Locum Tenens Professionals: How They Support Digital Transformation Initiatives
This you already know: digital tools are transforming the medical/healthcare landscape.
Yet as hospitals and medical facilities work to bring telemedicine and other tech into the mix, challenges pop up, especially when it comes to hiring healthcare pros with tech expertise.
The current digital imperative
McKinsey reported that telehealth utilization increased in the medical sector by 38 times compared to before the pandemic. (This was in 2020. It’s undoubtedly increased even more since then.)
If you’re not already embracing all that tech can bring your facility, you’re already behind.
Unlock the potential: leveraging locum tenens staff for your facility’s digital transformation
They bring digital expertise
Locums as a whole tend to have experience working in many different healthcare settings. If they’ve been working as locums for a while, this no doubt means they have been riding in the digital health rodeo for a while. They’ve worked in different healthcare settings, getting exposure to best practices within different systems.
This experience can become invaluable to you as you implement new digital tech.
They can help smooth your tech transition
Bringing new tech online means many things, primarily that your team members’ workflow will be disrupted. Locums can help them during the transition, helping them adapt to the new system while also making sure your patients continue to receive great care.
They also can serve as mentors and trainers to your permanent staff, helping them become familiar with new tools. Such peer-to-peer training is a great addition to any formal training sessions you may offer.
They’ve often worked with more than one EHR system
Most locums work with EHR systems while on assignment. Such experience can be of great help to you as you integrate new tech into existing systems – or build out new systems – making sure data and interoperability flow smoothly.
New tech often means adjusting to different staffing levels
Tech implementation rarely goes perfectly and often means adjustments to schedules and staffing levels. Locums can mean flexibility to cover gaps/manage increased workloads.
Whether you’re revving up a new EHR system, integrating AI-based tools, launching a telehealth program – and more – locum tenens professionals will help you as you move along your digital tech transformation journey. You’ll undoubtedly find that their expertise is an important key to turning your digital health vision into reality.
SUMO Staffing has been helping hospitals and other healthcare facilities find great locum tenens professionals since YEAR.
We, then, “know where the good guys are.”
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