Howard Applegate

The healthcare reform law passed in 2010 dominated political and national debate in the United States for over a year. This article looks at how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will affect the locum tenens physician staffing industry.

The healthcare industry is growing, making it an exciting time for physicians to look for a new career. This article explains why a locum tenens staffing agency should be the first place medical professionals look as they start a job search.

Locum tenens physicians and medical recruiting providers supply an invaluable service when disaster strikes. As seen in the recent Haitian earthquake, locum doctors' unique professional skills make them ideal first responders for emergency situations.

Britain has universal healthcare, which can lead to physician shortages that the U.K. meets by employing locum doctors. The benefits to the U.K. health system provided by its use of locum tenens physicians should be an inspiration to U.S. healthcare.

The locum tenens medical staffing and recruiting industry is a difficult one on which to make predictions and analyze. This article attempts to examine the industry as best as possible and draw conclusions about where the industry is headed.

The U.S. housing market is bad. But the housing market in Denver and on the Front Range is stable. This, plus the unique qualities of Front Range neighborhoods - not to mention mortgage tax write-offs - make now a great time to buy Denver real estate.

Mortgage rates are going up quickly after reaching historic lows in November 2010. Potential homebuyers in the Denver area, and nationwide, should buy now to secure low mortgage rates – and payments for their Denver property!

The recent real estate bubble burst of 2007 has people across America wary of buying homes. However, conditions in the Denver real estate market have improved dramatically to the point that it should be considered a buyer's market again.

Locum tenens physicians are often seen as a costly burden to medical facilities; in fact, as this article shows, locum tenens physicians make facilities stronger by giving them the flexibility needed in medical staffing to better serve their communities.

Locum tenens physicians - qualified physicians who fill in temporarily at short-staffed hospitals – are invaluable to the health care industry. This article examines why being a locum tenens physician can be beneficial when searching for health care jobs.