by admin | Aug 11, 2022 | Around MDSP
Specialty: Internal Medicine/Hospitalist
Home State: North Carolina
Practicing Locum Tenens Since 2006
Getting to Know Dr. A:
Why did you first pursue locum tenens work?
Flexibility. Choosing my own work schedule allows me to set aside dates I prefer to be off work.
Describe the most unique assignment you’ve worked.
This was one of the toughest assignments. It was in 2013 and located in North Carolina. The incoming hospitalist group’s contract has not been solidified yet so there was a shortage of Hospitalists to cover the service. With less than 10 Hospitalists each physician had to round 30 patients + admissions. The shifts were long, sometimes 15+ hours. It was short term but very unique nonetheless.
What medical advancements would you like to see in the next 5 years?
Hospitalist At-Home Program (HAH), so the Physician can visit patients at their home 3-5 days post discharge.
Client feedback: Dr. A has been doing great within the Hospitalist Department.
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by admin | Aug 8, 2022 | Around MDSP
August 8, 2022
IRVING, TEXAS: MD Staff Pointe is honoring locum tenens providers and joining healthcare staffing agencies from across the industry in recognition of National Locum Tenens Week, August 8-12.
MD Staff Pointe: Here for the expected, unexpected, and everything in between. Providing temporary coverage for hospital based specialties, consultants and surgery.
Working with MD Staff Pointe, each of our candidate works with a dedicated single point of contact throughout the search process. We strive for superior service during the search, placement, credentialing and logistics phases. Our mission, is to provide an experience to every client and candidature worth repeating and our values include: up-to-date communication, mutual respect and representative transparency.
National Locum Tenens Week occurs annually the second week in August. Led by the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations® (NALTO®), the program’s annual platform provides a forum to collectively recognize locum tenens doctors and the contributions made by staffing agencies to the U.S. healthcare industry.
About NALTO® (https://www.nalto.org/):The National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations® (NALTO®) is the only professional association of temporary physician staffing firms committed to a code of ethics and to maintaining the highest industry standards.
About MD Staff Pointe (https://www.mdstaffpointe.com/about-mdsp-2/):MD Staff Pointe began placing physicians permanently in 2007. With demand for temporary coverage in 2013, MD Staff Pointe launched their locum tenens division with just ICU coverage. MD Staff Pointe services now include locum tenens and permanent placement for all hospital-based specialties, consultants and surgeons.
Contact:
Mike Zagami, Vice President
MD Staff Pointe
(214) 247-6695
mzagami@mdstaffpointe.com
Proud Members of AAPPR, NAPR and NALTO
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by admin | Jul 6, 2022 | Around MDSP
“Projections from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) anticipate a massive shortage of physicians in the U.S. within 12 years. At the same time, however, the most recent data from the AAMC shows that the physician workforce does not look like the nation’s increasingly diverse patient population:
- Hispanic people make up 18.5% of the U.S. population, but only 5.8% of the physician workforce.
- Black people are 13.4% of the population, but 5% of the physician workforce.
- Native Americans or Alaska Natives make up 1.3% of the U.S. population, but 0.3% of physicians.
With these figures in mind, can building a more diverse physician workforce help address the projected shortage?”
To read the full article written by Andis Robeznieks, click the link below:
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/how-diversity-s-power-can-help-overcome-physician-shortage
by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Around MDSP
Percentage of women in 29 specialties
“Pediatrics has the highest percentage of female physicians compared to other specialties, according to Medscape‘s “Physician Compensation Report 2022.”
For the report, Medscape collected responses from more than 13,000 physicians across 29 specialties. Data was collected between Oct. 5, 2021, and Jan. 19, 2022. Among specialties, family medicine, internal medicine, oncology and critical care have experienced a notable increase in the percentage of female physicians since Medscape‘s 2016 report, the organization said. The report that year showed 36 percent of family physicians, 31 percent of internists, 26 percent of oncologists and 25 percent of critical care physicians were women. The percentage of female physicians in general surgery has stayed about the same, Medscape said.”
Click the link below to see specialties ranked by percentage of women, according to the 2022 report. Note: The list includes ties.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/percentage-of-women-in-29-specialties.html
By: Kelly Gooch
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Around MDSP
“When a colleague of mine wanted to discuss a new and somewhat out-of-left-field research project that centered around the use of emojis in digital health care communication, I blanched. To the best of my recollection, I blurted, “Emojis have no place in medicine.” Early in residency, I was taught to never put anything extraneous in writing. Clinicians are supposed to provide facts, not give opinions or get poetic, and should always consider that anything they write may one day require an explanation in front of a jury. Maybe my colleague — who, to be fair, is not a clinician — didn’t know it, but that was why my reaction to his offer was less than enthusiastic.
A report several of my colleagues at PerfectServe published in February on the use of emojis in clinician-to-clinician communication nudged me to keep thinking about this topic. I was a bit surprised to learn that among the providers using emojis in medical settings, the exchanges were overwhelmingly polite and positive. This got the gears turning in my head, and my perspective started to shift a bit. I haven’t yet formed a strong opinion on whether emojis in communication among a care team are good or bad. Instead, I came up with some questions. Clinicians once had to respond to how privacy standards in health care affected texting, so why aren’t more health care providers and organizations having a conversation about emojis? And my favorite question: Health care providers understand what it means to have a good bedside manner. But as interactions become increasingly virtual and facilitated by technology, have we thought enough about digital bedside manner? The answer to that one is “no,” and I hope we can start rectifying that problem. As it turns out, emojis can help.”
Check out the full article regarding emojis, the risks and maintaining humanity in a digital world.
By Rodrigo Martínez
https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/04/should-clinicians-use-emojis-when-communicating-wih-each-other/
by admin | May 24, 2022 | Around MDSP
“Drones dropping defibrillators from the sky, wearable watches that improve CPR, and telehealth services bringing medical expertise to any location in the world are just a few innovations seeking to improve medical outcomes in hard-to-reach areas.
The COVID-19 pandemic had many negatives that irrevocably changed society; however, the crisis highlighted gaps in the healthcare industry now being addressed. One of these notable gaps was the lack of accessibility to healthcare services in rural areas. Lack of transportation combined with long proximity away from medical centers are some of the major hurdles residents in small towns must overcome to receive medical treatment.
Technologies such as telehealth quickly adopted in the crisis situation of lockdowns have become healthcare models that are here to stay.
Another development is the ability for rural community hospitals to partner with larger hospitals for services such as e-ICU. For example, the smaller hospital could pay a larger hospital to help cover their ICU night shift and when a patient arrives the local nurses administer tests and aid while a doctor at a larger hospital provides expertise and diagnosis virtually through a screen. The e-ICU allows patients’ records and tests to be stored and then accessed remotely by doctors in other areas.”
To read the full article regarding more technological improvements, click the link below:
https://www.wbjournal.com/article/new-technologies-are-aiming-to-address-problems-in-providing-rural-health-care
By Sloane M. Perron
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