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 ...

A new JAMA Network report on quality of care found no significant difference in 30-day mortality rates when patients are treated by locum tenens physicians compared to non-locum tenens physicians. In ...

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 ...

A big increase in the percentage of healthcare facilities seeking locum tenens physicians reflects both the physician shortage in the United States and the growing turnover among employed doctors, ...

About 52,000 physicians worked as locum tenens in 2019, representing about 6% of all practicing physicians. About 85% of hospitals, medical groups, and other provider venues used locum tenens doctors ...

With a shortage of physicians across the country, many organizations are turning to experienced locum tenens providers — physicians and advanced practitioners — to staff telehealth roles in ...

The use of temporary physicians, known as "locum tenens," to fill staffing shortages continues to be widespread, according to a new survey from national physician staffing firm Staff Care, a company ...

In 2012, 74 percent of healthcare facilities, such as hospitals, medical groups, community health centers and government health facilities, used some type of locum tenens coverage, according to the ...