Hospital and Health Services Administration: Principles and Practices

Medical Service has made unprecedented progress during the last two decades leading to phenomenal growth in healthcare industry. Healthcare organizations are thus increasingly required to concentrate on evidence based healthcare and cost effective service. This book emphasizes the need to incorporate principles of organizational effectiveness, behavioural sciences and business administration in day to day managerial practices by health care administrators. The book is written exhaustively, single handedly and runs into 8 sections viz. Health planning: past, present and future; Hospital Management: Principles and practice: Managing health care technology; Organizational behaviour; Modern approach to Quality; Healthcare Reforms; Research for health, and Medical Ethics. Though the style of presentation is user friendly and language simple, addition of more schematic diagrams, colour photographs and highlighted boxes would have made the subject clear. Dr Tabish's experience of having worked in UK, USA and Middle East has made topics like healthcare in various countries a treat to read. Health care administration related topics have been covered in an innovative manner. Legal aspects of health care in terms of Consumer Protection Act, Labour laws applicable to hospitals, Biomedical Waste Management and Handling rules and Ambulances services have not been handled to the satisfaction and actual requirement of hospital administrators. Hospital management topics are a straight lift from many General management books and lack examples, case studies from hospital field. Overall the book is recommended for healthcare administrators, hospital administration students and as a reference book in medical college libraries.