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Let’s face it. The term “locum tenens” is a strange one. When I tell people what I do for a living, they think I’m work for “loco tenants” or “local tremors” company. If you go to any locum tenens agency’s web page, including BartonAssociates.com, you will learn that the term […]

Last week, we talked about ways marketing your urgent care clinic can increase its web presence and community profile. This week I will focus on steps you can incorporate into your urgent care clinic’s business plan that will ensure each patient’s experience is positive, creating return business and word-of-mouth marketing. […]

“If you build it, they will come” only works in movies. To grow any business, you have to be smart, work hard, be persistent, and never rest on your laurels. Your urgent care center (or walk-in clinic) is no different. Let’s talk through five ways to build your urgent care […]

Increasing numbers of nurse practitioners are entering higher-paying specialties instead of primary care, according to a one-page policy brief published in the American Family Physician. Researchers from the AAFP’s Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care analyzed nurse practitioner and physician assistant national provider identifier […]

Quality of care is highest when rural emergency departments use telemedicine consultations on pediatric cases, according to new research published in Critical Care Medicine. Telemedicine is particularly helpful for rural emergency departments who only see a handful of pediatric cases each year. According to a recent Reuters article, guidelines on […]

While most nurse practitioners across the U.S. choose to work in urban and suburban locations, 18 percent of the country’s nurse practitioner population elects to practice in a rural setting. Many city-living healthcare providers cringe at the idea of practicing rurally, but small town practice may not look quite like […]

The Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) is a non-profit alliance of health plans and trade associations who work together to simplify healthcare administration through public and private initiatives. One of those initiatives is the Universal Provider Datasource (UPD), and its purpose is to simplify data collection between providers, health […]

With added workloads and expectations being heaped upon physicians and nurse practitioners, more and more providers are showing signs of burnout. Although a burnt out provider may be easy to spot as an outside observer, it might not be so easy to recognize symptoms in yourself. The Maslach Burnout Inventory […]

Every workplace has its share of cranky, rude, or passive aggressive staff members, but when that person is a physician, patient safety is at risk. More than three-quarters (77%) of respondents to a 2008 Joint Commission survey said they had witnessed disruptive behavior by physicians, and 67% agreed that disruptive […]

Editor’s note: To conclude our NP Week celebration, we are posting articles that show the daily life for three nurse practitioners who work in different settings. We think you will enjoy this look into the different roles NPs play in our nation’s healthcare industry. As an NP, speaker, and consultant, […]