Healthcare may be a fast-growing industry, but a potential physician shortage looms. Medical professionals today may feel the staffing shortage has already arrived, and retiring physicians will only add to the strain. As physicians reach retirement age and others choose to retire early, your healthcare organization must prepare to mitigate the effects felt by patients and your facility. To achieve stable medical staffing going forward, the healthcare industry must adjust to account for changes accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes increased patient demand, reliance on telehealth ..read more

As a physician, you put your time in during medical school and residency. Now, you work long hours doing demanding work. Fortunately, you are compensated well for it. Nonetheless, most doctors encounter unique financial challenges when it comes to increasing physician wealth. With high student loan debt and potential credit card debt from medical school, many doctors enter their wage-earning years with substantial loans and bills. Paying off these debts can result in a late start in building physician wealth. Inviting investment opportunities, lavish lifestyle inflation, fearsome financial ris ..read more

Happier doctors are healthier, live longer and are more productive than providers with neutral or negative mindsets. Since work is a large part of most physicians’ lives, finding happiness in your work matters. The COVID-19 pandemic brought unique challenges to physicians and medical professionals worldwide. Before the pandemic, 84 percent of doctors said they were happy or somewhat happy. Three years later, only 58 percent reported the same. Rediscovering happiness in your work as a doctor is important to your overall well-being and the quality of care you provide. The following advice on how ..read more

A thriving healthcare workplace is vital to recruiting and retaining quality nurses and physicians, providing excellent patient care and meeting operational goals. Creating a strong and healthy workplace begins with an honest evaluation of your organization. First, consider your facility’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Following this evaluation, utilize research-based strategies, like those outlined below, for an improved work environment. These five strategies offer ways to improve the healthcare work environment through organizational culture, staffing, technology, employ ..read more

The demand for healthcare staffing remains high in 2024. An aging population with multiple chronic conditions, the medical workforce shortage and growing telehealth utilization require more providers. The growth of travel nursing trends over the past three years has helped, and in 2024, interest in locum tenens staffing is taking off. The future looks good for locum tenens doctors and travel nurses to enhance patient care. Learn about the factors driving these healthcare positions and how these providers benefit the healthcare industry. Locum tenens outlook Locum tenens clinicians serve a crit ..read more

Since its inception just over 50 years ago, emergency medicine has continued to grow and change. The state of emergency care today presents varied challenges and opportunities for emergency care physicians, physician assistants and nurses. This overview highlights some of the obstacles in emergency medical care. It also shares new ideas and opportunities for medical professionals to learn, grow and advance. Obstacles in emergency medicine Emergency professionals face challenges every day. Over the past few years though, changing patient volumes, patient populations and length of stay have shif ..read more

Every day healthcare professionals witness suffering and respond by treating people, providing comfort and working to improve lives. Caring for the needs of people in pain and distress is valuable work, but it can be draining and cause compassion fatigue. Doctors and nurses must understand and respond to patients’ suffering to help relieve their pain and distress. This frequent and prolonged exposure to other people’s pain, trauma and grief can exhaust and overwhelm care providers. Compassion is a valuable gift to patients and families receiving treatment and can be deeply rewarding. Treating ..read more

AI in healthcare involves the use of machines to analyze and act on medical data. For healthcare providers, new developments and applications of artificial intelligence (AI) enable better diagnoses, predictions and evidence-based recommendations, among other benefits. However, when considering using AI in medicine, providers must also weigh ethical, safety, equity, privacy and liability considerations. They must also consider the limitations of AI tools. Evolution of artificial intelligence The growth, application and usage of artificial intelligence has surged in recent years. The concep ..read more

Give your medical providers something to celebrate this holiday season. Book locum tenens physicians and travel nurses to cover shifts for the holidays. The holiday season will be here before you know it, so you need to start preparing. What’s your plan for holiday medical staffing? If your practice is like most, your providers want (and need!) time off during the holiday season. With many major holidays from November through January, conflicts and competition for time off can make scheduling a nightmare for managers. Our locum tenens doctors and travel nurses can help by working holiday shift ..read more

Staff shortages in healthcare were prevalent before COVID and are still a concern post-pandemic. Medical facilities still need to employ temporary staff, like travel nurses, to fill in the gaps in their workforces. Consider these six trends in the state of travel nursing today: 1. High demand persists The demand for travel nurses remains stable because of staff turnover. A recent survey reveals that three out of 10 registered nurses plan to quit because of the effects of the pandemic. Nurse satisfaction has consistently ranked high in comparison to other professions. However, in 2023, the ..read more