MedCity News June 9, 2024
What if working with independent contractor physicians is the key to unlocking a more stable sustainable healthcare workforce?
These days, one topic echoes louder than most around healthcare water coolers: the urgent need for innovative solutions to tackle clinician shortages, ease the burden of burnout, and improve patient access to care. It’s a conversation that reverberates across boardrooms and break rooms alike, yet one idea frequently remains surrounded in misconception: the stereotypes of the temporary doctor.
Picture this: independent contractor physicians (often referred to as locum tenens) akin to “smokejumpers” of the healthcare realm, leaping into action to help put out the flames of workforce shortages. But here’s the twist — despite their potential to be the much-needed...
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