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Episode 45: What Are Locum Tenens and Why We Need Them In Healthcare

In every profession, there are systems in place to cover for when someone can’t show up for work. In education we have substitute teachers but in healthcare, we have Locum Tenens.

In today’s episode, our hosts Ted Weyn and Olivia Reed, come together to share how the physicians and doctors come to work in Locum Tenens, the inspiration for the Heroes of Healthcare podcast, and the work that Jackson & Coker is doing to lobby for legislation that supports this needed career path.

Join us as we discuss:

Legislation that impacts locum tenen physicians

Why hospitals and health centers need locum tenens

Career paths for doctors who want more flexibility and independence

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COVID-19, Panel interviews, Pediatrics, Vaccines

Episode 23 part 2: Cycle of Patient Care During a COVID Surge

COVID causes tremendous downstream impact within a healthcare system.

It means that healthcare professionals are working 24/7 to care for all the patients who come in. It means that treatment of other patients — for example, those who are chronically ill or who need to get a CT scan — gets pushed back so that COVID patients can be treated.

In short, the effects of the COVID pandemic go way beyond COVID-infected patients.

In part 2 of this 2-part series, we continue our panel discussion with six distinguished physicians from Memorial Healthcare System.

Our panel includes:

Dr. Marc Napp – Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Randy Katz – Medical Director, Emergency Services, Memorial Regional Hospital
Dr. Jose Fernandez-Duarte – Medical Director, TeamHealth Hospitalists
Dr. Ari Sareli – Chief, Critical Care Medicine, Chief Physician Executive, Memorial Physician Group
Dr. Paula Eckardt – Chief, Memorial Division of Infectious Disease
Dr. Tammy Tucker – PsyD (Behavioral Health)

We discuss:

The delta variant
Whether FDA approval will improve vaccination rates
How to protect unvaccinated children

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COVID-19, Panel interviews, Vaccines

Episode 23 part 1: Cycle of Patient Care During a COVID Surge

On an average day, there are usually 1,400 beds in operation across the Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Florida. During the first wave of COVID last summer, the hospital exceeded that capacity with 1,600 patients.

Florida is now in the midst of another COVID wave. This time patients are younger, and they are almost entirely unvaccinated — and at the peak of the wave, there were 1,700 patients in the hospital system.

In part 1 of this 2-part series, we’re joined by six distinguished physicians from Memorial Healthcare System to discuss what the treatment cycle of a COVID patient looks like today.

Our panel includes:

Dr. Marc Napp – Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Randy Katz – Medical Director, Emergency Services, Memorial Regional Hospital
Dr. Jose Fernandez-Duarte – Medical Director, TeamHealth Hospitalists
Dr. Ari Sareli – Chief, Critical Care Medicine, Chief Physician Executive, Memorial Physician Group
Dr. Paula Eckardt – Chief, Memorial Division of Infectious Disease
Dr. Tammy Tucker – PsyD (Behavioral Health)

We discuss:

How the current COVID wave is different from the first wave
The different phases of treatment
The importance of getting the vaccine

To hear this interview and more like it, subscribe to Heroes of Healthcare on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.