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Archive - September 2011
With a changing healthcare industry, working locum tenens is paying off and creating new experiences for physicians.
Looking to the future is important in all aspects of life. RNnetwork travelers are making their presence felt and helping provide a lift to patients in these uncertain times.
Ted Richardson has worked at CHG for a year and a half as a provider representative for the CompHealth locum tenens emergency medicine team. While Ted says he enjoys the people he works with and has a great team, he likes the fact that his job is meaningful to others, too.
"Easy as pie," you might say if someone challenged you to a pie-eating contest -- until a giant, 12-inch pumpkin pie from Costco was placed in front of you. That's just what happened to the 15 Salt Lake employees who attempted to eat an entire pie in under 10 minutes August 31. Using sporks (or their bare hands), the contestants devoured the pies amidst cheers and support from coworkers and teams who sponsored them.
In the Edmond Cardboard Boat Regatta in Edmond, Okla., the phrase "whatever floats your boat" means just one thing: cardboard. The FMS Minnow, designed by Foundation Medical Staffing employees Chris Friend and Matt Rice, took third place in the August 27 cardboard regatta and was constructed using only corrugated cardboard, duct tape, contact cement and caulking.
Sisters Cynthia Martin and Diane Martin live together, carpool each day to the Salt Lake office and are always hard at work -- but they still find time to spend with their niece, Tess Kooring, who joined CHG nine months ago. All three now work in the CompHealth locum tenens division.
Valerie Patterson, director of the CompHealth permanent placement primary care team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., shares her views on CHG's leadership and her top restaurant in New York City.
After enjoying an early breakfast at The Gateway Mall in downtown Salt Lake City with other United Way volunteers, 50 CHG employees spent several hours serving at the Lied Boys & Girls Club in Rose Park. While some volunteers painted rooms and hallways in the building, others weeded flowerbeds, pruned shrubs and picked up trash around the club.
The CompHealth permanent placement rehab therapy team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., held a friendly call competition, known as a "Blitzapalooza," Sept. 8. Once the team had been split into two randomly selected groups, members competed for the highest call number average in one hour.
