Yashpal SharmaMBBS MHA FIMSA AMT
Mission Director, National Rural Health Mission,
J&K
Formerly, Medical Superintendent, SMGS Hospital Government Medical College,
Jammu
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence,
J&K, India e-mail: mdnrhmjk@gmail.com, dryashyp1@gmail.com
RK SarmaMBBS MHA
Director, State Institute of Health and Family Welfare,
Assam, India
Formerly, Director North-Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS),
Shillong
Medical Superintendent, Professor and Head of Department Hospital Administration All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
New Delhi
Former Faculty In-charge of Hospital Administration, IIM,
Shillong, India e-mail: sarmarabindra@hotmail.com
Libert Anil GomesMBBS MD
Consultant, Hospital and Health Care Administration Formerly, Incharge HOD and Associate Professor Department of Hospital Administration Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University,
Manipal, India
Principal and Associate Professor Padmashree College of Hospital Administration,
Bengaluru
Deputy Medical Superintendent and Assistant Professor, Father Muller Medical College and Hospital
Mangalore, India e-mail: anilmdha@outlook.com
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Hospital Administration: Principles and Practice
First Edition: 2013
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5Dedicated to
The hospital administrators:
past, present and future
It was a real treat to go through the book Hospital Administration: Principles and Practice authored by Dr Yashpal Sharma, Dr RK Sarma and Dr Libert Anil Gomes. It is a comprehensive book on the subject of hospital administration which is bound to attract a lot of attention from various health care organizations and hospitals from public as well as private sectors in view of the growing demand for better health care facilities from the stakeholders. The authors have a long experience in hospital and health care administration in various prestigious public and private hospitals including teaching and training of the postgraduate students.
The various topics including Clinical Care Services, Nursing Services, Support Services, Medical Records, Hospital Hazards, Medicolegal Aspects, Public Relations, Medicosocial Services and Evaluation of Hospital Services are discussed in detail for the benefit of the students and faculty of hospital administration. This book is of great assistance to the administrators and managers of various health care providing institutions.
I compliment the authors and wish them all success.
DK Sharma
9Preface
During the last few decades of our involvement as faculty in the department of hospital administration training young doctors from all over India and as administrators of various hospitals, we strongly felt a need for the book Hospital Administration: Principles and Practice. It is the comprehensive result of our long experience and knowledge gained over the years. Hospitals are unique and offer challenges to administrators. Though there are many books on the subject from abroad, there is need for books from Indian authors with experience. Faculties, students and administrators have often expressed the need in various forums. Towards this, we have made a sincere attempt to fulfill the demand and hope to improve in the future editions.
We have presented the various topics which are ‘must-know’ for every hospital administrator in this book. Clinical Care Services, Nursing Services, Support Services, Medical Records, Public Relations, Medicolegal Aspects including the recent legislations and Hospital Hazards are discussed. A separate chapter Evaluation of Hospital Services has been included. We are grateful to colleagues and authors whose contributions have been referred to in preparing this book. A reference list is incorporated in the book for the benefit of the readers for further reading and to acknowledge their contributions.
We would like to thank all those who encouraged and supported us during this venture. We would like to thank the publishers, M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, who are the pioneers in medical books. Their contributions deserve special mention and appreciation. We welcome comments, compliments and suggestions from esteemed readers for the future editions.
Yashpal Sharma
RK Sarma
Libert Anil Gomes