The Growing Use of Locums Tenens Dentists
Introduction
Why are more dental practices, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) and other sites of service using temporary (i.e., locum tenens) dentists?
Why are more dentists embracing this emerging practice style?
How does the locum tenens process work from the practice’s or the FQHC’s perspective and from the dental practitioner’s perspective? What are the cost/benefits of dental locum tenens and what is the role of temporary dental staffing agencies? And how has COVID-19 affected the dental staffing market? AMN Healthcare has prepared this white paper to address these and related questions. It is intended as a resource for dentists, FQHC administrators, practice managers, healthcare policy analysts, journalists and others who monitor healthcare workforce trends, and as a source of information for our clients and dental practitioners.
Trends in locum tenens dentistry in many ways mirror patterns previously established in nurse and physician staffing. A clearer view of locum tenens dentistry emerges with an examination of these patterns.
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