THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT part 1

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Healthcare management is a kind of process that seeks to manage and overlook properly one or two elements of the healthcare system. Today, great chances are there to become a manager within the healthcare field. If we find Apollo Hospital groups, it tends clear that they have applied healthcare management properly in their vast business. (Mclaughin, 2008) The current surrounding and environment for the healthcare organizations consists of many forces that demands extraordinary changes in the organizations. These forces consist of increased customer look, changing demographics, strengthen governmental pressure and rise in competition. Meeting such challenges requires efforts from the side of healthcare organizations such that they can be thorough with the fundamental changes and consistently inquire the new actions so as to produce new values. Healthcare is an information-intensive process. Pressures for the professional and healthcare managers is rising as healthcare organizations are looking for the ways that lessen the costs, enhance quality and able to access the managed care. Also, healthcare has been developed as a complex system. There should be proper coordination of the information technology with the twofold effects of the complicacies in organizations still assuring consistent growth in the field of medical technology.

Apollo Hospital

In today’s world, Apollo Hospital Group has not only gained name but has also become a leader in the field of health care centers by delivering quality health care in Asia. Besides, it is being considered to be the biggest incorporated firm in healthcare aspect as well as it is complete in every aspect.

Apollo is a powerhouse which you can trust blindly as its business is vast expanded with over 50 hospitals inclusive of 8500 beds, diagnostic clinics, a chain of hospital management colleges and nursing schools across Asia. Aim of Apollo Hospital is to make use of advanced technology with old traditions which are running down from centuries.

Apollo Hospital Enterprise Limited was actually incorporated as a Public company in1979. With the contributions of Dr. C Reddy, it became the first group that opened up the notion of corporate delivery in healthcare in India. It was then, the first company to be listed on the Bombay stock Exchange.

Objectives

The objective behind the incorporation of Apollo Hospital is that it aims to deal with the day to day problems related to healthcare of families, to provide quality services in healthcare to its pati