The Detroit Medical Center says it will cut its work force by 1 percent in an effort to improve efficiency. The for profit health system did not give a number for layoffs. DMC employs 13 thousand people. DMC CEO, Conrad Mallet says the staffing reductions were not the result of the systems performance–but instead the change he says will allow the system to operate more efficiently. DMC said it eliminated some open positions and realigned job functions to reduce the need for more layoffs.
