Hospital Management

Hospital Management

Introduction: 

Hospital management is one among the top ten millennium professions which provides a direct link between healthcare facilities and those supplying the services they need. A career in Hospital Management involves ensuring effective utilization of physical and financial resources of the hospital as well as creating an organizational climate beneficial to the growth and development of the personnel. It is a difficult, challenging, and responsible and moreover, a demanding job.

Nature of Work: 

Hospital Management Career involves ensuring effective use of physical & financial resources of the hospital. It also helps to create an organizational climate which is beneficial to the growth & development of the persons. Hospital Managers & Administrators have become essential to manage hospitals & medical facilities. They are responsible for education, overall patient care, research & community health care related to the organization. Medical & Non-Medical background students can pursue a career in Hospital Management/Administration.

Personality: 

Technology Skills:
If you aren’t comfortable with technology, health services management is not for you. As a healthcare manager you will be responsible for keeping up to date with the latest coding and billing software. Hospitals and healthcare facilities now use electronic health records (EHR), which will require you to learn new software and make sure it is effective for the company as a whole.

Strong Management Skills:
You will be responsible for managing a large team, depending on the size of the facility you work for. If you work for a small hospital or healthcare facility, you could very well be in charge of overseeing the daily duties of the entire staff. You will need to have strong management skills and organizational skills to keep everyone on track and ensure that your hospital or healthcare facility runs smoothly.

Legal Knowledge:
Much of a health services administrator’s job revolves around understanding and implementing healthcare policies. You will need to understand the regulations in the healthcare industry and how those apply to your healthcare facility. The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that health service administrators will need to keep up on new laws and policies and know how to effectively adapt their hospital or healthcare facility accordingly.

Problem Solving Skills:
Health service administrators are often faced with detail-oriented tasks and situations that will call for effective problem solving skills. Whether it’s an issue with staff or administrative duties, you will need to be able to think creatively and face any task confidently. Having strong and creative problem solving skills will help you succeed as a health services manager.

Professional courses, Duration and Eligibility Criteria: 

UG:
B.Sc. - Allied Health Sciences 
B.Sc. - Health Sciences 
B.Sc. - Hospital Management 
Bachelor's Degree - Preventive Health

PG:
M.D. - Community Health Administration 
PGD - Dietetics& Therapeutic Nutrition 
M.Sc. - Dietics 
PGD - Fitness Management 
PGD - Health & Hospital Administration 
Master's Degree - Health Care 
MBA - Health Management 
Master's Degree - Health Sciences 
M.D. - Hospital Administration 
M.Sc. - Hospital Management 
M.Sc. - Public Health 
MPH - Public Health 
PGD - Public Health

Others:
Diploma - Health Administration
Diploma - Health and Hospital Management
Diploma - Health Information Administration
Diploma - Public Health

Eligibility Criteria: 

For admission into bachelor’s degree program a student should pass higher secondary education or 10+2 in any subjects. The duration for bachelor’s degree course is 3 years.

Career Prospects: 

There is a huge requirement for healthcare institutes in India. Institutes under this field have extended widely in rural and municipal areas. The growth in this field has provoked anticipation about the competence of funds, justice, access to services and the accessibility of financial mechanism to maintain private healthcare. A student can begin a career as pathologists, nurses or ward boys in hospitals, clinics and medical representatives. 
A pathologist must have a degree of Diploma in Medical Laboratory Tech while medical representatives require any one of the pharmaceutical qualifications such as D. Pharmacy, B. Pharmacy or M. Pharmacy.

Remuneration:

Salary of a health care professional depends upon what area he/she is choosing, educational qualification and experience. On other hand one can expect a salary of Rs.10, 000 to Rs.15, 000 per month at the initial stage and as experience increases the salary also increases.

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