Epidemiology for health management / S. Dixit, S. Saroshe, and H. Shukla. The changing landscape of healthcare management education in India / S. Zodpey, R. Tiwari, and H. Negandhi -- Planning in healthcare services / R.N. Pillai, A. Mishra, and N.K. Arora -- Modern management techniques in healthcare / A.M. Kadri and A.M. Sheth -- Monitoring and evaluation / J. Kishore and C. Kohli -- Health systems strengthening / Chandrakant Lahariya -- Governance in healthcare / R. Panda and A. Rastogi -- Essentials of materials management / P. Arora -- Healthcare technology assessment / S. Prinja and G. Kaur -- Time management : an overview / S.S. Kar and B.N. Naik -- Self-management skills : essential for excellence in health management / S. Satapathy, S.V. Adhish, and R. Harshvardhan -- Health management information systems / A. Krishnan -- Information and communication technology in population health / A. Joshi, A. Grover, and C. Amadi -- Innovations in healthcare management / P. John and K.B. Pradhan -- Human resource management / T. Sundararaman and D. Parmar -- Leadership in public health / S. Kumar and N. Kumar -- Communication / S. Gupta and A.K. Gupta -- Organizational behaviour / A.K. Aggarwal -- Quality assurance and accreditation in healthcare / J.L. Meena, S. Saha, and R. Kaur -- Quality improvement in healthcare / R. Kaur -- Patient satisfaction / M. Sood -- Healthcare policy / M. Grover -- Health sector reforms / M. Gupta and A. Kankaria -- Change management : identifying the need and taking proper steps towards implementing change / N.K. Ganguly and G.K. Saha -- Operational research / S. Goel and K. Upadhyay -- Effective proposal writing / A. Grover and A. Joshi -- Ethics in public health / S.M.S. Khan -- Intersectoral collaboration for health / S.S. Gupta and A.V. Raut -- Healthcare services and non-governmental organizations : current scenario and future challenges / F. Angeli and P. John -- Private providers in healthcare / K.B. Pradhan, J. Kaur, and P. John -- Epidemiology for health management / S. Dixit, S. Saroshe, and H. Shukla.
Summary:
This book is a comprehensive, curriculum-based reference book for students pursuing higher degrees in community medicine, public health, and hospital & health management and for those practicing as health managers in South Asia. It is designed to enable readers to understand the concepts and techniques of modern health management and how to apply this understanding in making the managerial roles efficient and effective, develop analytical skills, diagnosing and solving operational problems in the delivery of health care and hospital services, learning about appropriate strategies for effective planning, implementation and evaluation of institutional and community-based health and family welfare programme, and application of qualitative and quantitative analytical tools. The book has a practical and case-based content structure and format to help the readers to not only develop an in depth understanding of the subject but also prepare for theory and practical-based university examinations. Subject experts from various reputed management schools in India have contributed in this book thus, bringing in extensive experience and quality to the content. The 31 descriptive chapters are well supported by practical case studies of well managed/successful public health programmes at national levels and a self-assessment section with every chapter.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.