article thumbnail

How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

Data from the AMA shows that between 2002 and 2017, there’s been a 28% decrease in graduates from rural medical schools, and only 4%–5% of new medical students are from rural communities. While permanent staff certainly have benefits, most healthcare facilities in the U.S. Why leverage a locum tenens medical staffing network?

article thumbnail

Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones

GeriPal

Barbara: I think I got the PDI award in 2002 and I was teaching at that time adjunct at the school of social work where I had attended. The post Social Workers as Leaders on Palliative Care Teams: A Podcast with Barbara Jones appeared first on A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast for Every Healthcare Professional.

IT 102
article thumbnail

Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston

GeriPal

Now there’s evidence for some more specialized hormonal conditions. So the first diabetes prevention program was published in 2002. Go on, Anna. What are some of the others? Anna 12:17 Yeah, actually, I was seeing a study for PCOS. So diabetes prevention programs have been going on for over 20 years.

IT 118