M.E.N.T.O.R.S. http://www.mentorsny.org Middle East Natives Testing, Orientation & Referral Services Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:53:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Locum Tenens Physician Staffing http://www.mentorsny.org/medical/locum-tenens-physician-staffing/ http://www.mentorsny.org/medical/locum-tenens-physician-staffing/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:46:28 +0000 admin http://www.mentorsny.org/?p=50 Continue reading →]]> Temporary physician staffing, also known as locum tenens, is a critical part of maintaining adequate hospital and specialty group staffing levels to ensure the needs of patients are met. Locum Tenens physicians can be especially helpful as the demographics of an area change leading to different pathology emphasis or as a new disease or treatment spreads.

Locum Tenens physicians with HIV/AIDS experience can be very helpful in bringing HIV treatment and prevention services to under-serviced areas and populations.  The temporary physicians job is to fill a gap in the local medical services offered.  They do this admirably, providing much needed medical services, easing the pain of those suffering and helping to prevent the spread of disease.

In the end, locum tenens physicians can’t solve the problem but do help in extraordinary ways to improve the lives of the patients they serve.

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