If doctors are god, then healthcare management professionals are god’s best friends.
If you are looking for a career where you can work towards the improvement of the medical infrastructure of the society without having to be a doctor or a nurse exactly, healthcare management is just the right profession for you.
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors in the nation. Healthcare Management involves general administration, administration of patient admission and discharge, administration of outpatient departments, and administration of various facilities at a hospital. Just like in a hotel, a manager is required to maintain the proper working, similar way the demand of healthcare managers is much required.
According to a survey, the demand for healthcare professionals will rise in the coming times to 20% more.
Nature of Job:
Desire to work with people, improve the efficiency of care, keep up-to-date on new laws, represent the facility at governing boards and organize the records of facility services
Condition of Work:
Involves major work inside the hospital.
Respecting confidentiality
High work pressure and often long working hours.
Managers spend most of their day time work hours doing paperwork, maintaining a
budget and scheduling rotation shifts for employees.
Earnings: Average ₹4,50,000 per year in the beginning of career.
Eligibility: Bachelors in Healthcare Management (BHM); Bachelors of Business
Administration (BBA) Masters in Hospital management Masters in Hospital Administration,
Personal Attributes: Leadership, Adaptive, Critical thinking, relationship building.
Employment outlook: Hospitals, retirement homes, Mental health institutions, clinics, Medical institutes, rehabilitation centre.
List of university:
Amity University, Noida
NIMS University, Jaipur
Chandigarh University
Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration, Hyderabad
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences – Manipal
References:
1. Khan Academy
2. Mindler
3. Brightstorm
4. Simplilearn
