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In one year, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and its academic partner medical centers contributed $197 million to the economy of our state, according to an analysis recently released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
The organization said it is important to understand that the medical school and its teaching partners — beyond training the next generation of physicians at both the undergraduate and graduate levels — are also important economic engines for our community.
Specifically, JABSOM and its teaching hospital partners created a total of 2,667 Hawaiʻi jobs. That number includes 1,839 direct jobs, another 365 jobs supported by the money spent on computer supplies, public outreach campaigns, medical devices or lab equipment; and the equivalent of an additional 463 jobs fueled by the cash spent by school and medical center employees at retail and food stories and on entertainment and other expenses.
The AAMC, to which JABSOM and other U.S. medical schools belong, said income generated by JABSOM research totaled more than $16 million in Hawaiʻi.
