Healthcare organizations are using locum tenens physicians when they need to maintain services/revenue while permanent candidates are sought, according to a recent National Association of Community ...

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients, according to new research published by the Journal of the ...

Temporary employment while searching for a full-time job or between full-time jobs (17%); Temporary employment between residency/fellowship and a full-time job (13%); Ability to control my own ...

Working arrangements for locum doctors pose significant patient safety challenges for the NHS in England, although there are opportunities to be grasped too, finds qualitative research involving a ...

Gives doctors instant access to medical locum jobs searches while on the move JCJ Locums, a market leading medical recruitment agency and part of HCL plc, has launched a free iPhone application (app) ...

UNDERSTAFFED A&E departments spent more than £83m on locum doctors last year, marking a 60 per cent rise over the last three years. The figures, obtained by the Labour Party under the Freedom of ...

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.

Several firms specialize in placing locum tenens doctors in assignments outside the United States. For example, Global Medical Staffing, a locum firm based in Salt Lake City, has placed American ...

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients. There is little hard evidence to support the widely held ...