Alpharetta, Ga., Feb. 11, 2015—Sanford Health, the nation’s largest rural, not-for-profit healthcare system, has been named the winner of LocumTenens.com’s Best Places to Practice Locum Tenens contest. As the winner, Sanford Health will receive a donation to the charity of its choice.
The company asked physicians to nominate up to three facilities that made a positive, lasting impression during locum tenens assignments. Nominators were asked to rate a facility based on training and onboarding processes, organization of operations, friendliness of staff, technology available, as well as other attributes. Joseph Cree Taylor, M.D., FACS, a urologist from Pollock Pines, Calif., nominated Sanford Health based on his experiences there.
"Physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis are in a unique position to share best practices on what makes a healthcare organization great since they visit, work and observe so many different settings," said R. Shane Jackson, president of LocumTenens.com and Jackson Healthcare. "We look forward to using the overall feedback to help our clients get locum tenens physicians up to speed more quickly. We believe this feedback will ultimately help these physicians to be more productive and offer better patient care while serving on locum tenens assignments."
Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a full-service healthcare recruiting agency that helps physicians, CRNAs, NPs, PAs and psychologists find the right job opportunities. We also work with healthcare facilities and government agencies that need help with their staffing needs. LocumTenens.com also operates the largest internet job board for the industry with direct access to thousands of jobs - in all specialties - posted directly by facilities and agencies nationwide. LocumTenens.com is part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies. To learn more, visit www.locumtenens.com.
LocumTenens.com's agency recruiters specialize in emergency medicine, primary care, ob/gyn, anesthesia, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, radiology, oncology, urology, gastroenterology and most surgical subspecialties.
Sanford Health is an integrated health system headquartered in the Dakotas and is now the largest, rural, not-for-profit health care system in the nation with locations in 126 communities in nine states. In addition, Sanford Health is in the process of developing international clinics in Ghana, Mexico and China.
Sanford Health includes 42 hospitals, 140 clinic locations and 1,360 physicians in 81 specialty areas of medicine. With more than 26,000 employees, Sanford Health is the largest employer in North Dakota and South Dakota. The system is experiencing dynamic growth and development in conjunction with nearly $1 billion in gifts from philanthropist Denny Sanford. These gifts are making possible the implementation of several initiatives, including global children's clinics, multiple research centers and finding cures for type 1 diabetes and breast cancer. For more information, visit sanfordhealth.org.