The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington (UW CHWS) leverages data to track the allied health workforce using multiple public datasets. Previously, researchers developed interactive web-based dashboards that allow users to compare state supply estimates and examine aging trends among allied health professionals in 3-year intervals (2011, 2014, 2017). Researchers also created dashboards showing commuting patterns for allied health professionals (2013-2017). These tools were designed to complement a series of reports describing national supply estimates, state supply estimates, and commuting patterns for allied health professionals.

This report describes an update of previous UW CHWS work, where more recent data was added to the state supply and aging trends dashboards to illustrate how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced data collection and workforce supply estimates.