A nationwide shortage of physicians and other healthcare professionals has made the use of temporary staffers common at healthcare facilities, a new study from Staff Care found.
The healthcare staffing firm surveyed more than 200 healthcare executives/managers at U.S. hospitals, medical groups, federally qualified health centers and other healthcare facilities last August, September and October. Respondents were asked about their use of temporary staff over the last 12 months.
Seven survey findings:
1. Thirty percent of surveyed healthcare facility managers reported using temporary primary care physicians in the last 12 months.
2. Twenty-one percent of surveyed healthcare managers said they used temporary surgeons in 2019.
3. Most surveyed healthcare facility managers (72 percent) reported they are seeking temporary physicians.
4. Eighty-five percent of surveyed healthcare facility managers said they used temporary physicians some time in the last 12 months.
5. Seventy-one percent of surveyed healthcare facility managers said they use temporary physicians while recruiting permanent physicians.
6. Seventy percent of surveyed healthcare facility managers said they use temporary physicians to fill in for providers who have left.
7. Sixty-nine percent of surveyed healthcare facility managers reported using at least one temporary staffing provider in a typical month.
Read more about the survey here.