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Locum Tenens Provider Spotlight – Dr. L
Specialty: Internal Medicine/Hospitalist Home State: Maine Practicing Locum Tenens Since: 2022 Getting to Know Dr. L: Why did you first pursue locum tenens work? During the early part of the pandemic, I had a lot of time to re-evaluate my life goals. I noticed that I...
My Hopes for 2022
L. Allen Dobson Jr., MD, FAAFP, is a family physician and Editor-in-Chief of Medical Economics® who wrote the article below titled, "My Hopes for 2022". "I am hopeful that all our trusted physicians and other health care clinicians will rediscover their voice and...
Locum Tenens Provider Spotlight – Dianna, NP
Specialty: Surgery, Hospitalist Home State: Michigan Practicing Locum Tenens Since 2020 Getting to Know Dianna: Why did you first pursue locum tenens work? Locum Tenens allows for an amenable work-life balance. Working seven on/ seven off mitigates burnout and allows...
Practice happier: Locum tenens as a remedy to burnout
"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on physicians’ overall happiness. Medscape’s 2021 Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report found that before the pandemic 82% of doctors reported being somewhat happy or happy, but in 2020 that number dropped to only...
House Passes Clinician Mental Health Bill
"Legislation to address the nation's physician burnout crisis is one step closer to becoming law after passing in the House of Representatives Dec. 8. The House voted 392-36 to pass the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act. The bill is named after Lorna...
U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 800,000
"On Monday, Dec. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The COVID-19 death toll in the United States reached 800,000 on Monday, and one expert believes it will likely hit 1 million at some point in 2022. The 800,156 confirmed deaths in the nearly two years since the first known...
Why You Should Accept Locum Tenens Jobs
"You already have a lot on your plate when you work as a physician. However, you also don’t cease to be a doctor even when you clock out. If your care is necessary, you have no choice but to show up. So, if you have some time off for yourself, you will make the most...