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Table 1

Examples of the fluid workforce in healthcare*

	Freelancers/independent workers	Gig workers	Moonlighters
Capgemini Research Institute (2020) definition	Independent workers who supplement the organization’s core workforce	Freelancer mediated through an app or platform	Professionals with a primary permanent job but taking up fluid jobs on the side
Healthcare examples	Per diem professionals (Sharapova et al., 2019)	Nomadhealth.com is a platform that circumvents multiple specialized recruitment agencies to connect physicians directly with hospitals (Naghieh, 2020)	- Locum tenens (Sharapova et al., 2019) - Physicians working in secondary jobs (dual practice): it can become more common due to technology (“side gig”) (Bhuyan et al., 2021)
Healthcare examples	Tele-health jobs	Health workforce providing virtual clinical consultations (e.g. Babylonhealth.com in the UK and “Doctor on Demand” in the US) (Naghieh, 2020)

	Freelancers/independent workers	Gig workers	Moonlighters
Capgemini Research Institute (2020) definition	Independent workers who supplement the organization’s core workforce	Freelancer mediated through an app or platform	Professionals with a primary permanent job but taking up fluid jobs on the side
Healthcare examples	Per diem professionals (Sharapova et al., 2019)	Nomadhealth.com is a platform that circumvents multiple specialized recruitment agencies to connect physicians directly with hospitals (Naghieh, 2020)	- Locum tenens (Sharapova et al., 2019) - Physicians working in secondary jobs (dual practice): it can become more common due to technology (“side gig”) (Bhuyan et al., 2021)
Healthcare examples	Tele-health jobs	Health workforce providing virtual clinical consultations (e.g. Babylonhealth.com in the UK and “Doctor on Demand” in the US) (Naghieh, 2020)

*Source(s): Table created by authors