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 ...

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 ...

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

More NPs and PAs are choosing to work on as locum tenens, new survey says. Most locum tenens physicians and other advanced practice providers working as temporary hires were not deterred by the threat ...

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 ...

I’ve worked locum tenens off and on since 1982. Flexible schedules allowed me to write several books, pursue a parallel career as a medical journalist, lead medical missions in the Philippines, and ...

Eighty-five percent of healthcare facilities have used locum tenens in the past year to fill gaps caused by a shortage of physicians, according to a new survey. Hospitals, medical groups, and other ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...