Hospital Management

The healthcare industry is growing rapidly despite recent loss of jobs and unemployment and it is also experiencing a rapid rise in employment rates. According the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the growth in professional employment for most professionals in the U.S. has increased by 11 per cent in recent years. Health jobs will grow significantly in the future, as some jobs will grow as high as 40%. Healthcare Management Administration represents a huge employment market in the health sector. These areas of the business are composed of highly qualified professionals managing businesses within the healthcare industry.

Contents

1. Do you have it you?
2. Commitment as a Student & Job Commitment
3. Basic Qualification
4. Attitude Aptitude & Skills
5. Future Prospects
6. Other Professions

Do you have in you?

While doctors strive to keep the blood flowing and saving lives, the hospital administrator has to keep the hospital up and running. Hospital managers are required to improve efficiency in all health care facilities, while monitoring the quality of the health care services provided. As a hospital administrator you will be concerned with planning, staffing, organizing, coordinating, controlling and evaluating the health services for the community in order to provide quality services to patient and exhibit efficiency in running the hospital. So if you possess exceptional leadership qualities along with pleasing personality and interpersonal skills then you are a right fit to join the life saving quest of a hospital.

Commitment as a Student & Job Commitment

Hospital administrator plays a vital role in taking life saving decisions without the scalpel in hand by managing different department in hospitals. Administrators make sure hospitals operate efficiently and provide adequate medical care to patients and work in tandem with medical and support staff. Hospital administrators work round the clock dealing with emergency services, high risk, ethical and legal issues and resolving disputes. You should be prepared for a difficult and demanding job which requires the administrators to keep up with advances in medicine, data processing technology, changing government regulations and labour relations, computerized diagnostics and treatment equipments, dealing with insurance companies and last but not the least financial sustainability of the hospital. Hospital managers should be well versed with the managerial aspects of various clinical and support service departments and manage financial, material and human resources with the main focus on promoting professional management practices that are necessary for delivering effective healthcare services. Hospital Administrators are closely involved in ensuring continuous quality improvement, awareness drive by dealing with media companies and public relation department, demand generation, optimum utilization of limited resources and dealing with increased expectations of staff and patients.

Basic Qualification

You can apply for a three year Bachelors in Hospital Administration after 10+2 with a minimum of 50 per cent marks. The admission will be based on a written test followed by a group discussion and personal interview. For two year full time or three year part time post-graduate diploma courses or an MBA in Hospital Administration you need graduation from any discipline with preference given to MBBS. The admission is through a written test followed by group discussion and personal interview. The courses available in this field range from bachelor of Hospital Management/Administration, Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital Management /Administration, Master of Hospital Administration, MBA in Hospital Administration and MD/M Phil in Hospital Administration to certificate and diploma courses in Hospital management/ administration.

Attitude Aptitude & Skills

As a hospital or health services manager you will be required to understand financial implications of the various decisions taken and have knowledge of information systems, to be able to interpret data for effective decision making. You need to have strong leadership qualities to be able to implement the decisions along with tact, diplomacy and flexibility. As a hospital administrator you must have good judgment and knowledge related to management doctrines and techniques and a friendly attitude, ability to handle public and should be able to meet deadlines under pressure situations. The manager should be trained in managing financial, material and human resources as well as planning and managing information systems. Above all you need to be empathetic and have a flair for organizing, and an eye for detail.

Future Prospects

Employment opportunities for health care graduates are increasing with large number of corporate hospitals, hospitals sponsored by industrial houses, multinational hospital corporations with modern technology being established. The field of healthcare is changing in terms of how and where care is delivered, who is providing those services, and how that care is financed. As a hospital administrator you have tremendous opportunities in large public and private sector hospitals, international and national healthcare organizations, healthcare portals, nursing homes; partnerships involved in the delivery of health care services; NGOs run health care facilities, charitable organizations, mental health care facilities, pharmaceutical companies, health insurance providers and hospital supply firms. As a hospital management graduate you can work as Deans and Directors of medical colleges, Hospital superintendents, deputy superintendents, medical directors and nursing directors. A fresh graduate with a Master’s degree in health services or hospital administration may start their professional career as assistant hospital administrators or as managers of various departments like the front office, public relations, finance, quality control and climb the ladder to become the CEO of the hospital.