The programme focuses necessary skills to tackle complex management issues and develop creative solutions to critical problems

IIHMR Bangalore, in association with SEMS Pune, has devised a ‘Healthcare Leadership Training’ programme for professionals. Remarking on the need for effective management at hospitals, Dr Amol Sahasrabuddhe, Manager of the Cardiac Department at Deenanath Mangeshkar Superspeciality Hospital & Research Centre listed out three major management specific challenges faced by hospitals today. They are financial challenges, maintaining quality of services and clinical management challenges.

Dr Dnyaneshwar Shelke, Chief Operating Officer, BVG Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services shared his insights on the challenges faced by emergency medical services (EMS) management.

Pointing out the need for a healthcare management programme, Dr Biranchi N Jena, Director of IIHMR, Bangalore said, “In order to ensure that the candidates entering the field of healthcare management, IIHMR has deviseda short-term training programme made specifically for working professionals and the syllabus is constructed to meet the requirements of the healthcare industry. The programme focuses necessary skills to tackle complex management issues and develop creative solutions to critical problems. The training programme is open to professionals from different fields of healthcare such as nurses, dentists, lab technicians, pharmacists and corporate medicine professionals.”

National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET) has accredited IIHMR Bangalore as the first leading hospital and healthcare consultant organisation to provide assistance to healthcare organisations on NABH accreditation via which students are given exposure in realms such as quality improvement, patient satisfaction, and infection control. Apart from the short-term training programme, IIHMR Bangalore also offers a full-time post graduate diploma course specialising in Health, Hospital and Information Technology management (HIT). As the programme has set high precedent healthcare management, the admissions for the batch of 2016 are open and the last date for submission of applications is July 29, 2016.

Date: Feb 24, 2016

Source: Financial Express