Hospital Administration Courses, Career Details
In India, Hospital Management is a new branch of management course. It is concerned
with leadership, management and administration of hospitals, hospital networks,
and health care systems. The urgent nature of this work and the level of efficiency
that is expected have increased the need of well-formulated hospital management
courses throughout the world. Career training in hospital management helps the students
to pursue two goals in life, first of earning a good salary package and second offering
service to the mankind.
Eligibility:
A candidate should be 10+2 passed with biology as a subject for a bachelor’s
degree. Selection in most of institutions offering hospital administration courses
is through a common entrance examination. The nature of the entrance examination is
purely non-academic and is aimed to check general awareness and management skills.
Even students from non – medical background can take admission for this course as
non – medical administrative setup does not require any technicality. Several
institutes are offering short term, certificate, diploma and correspondence courses
in hospital management through distance learning.
Scope of Hospital
Management Course:
The importance of health care can never diminish and the number of institutes providing
health care is only increasing. There are more than two and half lakh various health
care institutes that require hospital administrators in India. The growing need
of professionals would only increase the importance of hospital management courses
in India. As along with the government various private hospitals are today competing
to provide first class health care services, the demand of professional hospital
administrators are rising tremendously. Earlier a doctor used to handle all the
hospital related activities. Now there is specialization in every aspect of the
work. Many categories related to medical science and hospitals have changed. There
are various types of hospitals today, including ordinary hospitals, speciality hospitals
and super speciality hospitals. The services change according to the type of hospital.
Therefore hospital management has a lot of scope these days.
Career Options:
Degree/ diploma holders in hospital management course can find jobs in large
public / private sector hospitals, clinics, international and national healthcare
organizations and health insurance companies, healthcare centres, nursing homes,
mental health organizations, public health departments, rehabilitation centres,
pharmaceuticals and hospital supply firms, medical software companies and hospital
consulting firms. A hospital manager has to administer, manage and maintain equipment,
manage the medical staff and day to day medical activities, financial planning,
operations of the hospital.
A hospital manager’s functioning depends on the size of the organization. In a smaller
organization, medical or health care centre he may have to handle administrative
work like billing, maintenance, equipment supply etc. He is actively involved with
doctors, group practice and decision making. But in a large organization he also
has to participate in the key issues. They have to be the co-ordination specialists
between various departments to ensure smooth functioning and oversee that all equipment
function properly. They have other responsibilities like hiring non - medical staff,
maintenance of hospital services, security, building the hospital brand, marketing,
accounts, financial operations, planning and control for continuous material supply,
management of the research and clinical work etc.
Some Popular Hospitals
are:
- Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai
- Jehangir Hospital, Pune
- Apollo Hospital, Pune
- Kalinga Hospital, Bhubaneshwar
- Vatsalya Children Hospital, Varanasi
- Nanavati hospital, Vile Parle
Remuneration:
Remuneration of a hospital administrator/ manager depends on the type of
organization he/she works for. With the growth of this sector there are many avenues
for the right, hard working, sincere and humane candidates. In India, a junior hospital
manager can earn a starting salary in the range of Rs. 8,000 - Rs. 12,000 per month.
An experienced and qualified hospital manager can earn more than Rs. 40,000 per
month. The demand for skilled and experienced hospital managers in foreign countries
is reasonably high. The salary offered by hospitals abroad may be number of times
more than that of the salary offered in India.
List of Institutes
for Hospital Management Course in India:
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
- Symbiosis Center of Healthcare.
- Tata Institute of Social Science.
- Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
- The Apollo Hospitals.
- Panjab University Chandigarh.
- SNDT Women's University Mumbai.
- Kadturba Medical College Manipal.
- National Institute of Health and Family welfare New Delhi.
- Armed Forces Medical College, Pune.
