Accomplishments
- Ongoing and open forum for sharing information and issues related to:
- Education
- Professional trends
- Workforce availability of allied health professionals
- Recommending healthcare delivery models for beneficial, accessible and cost-effective allied health services.
- Developed a plan to address serious workforce shortages in 1994.
- Collaborated with statewide communities in a successful initiative to seek legislative approval and funding for the expansion of programs in Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology.
- Graduates of these expanded programs entered the workforce in 1998.
- Served as a forum for facilitation of advancement of school-based Speech-Language Pathologists to Masters level preparation.
- Established a survey and model database with the Sheps Center of supply and demand information on the allied health workforce in North Carolina.
- Recognized and emulated nationally.
- Completed workforce studies:
- Physical Therapy, May 2000
- Speech-Language Pathology, June 2001
- Health Information Management, October 2002
- Radiologic Technology, July 2003
- Clinical Laboratory Sciences, August 2004
- Respiratory Therapy, August 2004
- Allied Health Vacancy Report, May 2005
- State of Allied Health in North Carolina, May 2005
- Allied Health Job Vacancy Tracking Report, August 2006
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