Barton Blog / Healthcare News and Trends
Much of the United States is facing a serious shortage of healthcare providers. The health provider shortfall is especially acute for primary care professionals, and especially in rural areas. Read on to learn how PAs and NPs play a role in combating this shortage....
Luke Curtis, MD, MS | July 30, 2020
Providers have been called upon to help close a treatment gap that leaves the majority of addiction sufferers untreated every year. In this infographic, we explore facts and figures behind the American addiction epidemic, what you can do to keep helping, and how Barton can guide you through next ste...
Barton Team | October 21, 2019
To help relieve the severe shortage of rural physicians, in 2014 Missouri was the first in the nation to create a new category of physician called “assistant physicians”. More recently, Utah, Arkansas, and Kansas have also started similar “assistant physician” programs....
Luke Curtis, MD, MS | September 26, 2019
To better understand the industry, the locums, and the providers who have not yet explored this career path, Barton Associates initiated the General Locum Survey in early 2019.The General Locum Survey sought to answer how they learned about this career path, why they started, the best and worst part...
Julie Shea | August 13, 2019
Locum tenens providers face a real challenge in taking on an assignment in a cancer center. Whether it’s a comprehensive cancer center in a big city or a small community hospital in a rural area, there are some ways to prepare for and deal with communication and care challenges....
Robert Conlin | May 23, 2019
This past week, a Washington state Senator, Maureen Walsh, decided to comment on nurses who “play cards almost all of the time.” A huge backlash of comments by nurses, patients, etc., transpired. In this blog post, Kim S. addresses this issue and shares her insight as a nurse....
Kim S., FNP | April 26, 2019
Occupational and environmental health play a critical role in the lives of workers and the public at large. And yet, occupational medicine physicians have been suffering from a shortage since the early 1990s, unable to keep up with this increasing demand....
Luke Curtis, MD, MS | April 18, 2019
Physicians, NPs, PAs, dentists and CRNAs have voiced several ways EMRs could be improved, including making them more user-friendly, efficient, and personalized....
Claire Cavanaugh | March 19, 2019
Telemedicine directly confronts issues that cause patients to ghost facilities. According to research from patient engagement software maker PatientBond, four high-level factors make most patients skip appointments are namely: cost of the visit, fear of bad news, time constraints, and demographic co...
Evan Wade | February 14, 2019
An increasing amount of physicians, dentists, CRNAs, and advanced-practice clinicians like PAs and NPs are turning to short-term, temporary assignments in addition to their permanent roles....
Julie Shea | February 05, 2019
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