I receive a significant amount of email in response to my blog posts about locum tenens work. Curious colleagues (from surgeons to internists and emergency medicine physicians) ask for insider in...
https://getbetterhealth.com/words-wisdom-doctors-interested-trying-locum-tenens-work/
This blog post first appeared at: Curious Dr. George Rehabilitation medicine is one of the best-kept secrets in healthcare. Although the specialty is as old as America’s Civil War, few peop...
*This post was initially published on the Barton Blog. I have been working locum tenens assignments for over five years, and I’m enjoying it even more now than I did in the beginning. This is...
https://getbetterhealth.com/living-la-vida-locum-10-tips-for-being-a-terrific-traveling-physician/
Most of my patients think about pain medicines in terms of the symptoms they treat. “This is my headache medicine, and this is my arthritis medicine,” they often say. Healthcare providers are...
https://getbetterhealth.com/pain-management-and-why-its-so-personal/
I learned a valuable lesson recently about how difficult it can be to make the correct diagnosis when you see a patient for a very short period of time. In the acute rehab setting I admit patient...
https://getbetterhealth.com/when-in-doubt-ask-a-family-member/
Medication non-adherence is a hot button topic in healthcare. Physicians lament patient "non-compliance" with their medical advice, and policy wonks tell us that more than half of patients do not...
https://getbetterhealth.com/the-costs-and-maybe-cost-savings-of-medication-non-adherence/
This post originally appeared on The Barton Blog. It’s both expensive and time-consuming to obtain temporary coverage for a hospital or medical practice. Locum tenens clients have every righ...
https://getbetterhealth.com/tips-for-hospitals-hiring-locum-tenens-physicians/
I met my newly admitted patient in the quiet of his private room. He was frail, elderly, and coughing up gobs of green phlegm. His nasal cannula had stepped its way across his cheek during his pa...
Like most physicians, I feel extremely rushed during the course of my work day. And every day I am tempted to cut corners to get my documentation done. The "if you didn't document it, it didn't h...
https://getbetterhealth.com/why-physicians-must-not-skimp-on-the-physical-exam/
As a traveling physician, I'm often asked if I have a favorite place to work. Since I have licenses in 14 states, I have an usual vantage point from which to compare hospitals. I know that people...