Hospital Administration

This program aims at improving the managerial skills of hospitals for effective and efficient performance of the Hospitals. The human resources, law, and order, and financial aspects of a hospital are planned, directed, and coordinated by a specific workforce. These are a group of individuals who have specialized in hospital administration and management sciences. They collaborate with other professionals such as doctors, paramedical staff and nurses, etc.

Healthcare administration is the management of all the non-clinical functions involved in operating a healthcare facility, from day-to-day operations to staffing to budgeting and finance to long-term strategic planning to ensure the success of the healthcare provider or system. You can think of healthcare administration as the process of managing and handling every aspect of the business side of delivering healthcare services. 

Today a modern hospital has just not the doctor and nurses alone but a large contingent of administrative support staff. In any large corporate hospital, the medical staff comprising of doctor and nurse v/s the support staff runs into a ratio of 6:4. That means almost half portion of the staff in any modern corporate hospital system would be support staff comprising of Admin, HR, Patient Relations, Accounts, Record maintenance etc. The success of a large modern hospital today to a very large extent depends upon the quality and effectiveness of its non-clinical support staff, who works as an interface between doctor and patient, patient and nurse, and between doctor and nurse within the hospital. Candidates with excellent business acumen and organizational skills are mostly required in this job. Undoubtedly interpersonal skills play a very important role in making this career a success. Along with this set of soft skills, people with a certified educational qualification in healthcare/ hospital administration, have the upper hand in getting recruited into this position, in multispecialty hospitals in and around our country. Candidates with excellent communicational skills and vibrant personalities have huge demands. They are paid very high and can buildup an excellent career in administration, over a period of time in the multispecialty hospital sector. 

By the end of this course, learners will

Acquire theoretical knowledge and develop practical skills to apply a scientific approach to the management of people, materials, finance, and communication, and for organizing work and managing resources Learn modern management techniques like inventory canal, control, economic order quantity( EOQ) , operational research organizational development, management information system, etc. Plan in advance how to face the problems of hospital management, and learn methods of problem-solving and decision-making. Assess the clinical and non-clinical needs of patient care, understanding the administrative and technical requirements of physicians and paramedical personnel. 

Course Modules 

Management of Clinical Services Course

 Hospital as a system Out-Patient Department Inpatient Department Accident and Emergency Services Operation Theatres Intensive Care Units Specialty Services Other Hospital Functional Activities

Hospital Materials Management Course 

Introduction to materials management Stores Management Purchase Management Inventory Management Stock Verification, Condemnation, and disposal Equipment Management Legal aspects.

Medical and Health laws Course 

Introduction Hospitals as an Industry Hospital’s duties towards Patients Acts pertaining to Hospitals Legal liabilities of Hospitals Medical ethics, CPA & Auditory procedures.

Management of Support & Utility Services 

Radiology & Imaging Services, Hospital Laboratory, Blood Bank & Transfusion Services,Transportation & Ambulance Services

Central Sterile Supply department, Dietetics, Medical Records Department

Hospital Linen and Laundry, Housekeeping services, Security, Pharmacy

Basic Engineering Services, Allied Engg services, Maintenance & store management, Engg service department, Engineering Hazards 

Medical Management Information System

 Intoduction

Managing Hospital Information Systems

Role of Information Technology in Hospitals

Management Information System

Telemedicine

Health Insurance and Medical Tourism

 Introduction to the Health insurance system

Health Insurance systems in India

Medical Tourism

Disaster Management

 Basics of Disaster Management

Disaster Management Process

Disaster preparedness

Fire Safety

Biomedical Waste Management 

Definition of Biomedical Waste BMW – Segregation, collection, transportation, disposal

Liquid BMW, Radioactive waste, Metals / Chemicals / Drug waste

BMW Management & methods of disinfection

Modern technology for handling BMW Monitoring & controlling of cross infection

(Protective devices)

BMW from an Administrative point of (Budget, Health check-up, Insurance)

HR Management in Healthcare

Scope of HRM in hospitals

HR planning and development

Training and Development

Wage and Salary administration

Labor laws

Acts applicable to hospitals

Quality Management

Basics of Quality Management

Quality Improvement Approaches

Quality Improvement Tools and techniques

Accreditation (NABH, ISO.. etc)

Cost of Quality 

LAB

Grapes software

Basics of Microsoft Excel

Internship/ Industrial training

industrial visit

Industrial Training/ internship

Career opportunities after the course:

Administrator

Admin Executive

Supervisor- Administration

Guest Relation Executive

Medical Record Executive

OP Secretary

OP Assistant

Ward Secretary

PRO

Front Office Executive 

Medical Insurance Executive

House Keeping Supervisor

H R Executive

Patient Relation Associate

Quality control executive

Billing Executive

Accounts Executive

Patient Counsellor

Admin Clerk

Assessment

This qualification is assessed by a multiple-choice examination. Students are assessed online after the completion of the training. There will be 45 multiple-choice questions to answer for each course, with a pass mark of 60 %. The answers are processed automatically so that students will know their results instantly. Re-exams will be provided on request for those who fail to pass.

Duration 

6 Months

Mode of Delivery

Online & Offline mode