The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare providers. As a result, many physicians and advanced practitioners are now on a quest for greater flexibility, work-life balance and meaning ...

Demand for locum tenens clinicians, which has grown steadily in the last twenty years, got a big boost during the pandemic.

If a doctor goes on maternity leave, takes a leave of absence, or just schedules a long vacation, you’re losing revenue—unless you have someone to fill in. Locum tenens physicians have become the ...

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, ...

About 52,000 physicians worked as locum tenens in 2019, representing about 6% of all practicing physicians. About 85% of hospitals, medical groups, and other provider venues used locum tenens doctors ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Locumpedia named Emma Moore, Family Nurse Practitioner (NP) with Aya Locums, as a “2024 Locum Tenens Provider of the Year.” Now in its third year, this award celebrates the ...

Medical centers around the country use temporary clinical workers when there are staff shortages or to fill in for staff professionals on vacations and leaves of absence. Centers usually turn to ...

The use of temporary physicians, known as "locum tenens," to fill staffing shortages continues to be widespread, according to a new survey from national physician staffing firm Staff Care, a company ...

A big increase in the percentage of healthcare facilities seeking locum tenens physicians reflects both the physician shortage in the United States and the growing turnover among employed doctors, ...

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 ...

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients. There is little hard evidence to support the widely held ...