Locum tenens are being increasingly used in hospitals, ambulatory care centers, urgent care clinics, primary care clinics, and long-term acute care centers, and the trend shows no signs of reversing.

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 ...

Traditionally, locum tenens have been used as a way for hospitals to replace a physician that is out of the office temporarily. But that is not the only way to use locum tenens. The model can be used ...

Twenty years ago, locum tenens physicians were a relative anomaly at hospitals and medical groups. Today, 77% of facilities are using locum tenens physicians to maintain services while they seek ...

Imagine a dream job where you could work when you want, where you want, how you want, ignore local politics, enjoy generous compensation, and bask in appreciation from patients, peers, and even ...

In a reflection of changing practice patterns, an increasing number of hospitals, medical groups, and other healthcare organizations are hiring locum tenens physicians to fill gaps in care, according ...

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, ...

Hospitalized patients fare just as well when they're treated by temporary locum tenens doctors as the permanent physicians they replace, according to a new study. Researchers found no difference in 30 ...

ATLANTA, GA--(Marketwired - Feb 23, 2017) - Responding to market demands for greater efficiencies in locum tenens (temporary physician) staffing, TempMD today launched their online platform that ...

Locumpedia named Alain Raymond, PA-C, a cardiothoracic surgical physician assistant with Aya Locums and a U.S. Navy veteran, as a “2025 Locum Tenens Providers of the Year.” This award celebrates the ...