Happy National Dentist’s Day! We’re thrilled to celebrate dentists everywhere, today and every day. Yes, Barton Associates places physicians, NPs, PAs, and CRNAs, but did you know we also work with dentists, oral surgeons, and endodontists? No matter where you’re at in your dental career, locum tenens could be the […]
Recent Posts
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Locum Tenens for Dentists [INFOGRAPHIC]
Zach Ahlgrim | 6 March, 2018
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What Is Locum Tenens? A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Facilities
What is locum tenens? As a service model, the practice’s earliest iterations have a history long and storied enough to match some of our nation’s oldest healthcare institutions. In the mid-19th century, doctors roved the prairies, bringing their much-needed services from town to town. From there, travelling physicians and nurses […]
Evan Wade | 6 March, 2018
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4 Burnout Symptoms in Healthcare Employees
By this point, burnout and efforts to prevent it are as common in the healthcare industry as stethoscopes and syringes. Unlike stethoscopes, however, burnout has the potential to cause problems not just for the provider affected, but for the whole organization and patient roster. Burnout symptoms such as poor decision-making, […]
Evan Wade | 27 February, 2018
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Can a CRNA Do That? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Happy National CRNA Week 2022! Here at Barton Associates, we’d like to thank the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) for sponsoring this exciting week of appreciation. We’d also like to acknowledge the hospitals, practices, and companies nationwide who support this talented group of medical professionals every day. In celebration […]
Barton Team | 15 January, 2018
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Improving Cultural Diversity in the PA Profession
The lack of ethnic diversity among medical students and physicians, and the importance of matching the ethnicities of providers with their patients, has been a popular topic in recent years. Not as many people, however, are aware of a similar lack of diversity in the physician assistant (PA) profession. What […]
Brian W. | 12 December, 2017
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5 Things You Should Know About Becoming a Doctor
Editor’s Note: Updated June 2019 Sometimes, common beliefs about what it’s like working as a physician are true — long hours, lost sleep, and high pressure, just to name a few. Other times, they’re completely wrong: The people who think all doctors are rich, for instance, have never stared down […]
Evan Wade | 7 December, 2017
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How NPs and PAs Can Avoid Stagnant Salaries: 6 Strategies
It’s National NP Week! Thank you to nurse practitioners across the profession for your hard work and dedication to healthcare. We here at Barton Associates are celebrating with you by publishing NP-focused content all week long! Sometimes hard work doesn’t equate to a big reward. You will likely reach a […]
Dr. Melissa de Capua DNP PMHNP | 16 November, 2017
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7 Tips to Help NPs Prepare for Telehealth Roles
In today’s ever-advancing technological environment, even medicine has gone digital. With telemedicine, patients have access to providers at their fingertips, at all times. This platform allows patients greater opportunity to get the care they need — and it’s giving providers greater flexible opportunities to practice as well. As a nurse […]
Claire Cavanaugh | 3 November, 2017
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A Guide to the PA Wheel: Physician Assistant Scope of Practice Laws
It’s National PA Week! Thank you to PAs across the profession for your hard work and dedication to healthcare. We here at Barton Associates are celebrating with you by publishing PA-focused content all week long. Happy 50th anniversary! PA employment is projected to grow 30 percent from 2014 to 2024. […]
Claire Cavanaugh | 11 October, 2017
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How EMR Savvy Are Locum Tenens Providers?
Electronic medical record (EMR) platforms and their shortcomings are a major source of frustration for both the providers who use them and the facilities who implement them. Healthcare professionals lament a lack of usability, while facilities often cite the high costs and provider training time involved in implementing such systems. […]
Zach Ahlgrim | 3 October, 2017
