Radiation Oncology Newsletter Archive
November 2020
- Salary survey results are here
- Medical imaging analysis and AI improving cancer care
- Why I chose locum tenens
September 2020
- Clinician mental health is worsening; is yours?
- Another reason why cancer worsens with age?
- LocumTenens.com in the news
July 2020
- COVID-19 survey results are here
- Technology closing gaps in cancer care for rural patients
- Why I chose locum tenens
May 2020
- Navigating the new normal: Telemedicine
- How oncology is changing due to COVID-19
- Why I chose locum tenens
March 2020
- How is LocumTenens.com managing the COVID-19 crisis?
- Newly developed AI diagnoses brain tumors more accurately than humans
- Featured Medical Mission: Thailand
January 2020
- Salary Survey Results Are Here
- Shorter courses of higher dose radiation as effective as longer courses in early-stage breast cancer
- Featured Medical Mission: Romania
October 2019
- Take full advantage of your paid vacation days
- New guideline for treating pancreatic cancer with RT
- Featured medical mission: Nicaragua
August 2019
- There's still time to take the 2019 Compensation and Employment Survey!
- Laser-focused radiotherapy
- Featured Medical Mission: Thailand
June 2019
- World Health Organization Addresses Burnout
- Seeing radiotherapy in 3D
- Featured Medical Mission - Belize
April 2019
- Everything you Need to Know About Telemedicine
- Pinpointing Treatment-resistant Tumors for Effective Cancer Therapy
- Featured Medical Mission - Dominican Republic
February 2019
- Nominations Now Open for LocumTenens.com 2019 Resident of the Year Award
- How to Battle Chemotherapy-induced Tumor Growth
- Featured Medical Mission - South Africa
November 2018
- Take Full Advantage of Your Paid Vacation Days
- Clarifying Patient Misconceptions Surrounding Immunotherapy
- Featured Medical Mission - Ethiopia
October 2018
- Here are the Physician and Advanced Practitioner of the Year Winners!
- Shorter Treatment Plan for Breast Cancer has Fewer Side Effects
- Featured Medical Mission - Kenya
July 2018
- Guide to Working Locum Tenens
- Are some cancer patients being overtreated?
- Featured Medical Mission - Guatemala
May 2018
- Interactive Map Compares State Licensing Requirements
- Interdisciplinary Approach Improves Outcomes in Radiation Therapy Patients
- Featured Medical Mission - Ghana
March 2018
- Preparing for Tax Season as a Locum Tenens Contractor
- Breast Cancer's Spread Routes Mapped
- Featured Medical Mission - Kenya
December 2017
- Nominations Now Open for MedicalMissions.org's Physician and Advanced Practitioner of the Year Award
- 3D Printing Can Save Healthy Tissue During Radiation Therapy
- Featured Medical Mission - Belize
October 2017
- View the Telemedicine Reimbursement Laws in Your State
- De-escalated Radiation Leads to Higher Quality of Life for Cancer Patients
- Featured Medical Mission - Honduras
August 2017
- Let’s Celebrate National Locum Tenens Week!
- Oncology Bundled Payments May Not Be the Answer to Affordable Cancer Drugs
- Featured Medical Mission - Dominican Republic Mission
June 2017
- Guide to Working Locum Tenens
- Revolutionary CAR-T Updates for Cancer Patients
- Featured Medical Mission - Kenya Medical Mission
April 2017
- New Interactive Map Compares State Licensing Requirements
- Simulated Environments Before Radiation Therapy Eases Anxiety
- Featured Medical Mission - Guatemala Medical Mission
January 2017 Newsletter
- Where Can Locum Tenens Work Take You?
- Precision Oncology to Improve Through New Alliance Between IBM and Illumina
- Feature Medical Mission - Peru Medical Mission
- Poll: What do you think will happen to the ACA with the "repeal and replace" plan?
November 2016 Newsletter
- Have You Checked Out LocumTenens.com Lately?
- Early Breast Cancer May Not Benefit From Intense Chemo
- Feature Medical Mission: Honduras Medical Mission
- Poll Results: Which presidential nominee do you think will offer the best healthcare plan during the next presidency?
September 2016 Newsletter
- Meet the Two MedicalMissions.org Physicians of the Year
- How Could CMS’ Patient Relationship Proposal Affect Radiation Oncologists?
- Feature Medical Mission: Kenya Medical Mission
- Poll: Which presidential nominee do you think will offer the best healthcare plan during the next presidency?
July 2016 Newsletter
- MACRA: What You Need to Know Now
- Feature Medical Mission: Haiti Medical Mission
- Video Technology Reduces Children’s Anxiety During Radiation Therapy
- Poll Results: 85% of Respondents Worry About America’s Opioid Epidemic
May 2016 Newsletter
- Will You Be Affected by Reimbursement Tests?
- How Will Hypofractionation Affect Your Reimbursement?
- Poll: Are You Concerned About America’s Opioid Epidemic?
February 2016 Newsletter
- New Tool Compares Licensing Requirements in Each State
- Alzheimer’s Disease Could Improve Through Radiation
- Poll Results: Do You Think Obamacare Will Be Repealed in 2016?
December 2015 Newsletter
- Check Out the New MedicalMissions.org
- New Tool Allows Patients to Receive One-Time Radiation During Surgery
- Poll: Do You Think Obamacare Will Be Repealed in 2016?
October 2015 Newsletter
- Nominations Now Open for MedicalMissions.org's Physician of the Year Award
- Radiation Oncologists Need More Education to Decrease Overtreating
- Poll: How is the ICD-10 implementation going so far?
- Meaningful Use Final Rules Released
August 2015 Newsletter
- Are You Ready for ICD-10?
- Does Chemo Harm or Help End-Stage Cancer Patients?
- Poll: What Do You Do With Your Earned Miles and Hotel Points?
- Illinois and Iowa Enact Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
June 2015 Newsletter
- Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Moving Forward With Nine States; More to Join
- Apple Watch Chemotherapy App to Be Tested in London Hospital
- Poll: Will you be ready for ICD-10 by the October 1 deadline?
- CMS Releases Medicare Finale Rule
April 2015 Newsletter
- Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Enacted in 5 States and Proposed in 17 Others
- What's in the Future for Radiation Oncologists and Cancer Care?
- Poll Results: Almost Half of Physicians Burned Out in Their Specialty
- 66 Percent of Physicians Feel the Affordable Care Act Should Be Repealed
February 2015 Newsletter
- HHS Announces Timeline to Transition From Volume to Value
- Was is Right for Supreme Court to Force Teen to Undergo Chemo?
- Poll: Do you feel burned out in your specialty?
- We're Expanding our Service Lines
December 2014 Newsletter
- 2014 Compensation Survey Results Are Here
- Radiation Oncologists Urged to Use Shorter Radiation Courses
- Poll: Do you use social media professionally to engage with patients?
- Nominate a Physician for the MedicalMissions.org Physician Of The Year Award
November 2014 Newsletter
- Telemedicine Market to Reach $43 Billion by 2019
- Women Opt for "Invisible Tattoos" Instead of Permanent Ink After Radiotherapy
- Poll
- Nominate a Physician for the MedicialMissions.org Physician Of The Year Award
October 2014 Newsletter
- CDC Issuing New Protocols for Healthcare Workers in Wake of U.S. Ebola Scare
- Will Condensing Weeks of Chemotherapy Into Just Minutes Be as Effective?
- Poll
- Americans Are Increasingly Becoming Medical Tourists
September 2014 Newsletter
- Winner Announced for Best Places to Practice Locum Tenens Contest
- Five Radiation Oncology Treatments to Reconsider
- Poll: Do you think Ebola could spread to the U.S.?
- Take Our 5-Minute Comp Survey and Enter to Win One of Two $500 VISA Gift Cards
August 2014 Newsletter
- Should U.S. Physicians Be Worried About Ebola?
- Researchers Discover Protein Making Tumors Resistant to Chemotherapy
- Poll Results: Majority of Respondents Concerned about EHR Adoption
- Take Our 5-Minute Survey and Enter to Win One of Two $500 VISA Gift Cards
July 2014 Newsletter
- Many Doctors Worry About EHR Adoption; Do You?
- Using Nanoparticles in Cancer Treatment Could Reduce Drug Resistance
- Poll: Do you have concerns about EHR adoption in your practice?
- Jackson Healthcare Reveals Profile of Physicians' Practice Envrionments
June 2014 Newsletter
- Time is Running Out to Nominate the Best Place to Practice
- Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Could Lead to Other Cancers
- Poll: Do you follow or engage with your patients through social media?
- Apple and Samsung Have Combined Healthcare and Wearable Technology
May 2014 Newsletter
- Mobile Medicine is the Future of Healthcare - Are You Ready?
- Research Shows Way to Help Stem Cell Regeneration After Cancer Treatment
- Poll Results: Majority of Respondents Unhappy with Medicare's Release of Federal Data
April 2014 Newsletter
- What Does the ICD-10 Delay Mean to Physicians?
- Glioblastoma Growth Prevented by Blocking DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Poll: Are you happy about the recent release of federal data on Medicare payments to individual physicians?
- LocumTenens.com Asks Physicians to Nominate Their Best Places to Practice
March 2014 Newsletter
- LocumTenens.com Wins 2014 Best of Staffing Award
- World's First MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy Begins
- Poll: Do you think your facility will be prepared for ICD-10?
- Physicians Need to be More Emotionally Intelligent With Their Patients
February 2014 Newsletter
- Winners Announced for MedicalMissions.org Physician of the Year Awards
- Radiation After Chemotherapy Extends Lives of Brain Tumor Patients
- Poll Results: Should Pregnant Women Employed in Healthcare Settings be Forced to Get the Flu Shot?
- Bipartisan Deal Reached to Appeal SGR
January 2014 Newsletter
- Readmission Penalties Showing Positive Results
- Radiation Oncology and Radiology Can Succeed Through Collaboration
- Poll: Should Pregnant Women Employed in Healthcare Settings be Forced to Get the Flu Shot?
- Providers and Healthcare Organizations Unprepared for ICD-10
December 2013 Newsletter
- SGR Cuts Will Soon be Permanently Repealed
- Positive Changes for Radiation Oncology Reimbursements, but Future Still Unclear
- Poll: The VA says APRNs should be able to practice independently to fix the physician shortage. Do you agree?
- Should You Respond to Online Reviews of Your Services?
November 2013 Newsletter
- Honor a Physician for Medical Missions Work Through the MedicalMissions.org Physician of the Year Award
- Radiation Therapy Offers Alternative for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
- Poll: The VA says APRNs should be able to practice independently to fix the physician shortage. Do you agree?
- Mostly Older Applicants One Month into Exchanges
October 2013 Newsletter
- Physicians Unprepared for Obamacare
- Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Can Receive XRT Without Increased Risk of Death
- Poll: Have You Been Affected by the Government Shutdown?
- Failure to Raise Debt Ceiling Can Impact Healthcare
September 2013 Newsletter
- Hospitals See Increase in RAC Medical Record Requests
- Ionizing Radiation in Girls and Young Women Increases Chances of Breast Cancer
- Poll: ACA Open Enrollment Starts October 1
- LocumTenens.com CVO Recertified by National Committee for Quality Assurance
August 2013 Newsletter
- Why are Physicians Choosing Employment Over Private Practice?
- New GAO Report: Doctors Profiting from Radiation Treatment
- Poll Results: One Night Hospital Stay for the Duchess of Cambridge
- Obama Administration Delays Implementation of Out-of-Pocket Limits until 2015
July 2013 Newsletter
- Independent Physicians Don't Believe the State Exchanges Will Be Ready in Time
- NY Hospital Cancer Center Upgrades Equipment and Cure Rates
- Poll: One Night Hospital Stay for the Duchess of Cambridge
- LocumTenens.com Physician Survey Featured on CNBC
June 2013 Newsletter
- Pass it on: The Worst Case Scenario Job Search Survival Guide, for Residents
- St. Jude Study: All But 2% of Survivors of Childhood Cancer Have Chronic Conditions
- Poll: There's Still Time to Take Our Poll
- Take Our 5-Minute Comp Survey and Enter to Win One of Two $500 VISA Gift Cards
May 2013 Newsletter
- Next in our Self-Employment Sanity Series: Getting Started as a 1099 Physician
- Hospital in Utah is Tracking, Reporting Patient Radiation Exposure
- It takes six to 12 months to place a physician in a permanent job, does that seem too long to you?
- Take Our 5-Minute Comp Survey and Enter to Win One of Two $500 VISA Gift Cards
April 2013 Newsletter
- N ext in our Self-Employment Sanity Series: Getting Organized
- Partial-breast Radiation Study: Good Early Results, but Too Soon to Tell
- Who's to blame for antibiotic resistant bacteria?
- LocumTenens.com's President Writes About Staffing Up for 32 Million New Patients
March 2013 Newsletter
- Introducing: The Self-Employment Sanity Series
- Risk of Heart Disease Rises Very Little After Breat Radiation
- Poll: Group Doctor's Visits: A good idea or an invasion of privacy?
- Poll Results: Physicians Agree that NY Public Hospital ERs Should Limit Painkiller Prescriptions
- Patient Compensation System Bills Introduced in FL and GA
- March 30th is National Doctor's Day
February 2013 Newsletter
- Accountable to Whom? First of its Kind eBook on Physician Attitudes about Accountable Care
- New Robotic Ultrasound Device Allows for Better Treatment of "Moving" Tumors
- Poll: Should NY public hospitals limit painkiller prescriptions in the ER?
- Doc Fix Coming this Year?
- Coca Cola Joins Anti-Obesity Fight with New Ad Campaign
November 2012 Newsletter
- What it Would Take for Physicians to Consider ACOs
- CMS Announces 2013 Physician Fee Schedule, Deep Cuts for Radiology
- Poll Results: Who has the better healthcare plan?
- Honor a Physician for Medical Missions Work Through the Mission:MD Awards
October 2012 Newsletter
- Quality: Making the case for locum tenens physicians
- A Cancer-Sensing Bra? Maybe.
- Poll: Who has the better healthcare plan?
- Listen to Season Three of Your Career in Healthcare on XM Radio
- Nominate a Top Facility for Locum Tenens Work, Win $500
September 2012 Newsletter
- Locum Tenens Physicians Experience Less Stress, Share Coping Strategies
- Unsecured Radiological Material Creates Risk of Dirty Bombs
- Poll: Compensation Expectations
- National Thank You Day
August 2012 Newsletter
- Healthy Eating on the Road
- Airport X-ray Scanners Veiled in Mystery, Causing Worry Among Travelers
- Poll Results: Do you agree with the Supreme Court Decision on the ACA?
- LocumTenens.com's Medical Brigade Gets Back from Medical Mission Trip to the Amazon
July 2012 Newsletter
- After the Ruling: the ACA's Main Provisions by Date and Stakeholder
- Six Percent Drop in Mammograms in the Year Following New Screening Guidelines
- Poll: Do you agree with the Supreme Court ruling on the healthcare law?
- Supreme Court Upholds the Individual Mandate, Strikes Down Part of Medicaid Expansion
