State Physician Shortage Spotlight: Vermont
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN My father’s side of the family is from the beautiful “Green Mountain” state of Vermont. Growing up in New England, I can personally attest to the beauty of this state, especially for Locum Tenens jobs, traveling locum physicians, and other traveling care providers who might be considering an assignment there. Vermont has spectacular mountain scenery, fall foliage and winter skiing for...
Travel Assignments: Help with Debt
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN “Reducing medical school debt” was one of the planned topics of discussion at this week’s American Medical Association annual meeting in Chicago. At least that was the plan before President Obama’s controversial announcement regarding caps on malpractice lawsuits (or lack thereof). Hopefully, the subject of medical school debt was not lost in the back and forth in...
Physician Controversy: Provoked by President Obama
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN BSN Covering the politics of health care in a blog devoted to physicians, travel doctors, locum physicians, locum tenens physicians and other traveling primary care providers is inevitable, especially in light of the heightening politics of health care. On Monday, President Barack Obama addressed the annual meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago. The president addressed many common concerns...
Hawaii Residency Program Receives Financial Boost
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN As President Obama works to repair, restore or recycle our nation’s health care system (depending on the media report), a state he once called home is dealing with the same physician shortage the rest of the country is. Hawaii may be one of the closest things America has to a model of what universal health care might look like, however, without enough physicians to serve the islands’...
Locum Tenens Primary Care Providers Share Common Goal
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN So far, my Locum blogs have focused on the mounting physician shortage that is affecting all parts of America, particularly rural and inner city populations. In no way, does this underestimate the critical roles of travel RN anesthetists, travel nurse practitioners and travel physician assistants. These medical professionals are not simply “replacements” and certainly not “second...