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The Wall Street Journal recently published an article detailing the shortage of mental health professionals in America, citing some troubling statistics. For example, between 2005 and 2010, the general population grew 4.7 percent, while the number of psychiatrists in the U.S. remained at around 38,000, according to the Association of […]

Every week, hundreds if not thousands of locum tenens physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants (PA) start new assignments. For most of them, it is a new facility in a new location that they know little about. Unfortunately, many healthcare organizations provide little or no orientation for locum tenens […]

One of the major benefits of the nurse practitioner profession is flexibility. Not only do nurse practitioners often work nontraditional hours, they also have increasing opportunities to practice in new markets. With the emergence of practice settings like retail health clinics and employee wellness services, nurse practitioners are being called […]

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 […]