Career In Healthcare Management : A Perspective

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Healthcare industry in India is undergoing massive transformation at present and this phenomenon is primarily being powered and driven by advancement in software and hardware technologies. According to a recent research by India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), Indian healthcare industry will cross the turnover of 160 Billion USD by end of this year. This transformation has created acute need of non core healthcare management professionals who are academically learned for healthcare management industry. All the stakeholders in the industry like hospitals, health insurance providers, pharmaceutical companies etc need the professionals who can help them in riding the growth curve of the Industry.
Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) picked up cue from the upward trend and has pioneered their flagship program Masters in Healthcare Management in Pune. A post graduate degree in healthcare management serves are ideal launch pad for budding young professionals who want to pursue a rewarding career in Healthcare domain. In the healthcare industry, it is just not hospitals who need management professionals. There are many ...
... other industries which are associated with healthcare and contribute towards smooth functioning of the Industry i.e IT companies who create healthcare Software or electronics companies who manufacture high precision equipment. They all need management professionals with sound understanding of healthcare. These organizations cannot hire regular MBA candidates as they would not have the basis understanding of healthcare. Specialized professionals with healthcare orientation helps them in getting inducted faster into the organizations and help them in delivering better results for the companies.
Similarly other organizations across industries including consulting firms, health insurance providers, hospitals, mental health organizations, public health departments and universities also require healthcare management professionals. They would need these professionals for many purposes like,
To understand the client requirements;
To conduct research, to study and analyse the data;
To do infrastructure planning;
To create contingency plans in case of an epidemic outbreak;
To plan the optimal utilization of resources and many more.
An individual who has pursued a degree Healthcare Management is equipped with fundamentals of industry and also possesses ample knowledge about various aspects of management like marketing, operations management, financial management, supply chain, IT etc. Possessing combined knowledge of these aspects helps the professional in making useful contribution to the company.
Management professionals play a prominent role in running large hospitals which cater to thousands on patients in a day. These hospitals would be required to function 24 X 7 and would typically have multiple speciality departments with huge Out Patient Department (OPD) spread across sprawling campuses and they employ hundreds of doctors, nurses, equipment operators along with the extensive support staff. The planning and execution at these hospitals should be of highest order so that they can serve the large volume of patients everyday including many among those would require critical care or emergency services too. A healthcare management professional will help the hospital in planning their resources for optimal utilization which will help them in providing best possible healthcare to the patients.
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