Scope of Healthcare Management

 

The Indian healthcare system is in a phase of transformational change which is revolutionizing the entire scenario. Health care and its management is one of the fastest growing sectors both in India and globally. The journey of Indian health care has witnessed a paradigm shift from post independence till date. Specially in the last decade the industry has experienced astonishing changes .Earlier being consider as a stagnant industry health care is now among the most dynamic industries and is evolving continuously.

The growing healthcare awareness and increase in income and investment has led to corporatization of the healthcare. And this phenomenon has forced us to see beyond the traditional health care services. It has lead to the advent of concept like super specialty hospitals, surgery (Day care surgery), and far greater involvement of information  technology in the health care system. Owing to corporatization, along with the clinical and paramedical specialties the need of healthcare managers has emerged significantly.

Those days have departed when only clinicians were the face of the health care facility. Emerging trends in health care entails talent and expertise apart from the  clinical skills to ensure quality in healthcare services. The primary responsibility of health care managers is to foster an environment that can provide necessary and quality health care through optimum utilization of technology and resources .Their  profile not just restrict them to manage  a healthcare facility  but also involves planning and designing new healthcare models. They determine budgets, handle operational activities, motivate the staff and monitor and control all the processes. They keep up with relevant health care laws, technology and standards.

In collaboration with  WHO, Government  of India and State government various  programs focusing on public health have been launched . The objectives of these programs is to reach the unreached. These programs are targeted to millions of population to which health care was not accessible. These programs are face major challenges in terms of health care delivery. For  the efficient delivery of these programs  expertise is required to ensure ideal and precise utilization of the  available resources.

In recent times Information technology (IT) has proved its potential to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care. Information technology allows health care provide to collect ,store retrieve and transform data through electronic media.

In consonance with the need of todays health care
Symbiosis institute of health sciences, a constituent of Symbiosis International University provides MBA program in health care management. The MBA program prepares students to take on managerial positions in the Hospitals ,National health programs, the NGO sector, healthcare consultancies, health insurance and IT in healthcare and community-based health programs by building capacities in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating.

While the comprehensive classroom teaching includes assignment , presentation as  but also undergo various community based activity which sensitizes them towards their social responsibilities .As an individual  these activities  add to the element of compassion in them as managers.

SIHS  brings together an outstanding pool of Academicians and professionals with diverse expertise contributing to the development of healthcare leaders .With such wide knowledge and expertise in healthcare SIHS has launched an official blog which will serve as platform for all to exchange and share their knowledge , learning and experiences. This will serve as a medium for  sharing innovations and recent advances in the healthcare.

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Neha Bhagatkar

Asst. Professor

SIHS