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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Can You Hire a Clinical Psychologist Instead of a Psychiatrist?

Patients suffering with mental illness are typically best served through a team approach that includes a primary care provider and the additional support of psychiatric […]

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My Locum Tenens Story: Life As a Locum Tenens Dentist

Happy National Locum Tenens Week! As a part of our festivities, we’re sharing stories from healthcare providers regarding their locum tenens experiences. Dr. Dan S., […]

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My Locum Tenens Story: Meet Mark V., Locum Tenens CRNA

Happy National Locum Tenens Week! As a part of our festivities, we’re sharing stories from healthcare providers regarding their locum tenens experiences. Mark is a […]

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