Hospital Administration

About the Specialty

Modern day hospital is a complex matrix organization with an amalgam of social architecture and latest technology. It is important to strike a balance between internal operations and external connections with emphasis on planning, development, efficient operation and cost containment.

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There is a growing demand of qualified hospital administrators/ managers in the health care sector to improve the quality and patient safety. The department of Hospital Administration, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (MGMCH), a unit of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology (MGUMST), Jaipur was established on 04 April 2019.

The department has permitted the intake of 02 (two) students per year in the MD (Hospital Administration) program from the academic session 2020. Thus, MGMCH, MGUMST became a pioneer institute to start MD (Hospital Administration) in the state of Rajasthan. It is envisaged to evolve the department into a center of excellence for teaching, training and research in the field of Hospital Administration and Management.

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Dr. Pramod Kumar

Professor & Head

Department of Hospital Administration

The Department of Hospital Administration, MGMCH came into existence in 2019. It is first of its kind in the whole of Rajasthan to offer MD program in Hospital Administration. In a short span, the department gained immense recognition for its efficient faculty, modern infrastructure– library, museum and laboratories, that provide hands-on experience to the students. Our primary goal has always been to provide quality education to students with a view to prepare them to handle responsibilities of the medical and health sector in an ever evolving world.

The affiliated tertiary care hospital boasts excellent patient care facilities and provides students ample opportunities to learn nuances of hospital management and administration. The faculty promotes research projects to provide an opportunity to the students to hone their research skills. The university campus provides excellent opportunities for the student community to interact with students of other professional disciplines and gain knowledge about different cultures, facilitating holistic development.

Core Competencies

The department is actively involved and strongly committed to capacity building and human resources development in hospital administration at the national and international stage. The postgraduate degree of MD (Hospital Administration) is designed to develop and enhance problem solving and decision making abilities of students when working in healthcare organizations, impart awareness of socio - economic environment of hospitals, teach analysis and logical data interpretation, inculcate data processing skills, marketing, operations, quality and strategic management skills. The curriculum will tune students to the best and latest practices in hospitals in the following areas :

Hospital planning and designing
Quality in patient care
Safety in patient care
Infection control practices
Communication skills
Emergency code in Hospital
Accreditation of a Hospital
HR management
Hospital safety related drills
Application of Work Study techniques in Hospital
Research activities in the field of healthcare management
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Aim & Objectives

  • To prepare the candidates to assume the responsibility of a hospital executive in the health sector and to subsequently function at higher levels in the hierarchy with requisite experience.
  • To develop the skills and enhance the knowledge base to function as hospital manager at various levels in the hospitals.
  • To provide training in key issues of hospitals like hospital planning / designing, quality and safety in patient care, accreditation of hospitals and resource management.
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Location and infrastructure

The department is located on the fifth floor of the Ratan Devi Block. It houses a Departmental Library. IT facilities are provided to faculty and residents to facilitate teaching and learning.

Contribution to the Institute

Faculty members of the department are assigned independent charges of hospital administration in various patient care centers of the university. The Department periodically organizes training programs for Residents/Nursing staff on various aspects of hospital administration.

The department is distinctively involved with MGMCH:

  • Contribution in day to day functioning of MGMCH
  • Management of various centers and departments as per instructions
  • Implementation of various programs in MGMCH like infection control program, patient safety program, etc
  • Progressing with accreditation program in MGMCH
  • Residents / Nursing Staff Training in soft skills
  • Human Resource Management by rationalization of manpower
  • Rationalization of user charges
  • Rationalization of space allocation
  • Contribution to various committees as Chairman/ Member

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