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Hospital Administration
Lessons in Management for Healthcare
As healthcare gets technology- driven the demand for trained professionals to administer the sector will always be on the rise
Awards and Eligibility
In general the Master’s in Hospital Administration is the most preferred one and any graduate with preferably one or two years of experience can enter the profession. A certain level of innate empathy for patients, and an ability to decide under extremely stressful conditions are a must. The latest entrant in the sector is an MBA degree with Hospital Management or Healthcare as a specialization.
MHA versus MBA (Healthcare)
The courses deal with aspects of healthcare, but their target audience is very different. MHA id primarily hospital management and is a relatively focused programme, wherein the primary objective is to train a set of people who would be able to run a hospital efficiently. On the other hand an MBA (healthcare) is a management degree with a focus on healthcare sector. Thus, a pass out would find jobs not only in a hospital, but also in a range of allied sectors. What an MBA (Healthcare) loses in focus, it gains in diversity. MHA is for people and who know and want to serve in a hospital, it is hands-on programme.
Where would you fit in?
While medical graduates generally take care of the more technical aspects of hospital administration, non- medical graduates handle the operations aspects. The tasks would typically involve managing the staff, health services, technology decisions, IT management and performing under a given budget. The career path for a fresh MHA in a hospital would be managing one department or functionality as Asst. Administrator. And as they gain experience, the domain of control changes, but final authority on clinical matters will always rest with the medical professional. The other avenues are in consultancy, IT firms, educational institutions and health insurance sector.