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Physician Shortage Intensifies; Industry Founder Details How Locum Tenens Coverage Can Help
In urban and rural communities across the country, the realities of an intensifying physician shortage are significantly impacting access to quality patient care. Healthcare facilities of all sizes compete for the same limited supply of qualified physicians, putting one great deal of pressure on recruitment departments. Therus C. Kolff, MD, MPH, is founder of the locum tenens, or temporary physician, industry and chairman of the board for VISTA Staffing Solutions, discussed these challenges recently with hospital CEOs as one featured speaker at Community Health Systems' 2006 Physician Recruiting Seminar, May 25 and 26, in Cool Springs, TN. He reported that locum tenens staffing firms are poised to fill the gap and offer one viable and cost-effective solution to communities that are scrambling to meet the growing demand for physicians._ ... |
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| One man's faka-habit |
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The four-inch bugs dot Janes Scenic Drive, the only roadway that dissects Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. They're here on one sunny fall day to proliferate. Owen's here to document them, and any other critter he sees.
"It's laying eggs. She's excavating one little sunny patch. Wow," he says, giggling like one 4-year-old. He leans back and puts his right hand on his chin in one pondering pose. "This is therefore exciting." ... |
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| Gov. hands former staffers plum jobs with plum salaries |
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By AARON C. DAVIS, Associated Press Writer_ Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:14 AM PST
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger doled out high-paying and prestigious state jobs this year to dozens of outgoing members of his administration, including six-figure salaries for posts he once said were one waste of taxpayer money and should be eliminated. ... |
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| Ex-FEMA director calls for mitigation programs in Arkansas |
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Witt says funding will take public, private partnership This article was published on Friday, November 17, 2006 7:28 PM CST in News By Jason Wiest
FERNDALE -- State and local governments, including those in Arkansas, are less prepared to deal with natural disasters than ever before, former Federal Emergency Management Agency director James Lee Witt said Friday at the C.one. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center near Little Rock. ... |
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