Cincinnati-based UC Health has laid off about 50 employees — less than 1% of its workforce — as it reevaluates services and redirects resources to high-demand areas with a focus on long-term sustainability. Affected employees have been offered severance and are eligible to apply for other positions within the system, UC Health said in a Sept. 4 statement shared with Becker’s.

The workforce cuts come amid a series of strategic shifts at the academic health system, including plans to close the Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care by Sept. 30 and sell its adjacent assisted living facility, Bridgeway Pointe. About 474 employees are anticipated to be laid off with the move, according to a WARN notice filed May 29.  “This decision, while difficult, is a strategic step forward ensuring we can

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