How Locum Tenens Is Transforming Surgical Staffing
Hospitals across the country are short on surgeons. That's not new. But the problem has gotten bad enough that hoping for the best is no longer a plan. Older surgeons are retiring in large numbers. Younger ones are spread thin across too many patients. Small towns and rural areas feel it the most. In some communities, patients wait months just to see a surgeon-let alone get a procedure scheduled. And when the one surgeon in town retires or leaves, the whole system feels it. People drive hours for care they used to get down the road. Something had to change.