_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
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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
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