With an aim to overcome the shortage of trained and qualified hospital and health managers in the country, the International Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR), Delhi on Wednesday offered its courses to the students of Madhya Pradesh. While talking to mediapersons on Wednesday, IIHMR Dean Dr Ashok Agrawal told, “There is an acute shortage of trained and qualified hospital and health managers in the country. Our programme is designed to meet this need and give students the skills to effectively lead in today's changing global environment.”
The institute offers two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma programmes in Hospital and Health Management (PGDHM), which was approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), he said. According to Agrawal, the health management education system in India has undergone dramatic changes since Independence. There is still a lot of scope of improvement and lot remains to be done to highlight the challenges and future opportunities for health management services.
One of the primary areas, which need urgent attention is the human resource management in the healthcare network. To close this gap, IIHMR, Delhi, one of India’s leading health management institutes has identified the wide gap between demand and supply for trained health care administrators to work for hospitals and other health care provider organisations.
There is a wide gap between demand and supply for trained health care administrators to work for hospitals and other health care provider organisations, he said. He informed that the IIHMR Delhi has excellent placement record. Global and domestic Hospitals and Healthcare organisations like UNICEF, Columbia Asia, Deloitte, Sterling, Dell, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Accenture, Jaypee Group of hospitals, Rockland, Future Group, Thumbay Group (UAE) and many more such players are the key recruiters amongst others.