Healthcare Updates

Every urologist enters medicine with a clear purpose: help patients, operate with excellence, and practice a craft that took decades to master. But today’s healthcare environment has drifted far from that ideal.

Instead of being empowered to practice, urologists are often overwhelmed by administrative tasks, burdened by untrained APP oversight, and sidelined by decision-makers who neither understand nor respect the realities of surgical practice.

Burnout in urology isn’t a talking point anymore — it’s the dominant lived experience. In 2022, a study by the Department of Labor ranked urologist as the most stressful of the 873 jobs they evaluated.

For years, urologists have carried the weight of impossible clinic schedules, full OR days, countless phone calls from the ER, RVU quotas, inbox overload, and administrative bloat. Even the “solutions” offered by large systems — more scribes, more APP supervision, more meetings — somehow make life worse.

But something profound has shifted.

If you’re a urologist typing “Urology Locums Jobs” into Google, you’re not alone. Thousands of board-certified urologists search those exact words each month — driven by the same desire: freedom.

Freedom from hospital politics.
Freedom from RVU quotas.
Freedom from endless nights on call with little recognition.

If you’re a hospital executive, you’ve likely felt the pressure: specialty coverage gaps, rising referral leakage, and a community asking for more access closer to home. Nearly half of rural hospitals are operating in the red, and hundreds remain vulnerable to closure—an environment where every service line must pull its weight and every hour of coverage needs to make strategic sense. (Chartis)

Are you a urologist who wants more freedom, better pay, and fewer headaches?

Tired of hospital politics, 24/7 call, and being on the road just to make a living?

Rural healthcare is in crisis.

Across the United States, rural hospitals are facing closures, staffing shortages, and revenue decline. According to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, more than 30% of rural hospitals are at risk of closing in the near future due to financial instability (CHQPR, 2023).