Allied Health Workforce: Introduction to Industry Analysis

Allied Health Workforce: Introduction to Industry Analysis

Board of Higher Education Meeting | May 6, 2014

David Cedrone, Associate Commissioner for Economic and Workforce Development


Three Workforces, Three Strategies

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Comparison of Three DHE Workforce Analyses

Nursing Focus on incumbent adult workforce already possessing at least an associate’s degree

IT/Tech Innovation

Focus on traditional college-age students

Direct Care Focus on creating pathways for entry-level adult workers to advance to postsecondary education and professional health care jobs

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Who is the Direct Care Workforce?

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Characteristics of Direct Care Workforce

Jobs • Medical Assistants, Certified Nurse Assistants(trained in higher education certificate programs)

• Home Health Aides, Personal Care Aides(trained outside of higher ed, not-for-credit programs)

Employers Nursing and residential care facilities, ambulatory healthcare services, patients and family members

Demographics Ranges from 32–48% persons of color depending on job; will increasingly be filled by new immigrants

Salary Average $29,400 ($5,500 below MA median)

Education No college degree; often underprepared for a college education

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Direct Care: Growing Field

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10,000

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Medical Assistants

Nursing Assistants

Home Health Aides

Personal Care Aides

Projected JobsAdded 2010-2020

Jobs in 2010

Direct Care Jobs in Massachusetts: 2010 and 2020 (Projected)

18% growth

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19% growth projected

54% growth

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45% growth

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Medical Assistants, Certified Nurse Assistants Role of For-Profit Institutions:

▪ Are they filling a need that public institutions should be? Why aren’t community colleges more involved in this sphere?

▪ Given the position of these certificate programs as the gateway to degree programs and higher-level jobs, what are the implications of large numbers of these students being educated by for-profits?

Key Policy Considerations for BHE Allied Health Workforce: Introduction to Industry Analysis

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Home Health Aides, Personal Care Aides Large, Diverse Section of the Pipeline:

▪ What is higher education’s role in working with not-for-credit partners, given the importance of the talent pool both in diversity and in numbers?

Key Policy Considerations for BHE Allied Health Workforce: Introduction to Industry Analysis

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Further Discussion