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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 2012)
_5eplm b . , 26,2012_____________ Minority & Small Business Week_________________ Big Gains for Local Health Care Industry Expect 17,000 new jobs over next 5 years The greater Portland area's health care industry, which cur rently employs 114,323 people, will increase employment by 15.1 percent and add 17,303 new jobs over the next 5 years, according to the Regional Health Care Workforce Report released by the C o lu m b ia -W illa m e tte Workforce Collaborative. With demand for health cafe growing at a rate twice that of the national economy, the indus try is on track to create 5.6 million new jobs by 2020, ac cording to a new study from Georgetown University's Cen ter on Education and Workforce. Even with the Portland region's health care industry following national growth trends, the re sponsive system o f post-second ary institutions and workforce organizations in the greater Port land region is adequately meet ing employment demand through adapted and expanded training programs, officials said. including the impacts of national health care reform, electronic health records, coordinated care in Oregon, demographic shifts, and compliance of ICD-10, an international medical classifica tion language established by the World Health O rganization,” Dull said. According to the workforce report, the largest medical em ployment needs are concentrated in general medical and surgical hospitals, offices of physicians, offices of health care practitio ners, community care facilities for the elderly, and outpatient care centers. The occupations with the most projected job openings include medical office administration/ reception/coding/billing, regis tered nurse, and nursing aides, including health care aids and certified nursing assistants. The ----_ H — k. . . j I U l average annual health care in A doctor examines a patient at a health clinic in Miami. With the demand for health care growing, the Portland area expects to add 17,303 new health care jobs over the dustry wage in the metropolitan area is $62,026, with 47.3 per next 5 years. (AP photo) cent of the workforce over the “The report confirms that our with the rest of the nation,” said human resources and care de age of 45. region doesn't suffer from ur Kevin Dull, a Kaiser Permanente livery operations. The collaborative and its part- gent shortages in core health Executive Consultant who works “However, our local health continued on page 8 care occupations, as compared to bridge strategies between care sector faces several issues, ¿ A r WHAT WE BELIEVE IN! OUR FUTURE It is our primary goal as a labor union to better the lives of all people working in the building trades through advocacy, civil demonstration, and the long-held belief that workers deserve a “family wage ” - fair pay for an honest day’s work. OUR FAMILIES & OUR COMMUNITIES A family wage, and the benefits that go with it, not only strengthens families, bui also allows our communities to become stronger, more cohesive, and more re sponsive to their citizens’ needs. Our ongoing efforts to establish Area Standarc wages and benefits knows no bounderies of race, creed, color, gender, beliefs, or country of origin. Pacific Northwest Regional Council CARPENTERS www.nwcarpenters.org
