is healthcare management a good option for mba?? also tell me which colleges provide this course???

Hello Abhirup,

In the modern world, the meaning of healthcare is not only restricted to hospitals, but also it has extended to medical devices and equipments, health insurance, services provided, etc. Nowadays people have also become more aware about their health and therefore there is a great demand for the healthcare management professionals in the healthcare sector.

Career prospects in Healthcare Management:

An MBA in Healthcare Management are for those interested in the pharmaceuticals sector, government agencies, insurance organizations, hospitals and consulting firms in the health sector. As a specialist in health care management you may be required to take care of all the administrative needs of a medical institution. On completion of this course, you might find employment opportunities in areas of marketing, IT, human resource development, medical colleges, health insurance or the pharmaceutical industry. You may work as a health care manager, hospital administrator, pharmaceutical project manager or health care finance manager. Your responsibility as a manager may involve planning, directing and supervising day-to-day operations. Responsibilities may also include facilitating daily financial operations, budgets, and analysis.

Since this is an MBA course the eligibility criteria is that you need to have a graduation degree in any discipline. It would be beneficial if your graduation is in subjects like science or pharmaceutical. There is also an undergraduate course called Bachelor's in Hospital Administration(BHA).

There are many colleges that offers MBA in healthcare management. Some of them are:

1- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

2-Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences, Pune

3- Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

4- The Institute of Health Management and Research, Jaipur

5- Armed Forces medical College, Pune

6- Christain Medical College, Vellore

7-Apollo Institute of Health Administration, Hyderabad

8- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Management and Research, Calcutta

9- KEM Healthcare Management Institute, Pune

10- IMS Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya University, Indore

All the best.

Hi Abhirup, it may seem as a unique course in the field of MBA, but it has a very wide and an invreasing scope around. Many medical company and pharmaceutical company are looking out for those with mba healthcare. It helps in solving the issues related in the hospitals and agencies related to healthcare industry and it is an unique field like IT, finance sectors etc. You may be working as health care manager, hospital administrator, pharmaceutical project manager pr health care finance manager which allows to plan operate the day to day activities for the hospital or company where you would be. It is having an increasing demand with the rise in the healthcare companies. You would be maintaining records, preparing graphs and doing various analysis and preparing schemes for the development. Some of the colleges which offer MBA healthcare are,

1) Symbiosis Institute of Health Science, Pune

2) TAPMI, Manipal

3) FMS, Faridabad, New Delhi

4) Jaipur institute of Health Management

5) Manipal School of Management, Manipal

6) Rai University, Ahmedabad

7) Goa Institute of Management

8) Prin. LN Welingkar, Mumbai and Bangalore