[004] MTSU's Adams Chair Releases 'Allied Health in Tennessee: A Supply and Demand Study' 2010

Release date: July 7, 2010


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Adams Chair contacts: Cynthia Chafin, 615-847-3081 or cchafin@mtsu.edu
or Dr. Jo Edwards, 615-898-2905 or mjedward@mtsu.edu

MTSU’s Adams Chair Releases ‘Allied Health
in Tennessee: A Supply and Demand Study’ 2010


(MURFREESBORO) — MTSU’s Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services recently released the fourth edition of “Allied Health in Tennessee: A Supply and Demand Study.”
The study, released in June, analyzes supply and demand for various allied health professions in Tennessee, said Cynthia Chafin, project director and consultant with the Adams Chair.
It was released through the MTSU Center for Health and Human Services, which has a grant with the Nashville Career Advancement Center and the Tennessee Hospital Association’s Center for Health Workforce Development in Tennessee to produce the fourth edition.
To view the study online, go to http://www.mtsu.edu/achcs/AlliedHealth.shtml.
The fourth edition includes national and local data as well, Chafin said, adding that it is called “the” source for allied health supply and demand information by academic institutions, employers and students. A reflection of this is demonstrated by inclusion of data in the 2009 edition of the Tennessee State Health Plan, which can be viewed at http://www.tn.gov/finance/healthplanning/Documents/2009TennesseeStateHealthPlan.pdf. The 2010 Allied Health Study is referenced on page 46).
“At the national level, the Bureau of Labor and Statistics Occupational Employment Projections to 2016 (from November 2007) indicate that jobs in health care and social assistance are expected to have the fastest rate of growth over the next 10 years with the addition of a projected 4.0 million new wage and salary jobs, or 27 percent of all nonagricultural wage and salary jobs,” said Dr. Jo Edwards, Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services and director of MTSU’s Center for Health and Human Services.
“Jobs in health care are not going away,” Edwards added. “These statistics should capture the attention of students making career decisions, academicians, and state and local governments. The publication addresses the many challenges associated with a changing health care landscape, a concern for which Dr. and Mrs. Carl Adams had envisioned the Adams Chair focusing its efforts.”
Limited copies of the publication are available to MTSU faculty and students by contacting the Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services at 615-898-2905 or 615-494-8919.
For more information on MTSU’s Adams Chair of Excellence in Health Care Services and the Center for Health and Human Services, please visit http://mtsu.edu/~achcs/.

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