management systems; manage institutional finances;
maintain buildings, premises, operation theatres, hospital
rooms and wards; devise personnel management systems;
purchase supplies and equipment; and supervise support
services such as laundry, catering, cleaning, and transport.
A health administrator’s functions vary according to his/
her specialist skills and interests and the requirement of
the institutions they serve.
Fortunately there are a number of prestigious
institutions which offer contemporary postgraduate study
programmes in health administration. Among the best
are:
- Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai which
offers a two-year Master’s programme in hospital and
health administration (MHA) as also a 12-month diploma
programme in hospital administration. Admission
eligibility requirements are a bachelor’s degree from a
medical or paramedical institution or three years work
experience in a healthcare institution. Alternatively
a bachelor’s degree in any subject with a 45 percent
average (35 percent for SC/ST) and a minimum of five
years work experience in a healthcare institution - Hinduja Institute of Health Care Management,
Hyderabad, in collaboration with the Administrative
Staff College of India and Johns Hopkins University
offers a two-year full-time MHA study programme - Symbiosis Centre of Health Care, Pune, offers a
one-year distance education programme which is also
available online- Apollo Group of Hospitals has promoted an institute in
Hyderabad offering MHA study programmes - All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
admits medical graduates (MBBS) with three years
work experience in a recognised hospital. It also admits
non-medical graduates with seven years administrative
experience in hospitals - Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business
Management, Kolkata, offers a postgraduate diploma
programme in hospital management to graduates of
medical science/pharmacy/ biological sciences - Hospital administration diplomas are also offered by
IIM-Bangalore and Institute of Health Management and
Research, Jaipur.
PAY & PROSPECTS.Healthcare institutions tend to prefer
postgraduates in hospital and health administration.
Other employers include hospitals, pharma companies,
NGOs, insurance companies, drug development centres,
clinical trial outfits, and healthcare/IT developers and
vendors. Qualified MHA professionals start at an average
salary of Rs.30,000 per month and upward mobility
all the way up to the CEO level is rapid for those with
enthusiasm and professional training.
Salaries range from Rs.15 lakh to Rs.25 lakh per
annum for the top jobs such as the hospital administrator
or super speciality doctors.
- Apollo Group of Hospitals has promoted an institute in
Health administrators/
managers provide
the non-medical
backup services of
general management,
coordination, and
post-operative care
which are vital for
the success and good
reputation of hospitals
and healthcare
institutions(Excerpted from 101 Great Careers for the 21st Century by
Indra Gidwani, 2016)