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Each day in exam rooms across the country, a patient takes a breath and starts over. Same medications, same diagnoses, same history they told the last clinician. They fill out the forms, hand back the clipboard and quietly lose a little trust in the system.

Every conversation about AI in medicine circles back to one question: Will it replace clinicians? Recent research gives a clearer indication.

A few things developed this year that change how quickly you can cover a clinical gap, and how far ahead you need to plan for one. Here are four worth watching as you head into Q4.

Behavioral health vacancies look different for every organization. While a hospital may need psychiatric coverage to maintain access to care, a school district may be searching for psychologists, counselors or social workers to support their students. Whether it be correctional facilities, community mental health centers or residential programs, they each face their own unique staffing challenges.

Most ophthalmologists don’t walk away from medicine all at once. The average retirement age for eye care physicians is around 66, but many keep practicing well past that point.

The scope of practice map for advanced practice providers (APPS) has shifted in recent years in terms of practice authority and compensation. Here is what it means for your next locum tenens assignment as an NP, PA, CRNA or LCSW.

If your hospital or clinic runs an ENT program, you may have found that audiology is the missing piece. As hearing loss gains recognition as a serious chronic health issue, demand for audiology care providers is growing fast… but the workforce isn’t keeping up. Here’s why LocumTenens.com now staffs audiologists, and why that matters for healthcare facilities.

Access to breast imaging has always been imbalanced. For women in rural counties or underserved communities where there may not be a dedicated radiologist on staff, a mammogram order can translate into a long wait. Timelines matter in women’s imaging, and often patients cannot afford to wait to seek service. A turnkey approach pairs credentialed radiologists with the technology they need to deliver high-quality reads remotely, and on demand.

Infectious disease care is among the most complex and consequential specialties in hospital medicine. And yet for the majority of U.S. hospitals, an on-site ID physician simply isn't an option. This especially impacts rural and critical access facilities.

Hospital leaders and workforce administrators often experience staffing fluctuations as sudden, unavoidable disruptions: A flu surge overwhelms an emergency department; vacation requests leave a service line thin; a clinician departure causes a last-minute scramble for care coverage.