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S A Tabish

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PubMed1998

Towards development of professional management in Indian hospitals.

Hospitals consume the largest share of government health resources, yet, until recently, they have not been a focus of health policy and research in developing countries, where the resources are in negative proportion to the demands placed on services of health care institutions, and where the possibility of resources being increased in the short run is very remote, the only hope for the increase in the effectiveness of the health care system being the effective management of hospitals. A professional administrator with multidisciplinary training would ensure the optimal use of resources. We live in the age of perfection at all levels. Hence, professional training is the basic requirement for the personnel to function effectively in a hospital. Professional training is required to be imparted by the institutions specialised in professional training. Professional management has an immense scope and a bright future market on account of the increasing demand for specialised and quality health care. Better management or lack of it will determine the future of health service. This paper focuses on development of management and the requirement for professional administrators in India.

Cost Control↗
PubMed1994

Stress management--holistic approach.

Trying to survive in the changing times of competition, productivity and quality issues, economic constraints, increasing healthcare costs and consumer satisfaction hospital administrator requires intellectual skills blended with emotional maturity. Challenge successfully dealt with is satisfying. Only when it cannot be met, when pressures become too great, does it become stressful. Coping with stress depends on holistic approach to health. Equally, Managers should ensure that their part of organisation provides an environment in which individuals can flourish to the benefit of the organisation and the individuals involved. The study explores the main causes of stress and various strategies to cope with it.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Healthcare finance and economics.

This article is a wide-ranging overview of the field of healthcare financing, health economics and the development of financial management. It vividly demonstrates that all healthcare systems have too many demands and too few resources, and that problems can manifest themselves in different forms depending on the precise funding structure of the health service concerned.

Cost Control↗
PubMed1991

Approaches to higher productivity in health care system.

The prosperity of organisations is recognised as being dependent on their comparative productivity. Productivity expresses a relationship between outputs from a system and the inputs which go into this creation. Hospital activities have to be assessed. Results have to be evaluated. The medical and paramedical staff have to quantify procedure and assess them qualitatively in order to improve the standards of care. Assessment techniques already introduced in many hospitals have succeeded in reducing the number of antibiotics (and their cost) and the amount of blood used in certain operations and also cutting the wait for operations. As long as there is unused capability in the individual or the productive system, increases in productivity can be achieved without decline in quality. If one focuses on quality while holding speed constant, quality should improve, waste should be eliminated, and productivity should increase. This can happen as long as the individual, or group of individuals, is willing to exert effort and has the capacity to achieve the quality--productivity levels desired. It is the operations manager's task to provide the facilities, tools and desired (motivation) to do so.

Efficiency↗
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Continuous quality improvement in health care organisations.

Quality Management has become a major concern in the delivery of health care. The demand of community, economics of medical practice especially due to technological advances, increasing legal action in malpractice cases and concern to protect the interest of clientele have focused the attention on quality management programmes for all hospital administrators, since the quality of health care has infinite number of elements. It is difficult to assess them all, yet we can demonstrate improvements in performed and elements of care, by putting each of these elements through measurable criteria. Quality assessment measures must cover the efficacy, efficiency, cost and outcome of health care technology. An elaborate valuation system should consist of detailed study of structure, process and outcome. This will establish a balanced equation between the performance and the resources. It is necessary to establish sound dependable methods like total quality management/continuous Quality Improvement in healthcare institutions. It is particularly important that quality care be ingrained as philosophy in Hospitals.

Hospital Administration↗