximately 1,500 professional and non-union staff members and 4,000 union employees in May. It also announced layoffs of 100 staff members in July due to financial challenges from the pandemic. n