Reality of Hospital Administration

With the increasing demand for hospitals, the healthcare industry has become one of the prime industries for capital investment in India. In 1980s, there were private clinics, small nursing homes, private hospitals, government hospitals, and public health centers. Recent times have witnessed change in the trends, and many corporate hospitals have emerged with the state-of-the-art medical equipment and multispecialty services to the patients. With the emergence of numerous multispecialty hospitals, the demand for hospital administrators is also equally growing. Hospital administration is a specialized course, which deals with the various aspects of administration of hospitals. Since the hospitals are dealing with human lives, the administrators and other medical, paramedical, and supportive staff require a special talent, training, competency, qualification and experience for running a hospital efficiently and effectively. The present book is a comprehensive and contemporary textbook aimed at imparting practical knowledge to the readers about the functioning of the hospital, sensitive issues in hospitals, duties and responsibility of each and every category of employee in hospitals, patients’ rights and responsibilities, guidelines for accreditation, doctors’ do’s and don’ts, and hospital systems and procedures, which are commonly followed.