Two area health systems cut jobs

Temple University Health System announced the elimination of 11 positions at Fox Chase Cancer Center and 14 at Jeanes Hospital.

Officials said efforts were underway to find new jobs in the system for the affected employees, who came from management and nonmanagement ranks but were not involved in patient care. Fox Chase and Jeanes have a combined 3,500 employees.

Those cutbacks, part of the integration of Fox Chase and Jeanes, followed a larger layoff last week at Einstein Health. Einstein, which employs 8,500 and has acute care hospitals in Philadelphia and Montgomery County, had 90 layoffs last week across the system, a spokesman confirmed.

Einstein also said it is trying to find new jobs for the workers. Einstein said the layoffs of clinical and nonclinical workers were in response to "the unprecedented pace of change in the health care industry" and will position Einstein for "sustained financial stability and future growth."