Staffing Insights and Career Advice
Inspire Insider
Practical guidance from three decades of staffing rural emergency departments — for the physicians who work them and the hospitals that depend on them.
Locum Coverage, Contract-to-Hire or Permanent Recruitment: Choosing the Right Physician Staffing Model for Your Hospital
October 20, 2026
In 2025, the median physician search took 119 days to fill, and the typical new physician started work 229 days after the job was posted.
Locums, Contract-to-Hire or Permanent: Choosing the Physician Work Model That Fits Your Specialty
October 14, 2026
More than 63% of physicians are already working locum tenens or considering it, according to Doximity’s 2025 Physician Compensation Report, which polled nearly 1,200 U.S.