Why do hospitals, physician practices and other healthcare facilities use locum tenens physicians?
There are a variety of reasons that hospitals and physician groups utilize locum tenens physicians. In many specialties it is due to a shortage of physicians available to handle the work load, issues with emergency call coverage, or to fill a gap while a permanent physician is recruited. In other specialties, such as Anesthesiology, Hospitalist or Pulmonary Critical Care, the need may be due to seasonal changes in patient volume that coincide with the facility’s, case load or inpatient census.
