Allied Healthcare Professional Revenue and ROI Report
MARKET CONTEXT: THE WIDESPREAD USE AND GROWING SHORTAGE OF ALLIED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS AMN Healthcare’s 2024 Allied Healthcare Professional Revenue and ROI Report was completed at a time when allied healthcare professionals are playing a larger role in healthcare delivery, while the number and the number of these professionals is in short supply. The Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP) defines allied health broadly as “those health professions that are distinct from medicine and nursing.”
There now are over 80 job categories in the allied health professions that include but are not limited to:
√ Physical Therapists √ Electrophysiology Technologists √ EKG Technicians √ Electroencephalography (EEG) Technologists √ Polysomnographic Technologists √ Computed Tomography Technologists √ Interventional Radiology Technologists √ Magnetic Resonance Technologists
√ Special Procedures Technologists √ Vascular Sonographers √ Clinical Laboratory Scientists √ Cytologists √ Histotechnicians √ Histotechnologists √ Medical Laboratory Technicians √ Medical Technologists √ Phlebotomists √ Dialysis Technologists √ Nutritionists √ Dieticians √ Occupational Therapists √ Speech Language Pathologists √ Respiratory Therapists
√ Laboratory Technologists √ Endoscopy Technician √ Medical Dosimetrists
√ Medical Physicists √ Radiation Therapists
√ Cardiac Monitor Technicians √ Cardiovascular Interventional Technologists √ Cath Lab Technologists √ Echo Technologists √ Pharmacy technicians √ Dental Hygienists √ Emergency Medical Technologists/Paramedics √ Exercise Physiologists √ Medical Assistants
√ Mammographers √ Nuclear Medicine Technologists √ Radiologic Technologists √ Sonographers
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook
Together with a range of technical and support staff, allied healthcare professionals may deliver direct patient care, rehabilitation, treatment, diagnostics, and health improvement interventions to restore and maintain optimal physical, sensory, psychological, cognitive, and social functions.
© AMN Healthcare 2024
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