AGMC cuts four veeps

AKRON GENERAL Medical Center has slashed its top executive staff with the dismissal of four vice-presidents,  with more staff cuts to come in February, I have learned from two sources familiar with the high-level shakeup.  "The vice presidents are out the door," one source told me. The move was said to have been prompted by a study of the huge hospital's administrative structure by a New England consulting firm specializing in "turnaround"  remedies for ailing companies.  The AGMC  indicated it was preparing a significant change in direction as early as last summer, when it reportedly offered to sell the hospital to Cleveland Clinic, a bid rejected by the clinic.