Indian Healthcare

System & Role of

Higher Education
Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma
Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad
Professor & Dean, School of
Management Studies
Ansal University
Gurgaon

the bottomline first

While science of medicine will
keep evolving, where we are
failing is in the management of
the health care system
prevention is better than cure

How big is the problem errrrthe

opportunity?
Fitch - double its size over 4 years ~ US$ 100 bln by
2015
Frost & Sullivan ~ US$ 160 bln by 2017
India will need ~ 1.75 million additional beds by
2025
189 mln to be > 60 years of age by 2025 higher
healthcare spends
Investment need >500,000 crores to achieve 1
doctor, 2 beds & 2.3 nurses per 1000 people by 2025
GoI increasing health expenditure to 2.5 % (1.4%)
by 2017
Technology/Telecom revolution explosion of
Healthcare Information Technology Market in India.

Science or Art ?

Need for professional

managementcloser to art
Professional doctors - two-fold problem
management task pretty arduous
unable to devote sufficient time to their patients

GoI (through PPPs) - public hospitals also

need to be run professionally

Multi dimensional focusagain

closer to art

Draws from disciplines as wide as behavioral sciences,

applied social sciences, biomedical sciences, and social
policy
Health Care domain coverage:

Health Care Field Application Project

Health Services System
Managed Care and Nursing Care
Health Policy: Health Care Reforms & Future of Indian Health
Care Industry
Economics of Health Services Delivery
Legal Aspects of Health Care
Financial Management of Health Institutions Health Care
Marketing
Comparative & Indigenous Health Care Systems
E-Health: Business Models and Impact
Health Care Entrepreneurship
Private Sector Role in Health Delivery

What do we expect from Health

Care Managers?
Understand and manage the opportunities and
challenges in the environment
Develop a strategic level of understanding of the
healthcare industry domain & its components
Active collaboration with medical professionals to assist
in practical problem analysis and decision making
Help comply with codes and regulations in the health
care industry
Participate in ongoing community education
Marketing, community & government liaisoning,
insurance administration
in short bring professionalism in the art of management
of health science

Managing the Learning

Curve
Focus Knowledge as well as
Leadership
Faculty need to keep pace with
the dynamism
Pedagogy Conceptual &
Analytical skills necessary by
products

live case studies, projects, seminars,

guest faculty interactions, practitioner
sessions & simulations.

A trans-disciplinary professional
learning environment

PREPARING
BUSINESS LEADERS
FOR
HEALTHCARE SECTOR

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