Health Care Management

Health administration or healthcare administration is the field relating to leadership, management, and administration of hospitals, hospital networks, and health care systems. Health care administrators are considered health care professionals.
Aim
The main aim of health care management is to give curative, preventive and palliative solution of the all the problems and issues related to health care. It aims to give health services to a population or a group of people.
Salient Features

* Healthcare Management thrives on diversity of career backgrounds. Hospitals, long term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, clinics, diagnostic centers, labs, research facilities, government agencies, and a growing variety of other healthcare service centers, all require healthcare managers at every level in order to function.
* Even without a medical degree a career in health care is a smart option.As health care is not bounded within doctors or nurses,it has also health care managers.The candidates will be able to go for additional job opportunities like healthcare managers, health information technology specialists, and numerous allied health professionals
* Candidate will learn how to organize more effective health care system and which in turn will help in patient care.

N.B. details are available in the syllabus and study materials are also available according to the syllabus.
Job Opportunities

* Clinics
* Consulting firms
* Health insurance organizations
* Healthcare associations
* Hospitals
* Nursing homes
* Physician practices
* Mental health organizations
* Public health departments
* Rehabilitation centers
* Skilled nursing facilities
* Universities and research institutions
* Finance
* Government relations
* Human resources
* Information systems
* Marketing and public affairs
* Material management (purchasing of equipment and supplies)
* Medical staff relations
* Nursing administration