Program Educational Objective (PEO)
The Post Graduate Program in Hospital and Health Management at IIHMR is designed to provide the graduate students with appropriate knowledge, attitude and skills to enable them to perform as effective leaders and managers in healthcare industry
Additionally, the program seeks to fulfil the following specific objectives:
- To understand concepts and techniques of management and their application in hospital and healthcare organizations.
- To develop skills in diagnosing and solving management problems in healthcare.
- To apply the management skills in planning, operationalizing and managing healthcare organizations.
- To focus on strategic responsibilities for capacity building and human resource development for healthcare delivery.
- To understand and apply the principles of research to identify healthcare problem and provide solutions.
- To explore and implement new technology and innovations in health sector.
Program Outcome
Upon completion of the program the student will be able to "Function effectively as leader and/or manager in a healthcare set up". To achieve this, the following program outcomes have been defined:
- Management Knowledge & Skills: Develop students with requisite management knowledge and skills in healthcare delivery system
- Problem Analysis: Ability to define the problems and provide solutions by designing and implementing strategies and by interpreting and analyzing data for healthcare delivery
- Design/development of solutions: Design solutions for health systems for its program components and processes that meet the specified goals with appropriate consideration for health, safety, cultural, societal, and environmental sensitivities
- Conduct investigations of complex problems: Use scientific approach, knowledge, and methods including design of experiments, analysis, interpretation of data, and synthesis of information to provide valid conclusions
- Modern tool usage in healthcare: Understand technologies like computer-controlled processes and management information systems, supply chain management, enterprise resource planning, statistical software designed on healthcare management
- Healthcare & society: Apply reasoning informed by the contextual knowledge to assess societal, health, safety, legal, and cultural issues and the consequent responsibilities in community extension relevant to the professional healthcare management practice
- Environment & sustainability: Understand the impact of the professional healthcare management solutions in societal and environmental contexts, and demonstrate the knowledge of, and the need for sustainable development
- Responsible Behaviour & Ethics: Demonstrate responsible behaviour through awareness, sensitivity and professional standards and apply ethical principles and norms for healthcare management in professional settings
- Leadership & teamwork: Engage in participatory management to conform to a shared vision and activities for the achievement of organizational and societal goals.
- Communication: Develop soft skills and effectively communicate health management activities to professionals and to the society at large, such as being able to comprehend and write effective reports, presentations, documents, and give and receive clear instructions
- Resource Management: Exhibit competency in choosing and applying appropriate resource management technique(s) and meeting timelines so as to optimally utilize resources in healthcare systems to attain program outcomes
- Life-long Learning: Recognize the need for and ability to engage in independent and life-long learning in the context of contemporary changes in the health care systems
Specializations:
- Health Management
- Hospital Management
- Health Information Technology
Specialization in Hospital Management:
A comprehensively packaged program for hospital professionals providing an in-depth understanding of hospital operations, quality management, patient safety, management information systems, planning and legal framework. The programme trains students in relevant subjects which, together with intensive internships, equips students to apply their knowledge in real healthcare settings. The program equips participants with the competencies required for leadership and managerial roles in hospitals and allied healthcare organizations. The job profiles range from – human resources management, project planning and implementation, quality management, operations management, costing and financial management, business development in the allied sectors, healthcare IT, health insurance in hospital sector etc.
Specialization in Health Management:
The programme includes a detailed and systematic study of the health systems, understanding and implications of national health programmes, health policy and planning, programme implementation and management. It also orients the students to important areas of public health such as health systems research, epidemiology, quality assurance in healthcare and global health. It prepares students to take on managerial positions in the national health programmes, civil society organizations and other national and international health care organizations. They are also prepared to be competent professionals having sufficient knowledge and practical exposure in various fields such as health insurance, consulting, CSR, health IT.
Specialization in Health Information Technology:
The program prepares future healthcare leaders to manage and innovate in the digital health ecosystem by integrating management principles with health informatics and information technology. The curriculum covers clinical information systems, data mining, health insurance, design thinking, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. Students learn to leverage technology to drive digital transformation and innovation, enhance healthcare service quality, improve patient safety, and protect health data. They are trained to take positions as clinical data and healthcare business analysts, HIS/ EHR technical support executives and implementation experts, digital health project coordinators, and any roles in AI and data analytics across the healthcare sector.