Rethinking locums: The flexible staffing strategy health systems are turning to ahead of 2026
Physician turnover is costly. Time-to-fill is long. And burnout is accelerating. In response, more health systems are shifting their approach to locum tenens by embracing strategic planning instead of reactive problem solving.
The 2025 State of Locums Report—drawing on new survey insights from hundreds of healthcare executives and physicians—explores how organizations are integrating locum tenens into workforce strategies to enhance operational stability and safeguard financial performance into 2026 and future years.
This report delivers critical trends, benchmarks, and ROI insights that every C-suite executive, health system leader involved in staffing decisions, and physician recruiter should review before finalizing next year’s workforce strategy.
What you'll learn:
The 2025 State of Locums Report—drawing on new survey insights from hundreds of healthcare executives and physicians—explores how organizations are integrating locum tenens into workforce strategies to enhance operational stability and safeguard financial performance into 2026 and future years.
This report delivers critical trends, benchmarks, and ROI insights that every C-suite executive, health system leader involved in staffing decisions, and physician recruiter should review before finalizing next year’s workforce strategy.
What you'll learn:
- Why 57,000 physicians now work locums — and what's driving the growth
- How UnityPoint Health used centralization to reduce vendor sprawl and gain workforce visibility
- The surprising ROI leading systems are seeing from strategically integrated locums coverage
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