The company reports that currently the recession has discouraged hospitals from expanding while at the same time delaying retirement of many physicians across all specialties. As the economy begins to recover, hospitals will begin service line expansions and many older physicians will begin retiring.
“Our projections show that those facilities with adequate staffing will be in the strongest position post recession,” said Edward McEachern, the company’s vice president of marketing. “We have been advising the Jackson & Coker hospital partners to begin their permanent recruitment process earlier and prepare for short-term staffing adjustments by fully utilizing the locum tenens physician staffing model.”
Source: Jackson & Coker.
