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Locum tenens work offers exciting advantages for your medical career—your taxes just maybe a little more complicated than a standard employee. Because most locum tenens work is based on an independent contractor model, a key part of managing your career is accurate and diligent recordkeeping.

Quick, grab your medical dictionary! What, it’s not within arms reach at all times of the day? What about your smartphone? That’s what we thought. Smartphones and tablets have changed the way we function. From turning the house lights on before you get home, to checking on your sleeping baby in the nursery, technology has been a game-changer in all aspects of our lives.

If you’ve considered working locum tenens to increase your practice experience or if you are looking for a change of pace, we invite you to consider the travel benefits of working locum assignments. Not only does locum tenens allow you to travel around the U.S. and abroad, but it also exposes you to different work environments and cultures. The following is a list of three travel benefits of working locum assignments:

Are you a dedicated, intelligent, motivated person with a sense of humor and "gumption"? Then you just might have what it takes to work at VISTA!

Summer has arrived which means busier airports and longer wait times. And during heavy travel seasons, airport security naturally tightens. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will expect you to come prepared and know what is expected of you as a traveler.  

If you receive a locum tenens assignment that requires you to travel by plane, the following five airport security tips will help prepare you for summer travel.

We had a great time at this year's Association of Staff Physician Recruiters Conference in New Orleans – it’s one of our favorite conferences of the year, because we love to see our clients and hear about their needs. Kurt Scott, Director of Physician Search and Consulting said, “I didn’t think we could top last year’s annual conference, but I was wrong! What a terrific show. Laura Screeney was a rock star and an amazing emcee, the lineup of speakers was awesome and the conference was really well run. As an exhibitor, I could not have been more pleased.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 84,000 healthcare jobs were added between January and March of 2015. The growth in job demand is due, in large part to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — 90% of Americans reported having healthcare coverage as of April 2015. Data presented in Health eCareers’ Q1 2015 Healthcare Jobs Snapshot show three healthcare positions experiencing tremendous growth: physician/surgeon, physician assistant, and nurse practitioner jobs. Growth was measured by the number of HEC job openings — year-over-year and quarter-over-quarter — indicating these three areas were among the most in-demand healthcare jobs.

Telehealth services are quickly shifting the healthcare infrastructure by (1) improving patient access to care, (2) reducing healthcare costs, (3) improving healthcare services, and (4) increasing patient demand for telemedicine services. This post will discuss telemedicine, how it is used, and future projections of its success.  

Locum tenens jobs have dramatically changed the daily operations of overburdened medical facilities and hospitals by providing highly qualified providers for filling provider shortage gaps, covering absences, and vacations. Locum jobs have significantly reduced provider stress and decreased the number of provider shortages. But the nature of locum jobs often creates an image that there is inconsistent work, unpredictability, and lack of patient rapport. This post will address 3 misconceptions that often prevent providers from seeking out a more flexible work schedule and lifestyle.

While many of those that work in the healthcare profession know that March 30th is National Doctors' Day, there still exists a lot of unknown information about the origins of Doctor's Day.

Doctor's Day dates back to the 1930s when a physician's wife in Georgia, Eudora Brown Almond, had a luncheon to celebrate the important role that physicians have always played in the local community.