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How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

Recent data shows that about half of physicians (45.2%) reported symptoms of burnout in 2023 —and according to a 2023 study published in the “Journal of the American Medical Association,” one-third of surveyed doctors considered leaving medicine behind. Why leverage a locum tenens medical staffing network?

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Trauma-Informed Care: A Podcast with Mariah Robertson, Kate Duchowny, and Ashwin Kotwal

GeriPal

Sometimes you feel a special, like a kindred connection to a patient that may make you treat them differently also. But I think, gosh, we enter spaces in geriatrics and palliative care that most medical people, medical providers do not. So I think it’s super important to be keenly aware of what feeling both.

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Sexual Function in Serious Illness: Areej El-Jawahri, Sharon Bober, and Don Dizon

GeriPal

On today’s podcast Areej El-Jawahri, oncologist specializing in blood cancers at MGH, says that sexual health is one of the top if not the top issue among cancer survivors. Alex 00:06 We are delighted to welcome back Areej El-Jawahri, who’s an oncologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who specializes in blood cancers.

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