Mr. Rajendra Gupta.Our ‪‎PhD‬ Scholar presented his book authored by him – ‪Health‬ Care Reforms in India

Mr. Rajendra Gupta.Our #PhD Scholar presented his book authored by him – #Health Care Reforms in India; Making up for the Lost Decades. Key Features of the book:

1. Well- researched book on health care reforms that captures wealth of insights, serving as comprehensive source of up-to-date information and facts

2. Offers interesting insights into the health of India’s population and makes a passionate appeal for political priority to be given to universal health coverage and for an upstream pre-emptive approach to health

3. Contains thought provoking ideas and reform proposals, which are of global relevance

It is a must read for everyone interested in the Health Care System of India

The book is available via the following channels: 

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The School of ‪Rural‬ Management, ‪IIHMR‬ University Announces SANKALP 2016 - All India Online Essay Contest

The School of ‪#‎Rural‬ Management, ‪#‎IIHMR‬ University, Jaipur is inviting young graduates, all across India to enter an online ‪#‎essay‬ competition. For more detailed information click below link
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Cancer to affect over 7 crore people till 2021 in India

Cancer to affect over 7 crore people till 2021 in India

Need over 8000 healthcare professionals by 2020 for Cancer alone- IIHMR University

Editor’s Synopsys: ·         Doctor patient ratio is 1 in 2000 currently, India aims to achieve 1 in 1000 by 2021 ·         India needs skillful manpower, trained staff, technology and specialized cancer centers ·         Estimated 2,700 mammograms installed in India, which represents less than 5% of that in the US – EY report on Call for Action: Expanding Cancer Care In India ·         Tobacco related cancers for males is estimated to go up to 225,241 and 93,563 for females in the year 2020 ·         Mortality rates are about 4-6 times higher in India as opposed to US ·         Baseline cost of treatment is Rs. 3-4 lacs, higher than the annual household income for 80-85% households in India (EY Report 2015) ·         India has only 1 oncologist per 1600 new Cancer patients

Jaipur, 4^th February, 2016: With lifestyle diseases taking a toll on the healthcare spending and the rise in the need of skilled healthcare professionals, the Indian Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR University) on account of The World Cancer Day shared its insights on the rising need of healthcare professionals in the country.

According to Col. (Dr.) Ashok Kaushik, Dean Academics, The IIHMR University said, “Over the years there is a drastic increase in lifestyle diseases and amongst the most dreaded one is Cancer. Though there has been advancement in cancer care programme and an improvement in technology, there is still lack of accessibility, affordability, awareness and late detection in case of Cancer. Tobacco related cancers for males are estimated to go up to 225,241 and 93,563 for females in the year 2020. Breast cancer cases estimated in India till 2020 will be approximately 1.23 lakhs and the total number of people who will be affected by Cancer will be over 7 crore by 2021 in India alone (as according to EY report on Call for Action: Expanding Cancer Care in India).  The mortality rates in India are 4 to 6 times higher as opposed to US with baseline cost of the treatment to be about Rs. 3-4 lacs which is at times higher than the annual income of over 80-85% households.”

                                                    

In India there is a dire need of healthcare professionals. India currently has a Doctor to Patient Ratio of about 1 in 2000 and aims to achieve a figure of 1 in 1000 for patients suffering from Cancer. India will need about 450-550 dedicated Cancer Centers by 2020. Currently India has over 1250 Oncologists currently and will need over 5000 Oncologists by 2020. This states that the total number of healthcare professionals needed including the Oncologists will be over 8000 by the year 2020. There is also a need to create awareness about Cancer at an early stage which is why we need to create awareness programmes that should highlight the routine check-ups for people especially women to avoid being detected with last stage cancer.

According to EY Report, lack of adequate infrastructure and absence of mass screening programs are key barriers to timely and accurate diagnosis in India. There are an estimated 2,700 mammograms installed in India, which represents less than 5% of that in the US. There are an estimated 120 PET-CT scanners installed in India, the majority of which are in metropolitan cities. Only 30% of the cancer centers in India have advanced imaging technologies such as PET-CT. PET-CT scanners are essential for accurate diagnosis, staging and response monitoring of cancer and are therefore critical to providing comprehensive cancer care. India has only 200-250 comprehensive cancer care centers (0.2 per million population in India vs 4.4 per million population in US), 40% of which are present in eight metropolitan cities and fewer than 15% are government operated. In addition, there is a significant shortage of oncologists in India. India has only one oncologist per 1,600 new cancer patients in India. With all the above requirements we would like to say that India still needs skilled healthcare workforce which is the need of the day.

The number of dedicated Cancer beds is about 5000-6000 and the total number of dedicated beds estimated by 2020 will be over 12000-13000. Cancer affected states in India till date are Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tripura and Manipur. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in the women of Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Nagaland and Goa, and the second most common form of malignancy in females of Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat. Whereas in Tripura breast cancer represents the third most common form of cancer in women as according to the report Cancer Scenario in India with Future Perspectives.

                                                                                                                                  

The IIHMR University is a WHO Collaborating Center in the state of Rajasthan. The IIHMR University is a health research institute and offers MBA programmes under three schools of management. Under the School of Hospital and Health Management it provides MBA in Hospital and Health with 5 specializations (Hospital Management, Health Management, Human Resource Management, health Economics, Finance and Insurance and Procurement and Supply Chain Management). Under the School of Rural Management it offers MBA Rural Management and Under the School of Pharmaceutical Management it offers MBA Pharmaceutical Management. 

IIHMR University responds WHO’s finding of 10% of patients worldwide are affected due to errors in medical care

IIHMR University responds WHO’s finding of 10% of patients worldwide are affected due to errors in medical care

Conducts a training programme on Patient Medication Safety and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacists

Jaipur, January 12, 2016: Unsafe use of medication is a major issue in health care in both developed and developing countries, causing millions of patient injuries and costing billions of dollars to health-care systems. WHO reports that 10% of patients worldwide are affected due to errors in medical care.  This also estimates that in developed nation between 7.5% and 10.4% of patients in acute care settings and 13% in ambulatory settings experience adverse drug events. The financial burden of these errors is as high as US$ 4 billion a year, not counting lost wages, productivity or additional health-care costs. Hence this similar level of harm from unsafe medication is prevailed in both developed and developing nations which confirm that patient medication safety and quality management is a global priority.

The IIHMR University, Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur has been contributing towards this very topical issue of international importance through its flagship yearly WHO sponsored International Courses in Promoting Rational Drug Use in Communities (PRDUC) for last 11 years. Following the need of communication skills amongst the hospital Pharmacists, The India Institute of Health Management and Research, University (IIHMR), Jaipur has initiated a Management Development Programme on ‘Patient Medication Safety and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacists’    

Speaking about this Management Development Programme Dr. SD Gupta, President, IIHMR University said, “The adverse drug events and medication errors cause significant health and economic repercussions both in developed and developing countries. Therefore a global concerted effort is needed to address patient medication safety and it needs by involving all healthcare stakeholders, including patients. Communication has become the buzzword for healthcare professionals, in part due to the overwhelming reports of medication misuse. According to a healthcare research report majority of population are failing to comply some way with their medication regimens. Better communication skills in pharmacy practice enhance the pharmacist's ability to develop professional relationships with their patients, co-workers and other healthcare providers to optimize health care. . To addresses the issues related to Patient medication safety and medicines management, a Management Development Program on "Patient Medication safety and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacist" is being organized at IIHMR from January 11-15, 2016.”

Abhishek Dadhich, Assistant Professor and Programme Co-coordinator, IIHMR University said, “This program is designed for public health professionals and pharmacists currently holding positions of responsibility within health systems. The objective of the management development programme on Patient Medication Safety and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacists is to enable participants understand the concepts and need of medication safety culture in organization,  develop error-reduction strategies around the use of high-alert medications, The program enable participant to make effective communication techniques to prevent human error while patient medication is going on, The program also focus on  how to promote two-way communication with patients and health care professionals and enable participants to identify common barriers to verbal communication and describe ways to overcome each barrier.”

The program will use a mix of lecture by resource persons to introduce the lead concept and

encourage active interaction by the participants through classroom discussions, group work

and presentations.

IIHMR University invites PhD Application for Hospital, Health, Pharmaceutical and Rural Management

IIHMR University has introduced PhD Program in 2014. It is a doctoral program in the health sector with a multidisciplinary focus. The areas of research include public health, health and hospital management, nursing management, pharmaceutical management, population and reproductive health, health economics and finance, urban health, rural health, health nutrition, health communication and behavior change, information technology in the health sector, health systems and related areas. The program is open to postgraduates and health professionals in the field of management, public health and medicine, nursing, ISM, health economics and finance, demography, and allied sciences.

There are 20 Seats in the PhD programme for 2016-18 batch.

 PhD Application in Hospital, Health, Pharmaceutical and Rural Management

Objectives of the Programme

The PhD Program broadly aims at building and strengthening research capacity in the management of health care in order to improve the standards of health of people through accessible, affordable and equitable health services. The following are the objectives of the proposed program:

• Building capacity in research to strengthen health systems through enhanced efficiency and effectiveness, developing evidence based policies, strategies and interventions in the health sector.
• Developing high quality human resources for conducting management research in health care in the area of policy, strategy and program management, and evaluation.
• Developing outstanding academicians and management Professionals for higher level management teaching and research in postgraduate institutions, universities, health care industry, and government and consulting organizations

The Program is Designed to Enable the Students:

To meet the needs of research competency and skills of postgraduates, researchers, academicians and teachers, health administrators and mid-career health care professionals in private and government health sectors in policy and program management research in the health sector including hospitals, health systems and services, pharmaceutical management.

Duration of the Programme

The minimum program duration is three years including period of registration. Registration in PhD is subject to passing qualifying examination which will be based on the course work in the first year of the program. Program has three important mile stones; namely; course work with 32 credits; writing research proposal and data collection; and thesis writing and submission.

The maximum period allowable to complete PhD is five years. The candidate will have to re-register if he/she does not complete PhD in 5 years.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Masters’ Degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from a UGC/AICTE recognized institution or university, with at least 55% marks (or equivalent grade) for general category and 50% marks for SC and ST candidates in hospital and health management, general management, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, health informatics, social and behavioral sciences, economics, commerce, science, demography and statistics.

Faculty in the teaching institutions, researchers/ scientists in research organizations and working professionals with relevant qualifications and experience are encouraged to join the program and will be given preference in selection.

The IIHMR University encourages working professionals (health administrators, policy makers, medical/ nursing and management professionals) to undertake the PhD Program to enhance competence in evidence based research for policy and program development. They will be given adequate weightage in admission. Such candidates should have minimum five years experience of working in the health sector.

MDP on HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT Techniques & Applications

BACKGROUND & PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE

Operations management is the design, operation, and improvement of the processes and systems thatcreate and deliver the organization's products and services. The goal of operations management is to moreeffectively and efficiently produce and deliver the organization's products and services. Manufacturingorganizations have successfully employed the programs, techniques, and tools of operations improvementfor many years. Recently, leading healthcare organizations have begun to employ the same tools. Theobjective of this MDP is to apply operations management philosophies, techniques, and tools in healthcare for making the healthcare delivery efficient and effective.

PROGRAMME CONTENTS

The programme will cover the following Operation Management (OM) techniques in healthcare

management:

• Introduction to Modern Operations Management tools and techniques in Healthcare.

• Healthcare Project Management through PERT: The Gantt chart, Program Evaluation and Review

Technique (PERT) and the Critical Path Method (CPM) in healthcare project management. Case

Study/Exercise Solutions using QM software/MS Project Professional (a project management

software program, developed and sold by Microsoft).

• Forecasting techniques and approaches in health care operations. Case Study Solutions using

software/Microsoft Excel.

• Resource allocation through Linear Programming (LP) methodology. Applications of LP in

assingments and transportation/distribution problems. Case Study/Exercise Solutions using

software.

• Facility Location and Layout techniques in health care. Location Break Even Analsis, Factor Rating

Method in health facility location, Center of gravity method and GIS in Healthcare location. Layout

planning using SLP, Load Distance Analysis, Computersied layout analysis.

• Supply Chain and Inventory Management techniques. EOQ, JIT, ABC/VEN analysis techniques.

• Quality Management tools & techniques in healthcare. TQM, Six-Sigma, Lean & VSM in

Healthcare, Control Charts, 7 QC tools, Pareto Chart, Fishbone diagram, Scatter Diagram,

Histogram, Control Charts in healthcare. Introduction to NABH/JCI Standards. Case Study

Solutions using software, Microsoft Office Visio (diagramming and vector graphics application of

the Microsoft Office family).

• Queuing & Capacity planning in healthcare services. Single Server/Multi-Server, Queuing Cost

Analysys, Case Study Solutions using software.

The programme will train the participants in using Software for Decision Sciences, Microsoft Excel, MS

Project Professional 2010 and Microsoft Visio using cases and exercises in healthcare management.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The programme is designed for Hospital CEOs, Managing Directors, Administrative Officers, Medical

Superintendents, Medical directors, Nursing directors, Hospital Managers, Manager Operations - Quality

managers, Quality Assurance Officers, HMIS Officers/Consultants, Public Health Consultants, Doctors,

Healthcare consultants, Supply Chain Managers, Hospital Operations Executives, Distribution and

Logistics Managers with substantial managerial responsibilities, interests, and motivation to learn and

improve healthcare services.

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