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Please provide details of institutes that offer Master’s degree programmes in Hospital Administration.

Naveen, Tirupathi.
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Please provide details of institutes that offer Master’s degree programmes in Hospital Administration.
The demand for managers in specialised fields is increasing day by day. Corporate hospitals involve large human resource, high investments and state of art technologies. Besides government and other non-profit health care establishments are revamping themselves. In the backdrop of expanding and transitioning health care sector, experts in hospital management are required to streamline the operations and assimilate more standards of business practices. Therefore a degree in Hospital Administration is a good option, especially for people with medical and related backgrounds.

Hospital management course can be taken up my medical or non-medical graduates. While medical graduates generally take care of the more technical aspects of hospital administration, non-medical graduates handle the other aspects. Professionals of this field find employment in government or private healthcare organisations in both India and abroad. The tasks would typically involve managing the staff, health services and containing the expenditure. The other avenues are in consultancy firms, IT firms, educational institutions and health insurance sector.

Professionals in hospital management find employment in government or private healthcare organisations in India and abroad. The tasks include managing the staff, health services and reducing the expenditure. The other opportunities are in consultancy firms, IT firms, educational institutions and health insurance sector.

Here are the details of some of the institutes that offer the course:
Department of Hospital Management, Deccan School of Management
offers Master of Hospital Management (MHM). The eligibility criterion is graduation in any discipline with minimum 50 per cent marks. Medical professionals are also encouraged to apply. The admission is based on performance at entrance test, group discussion and personal interview conducted by Osmania University. The course spreads over two and a half years, which includes internship for six months. Apollo Institute of Hospital Administration also offers the course.
For details, log on to  www.apolloiha.ac.in or  www.osmania.ac.in

If you are interested in pursuing the course in distance mode, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Centre for Distance education, Guntur offers MBA with Hospital Administration as specialisation.
For details, log on to  www.anucde.info

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