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How to Employ Locum Tenens Clinicians to Fill Workforce Gaps

Locum tenens clinicians can be a short-term solution for doctor shortages, but CMOs must plan carefully how to use them. Locum tenens physicians can plug short-term gaps in the physician workforce, ...
Medscape

Pandemic Drove Greater Reliance on Locum Tenens Physicians: Survey

Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations now employ locum tenens physicians and/or advanced practice professionals, according to a new study from staffing firm AMN Healthcare. This overwhelming reliance ...
Business Wire

Report: More Physicians Are Taking Short-Term Locum Tenens Assignments

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CHG Healthcare, the nation’s largest provider of locum tenens services, today released its 2023 State of Locum Tenens Report, an overview of trends in today’s ...
Business Wire

Report: Locum Tenens Usage Jumps 25% as Health Systems Combat Physician Shortages and $2.6M Revenue Gaps

MIDVALE, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As physician shortages deepen across the U.S., health systems are increasingly turning to locum tenens providers to maintain patient access and revenue. CHG ...
Medscape

'My Hours and Exhaustion Were Too High': What's Driving the Popularity of Temp Assignments for Doctors?

Insane hours and work-driven burnout are increasingly pernicious forces in medical workplaces. They apparently also are helping steer more physicians toward locum tenens, or temporary, assignments. In ...