Hospital Management Subjects 2024: Syllabus, Semester-wise Subjects PDF, Top Colleges, Books

Basic Concepts of Epidemiology 

Fundamentals of Financial Management 

HIS & Basics of Disruptive Technologies 

Introduction to Health Insurance 

Inventory and Stores Administration 

Business Policy and Strategic Management 

Management Accounting 

Occupational Health 

Operations Research 

Planning and Organization of Utility Services 

Basic legal aspects in Hospitals 

Hospital Operations Management (Clinical Services I) 

Hospital Personnel Management 

Recent Trends in Healthcare Systems 

Business Accountancy 

Research Methodology and Statistics 

Open Elective Courses 

Fundamental of Life Insurance Underwriting 

Biomedical Waste Management 

Change and Innovations Management 

Disaster and Social Work 

Information Technology in Healthcare 

Audit in Hospitals 

Healthcare Quality Management 

Hospital Operations Management Clinical Services 

Hospital Pharmacy 

Organizational Behavior in hospitals 

Patient Safety in Hospitals 

Food, Nutrition and Hygiene [Minor III - NTCC / Co-curricular Courses / Outdoor Activity Based Courses] 

Physical Education and Yoga [Minor III - NTCC / Co-curricular Courses / Outdoor Activity Based Courses] 

Health Gadgets and Digital Health initiatives [Minor II - Vocational Courses /SKE courses/Industry Specific Courses] 

HIS & Basics of Disruptive Technologies (UG) [Minor II - Vocational Courses /SKE courses/Industry Specific Courses] 

Basics of Human Anatomy (UG) [Discipline II (Major II) (Hospital Administration) ] 

Elementary Statistics [Minor I - Minor Elective Courses] 

Medical Terminology (UG) [Discipline II (Major II) (Hospital Adminstration ) ] 

Business Finance [Discipline III (Major III) (Management) ] 

Healthcare Service Relations [Discipline I (Major I) (Healthcare Management) ] 

Business Mathematics II [Discipline III (Major III) (Management) ] 

Introduction to Health Systems and Hospitals [Discipline I (Major I) (Healthcare Management) ] 

Fundamentals of Competitive Intelligence and Business Development [Discipline III (Major III) (Management) ] 

Introduction to Health Systems and Hospitals [Discipline I (Major I) (Healthcare Management) ] 

Human Resource management & Development [Discipline III (Major III) (Management)] 

Communication Skills - I [Communication Skills] 

Marketing Theory and Practices [Discipline III (Major III) (Management)] 

Foreign Business Language 

Understanding Organizational Behaviour [Discipline III (Major III) (Management)] 

Open Elective Courses 

Fundamentals of Financial Management [Discipline II (Major II) (Hospital Administration) ] 

Outdoor Activity Based Courses 

Organizational Behaviour in hospitals [Discipline II (Major II) (Hospital Administration) ] 

Basics of Health Economics [Discipline I (Major I) (Healthcare Management) ] 

Fundamentals of Administration [Discipline I (Major I) (Healthcare Management) ] 

Communication Skills - II [Communication Skills] 

Foreign Business Language 

Open Elective Courses 

Outdoor Activity Based Courses 

Business Accountancy [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Fundamental of Life Insurance Underwriting [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Research Methodology and Statistics [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Hospital Operations Management (Support Services) [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Term Paper [Non-Teaching Credit Courses] 

Business Policy and Strategic Management [Core Courses] 

Basic Concepts of Epidemiology [Core Courses] 

Management Accounting [Core Courses] 

Fundamentals of Financial Management [Core Courses] 

Occupational Health [Core Courses] 

HIS & Basics of Disruptive Technologies (UG) [Core Courses] 

Operations Research [Core Courses] 

Introduction to Health Insurance [Core Courses] 

Planning and Organization of Utility Services [Core Courses] 

Inventory and Stores Administration [Core Courses] 

Creativity for Team Excellence [Behavioural Science] 

Individual Excellence & Social Dynamics [Behavioural Science] 

Foreign Business Language 

Foreign Business Language 

Open Elective Courses 

Open Elective Courses 

Outdoor Activity Based Courses 

Outdoor Activity Based Courses 

Biomedical Waste Management [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Audit in Hospitals [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Change and Innovations Management [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Healthcare Quality Management [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Disaster and Social Work [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Hospital Operations Management Clinical Services II [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Information Technology in Healthcare [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Hospital Pharmacy [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Minor Project [Non-Teaching Credit Courses] 

Organizational Behaviour in hospitals [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Basic legal aspects in Hospitals [Core Courses] 

Patient Safety in Hospitals [Specialisation Elective Courses] 

Hospital Operations Management (Clinical Services I) [Core Courses] 

Major Project [Non-Teaching Credit Courses] 

Hospital Personnel Management (UG) [Core Courses] 

Foreign Business Language 

Recent Trends in Healthcare Systems [Core Courses] 

Open Elective Courses 

Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility [Professional Ethics] 

• Outdoor Activity Based Courses 

Foreign Business Language 

Open Elective Courses 

Outdoor Activity Based Courses 

Hospital Planning 

Hospitals: Facilities Planning and Management 

GD Kunders 

Principles Of Hospital Administration and Planning 

Sakharkar 

Hospital Finance 

Financial Management Hospital Administration 

Kulkarni 

Hospital Human Resource 

Hospital Administration and Human Resource Management 

Sharma and Goyal 

Hospital Quality Management 

Quality Management in Hospitals 

SK Joshi 

Hospital Information System 

Hospital Information Systems: A Concise Study 

Kelkar 

Hospital Operations Management 

Hospital Management and Hospital Operations 

Dr. Shalini Suri 

Standard Operating Procedures: For Hospital in India 

Arun Agarwal 

Health Economics 

Health Economics for Hospital Management 

S.B. Dutta 

Health Economics and Policy 

James Henderson 

Hospital Law 

Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration 

Hospitals and the law 

M.A. George 

Law Relating to Medical Negligence 

Y.V. Rao 

The Law Relating to Medical Profession and Medical Negligence 

P. S Narayana 

Law of Medical Negligence & Compensation 

R.K. Bag 

Hospital Management 

Hospital Administration 

D.C.Joshi 

Hospital Administration Principles & Practice 

Sharma Yashpal 

Hospital Administration And Management:A Comprehensive Guide 

J.D Gupta 

Stage 1 

Basic Introductory Course 

Stage 2 

Cour Courses 

Stage 3 

Applied Courses 

Stage 4 

Specialised Course 

Development of 

Management concepts 

To understand the evolution & 

management concepts over the years and characteristics of management 

• History and growth 
• of management science 
• Traditional vs. modern management 
• Evolution of management theory 
• Management as a profession 
• Process of management 

Management function & tools 

To explain principles and functions of management 

• Management levels and skills 
• Functions & Principles of management 
• Challenges to manager 
  System Approach 

Fundamentals of planning and decision making - 

To understand the importance of planning in management and to explain the mechanics of planning and the process of decision-making. 

• Steps in planning 
• Nature and process of managerial decision making 

Organisation structure and function 

To explain nature and process of organizing and the underlying factors influencing organizational efforts 

• Organisational design and structure 
• Matching structure and strategy 
• Functional organization 
  Cultural aspects of power 
• Line and staff authority 
  Delegation 

Office procedure and Disciplinary proceedings 

To understand the organization 
of an office in a health unit/hospital. Explain the principles & procedures of official communication. 

• Definition of Office 
• Drafting official letters 
  Office procedures 
  Service rules & procedure 
• Conduct rules 
• Disciplinary proceedings 

Basics of Computer 

To familiarize with computers 

• Components of computer 
• Basic concepts about computer software 
  Working knowledge of commonly used 
  Computer programmes and application in hospitals 

Communication 

To explain the meaning and purpose of communication. To explain the process of organizational communication and ways to make 
it effective 

• Basic concepts 
  Types of communication 
• Barriers of communication 
• Principles of good communication  
• Communication in the management of Health Care Institutions 
• Communication with the media 

Personnel Management 

& Human Resource 

To emphasise the importance of human resource in a hospital and to know in detail about the functions of personnel management 

• Definition & Importance 
• Difference between personnel management and human resource development 
• Work study & Method study 
• Manpower planning 
• Recruitment & selection 
• Job analysis 
• Job description 
• Job evaluation 
• Job enrichment 
• Training & development 
• Performance Appraisal 

Organisational Behavior and Group Dynamics 

To understand the behavior of people in their work environment and its relation in team building for achieving organizational goals 

• Basics of sociology, anthropology, Psychology 
• Characteristics of workgroups 
• OB labs 
• Dynamics of organizational behavior 
• Motivation & Leadership 
• Conflict management 
• Transactional analysis 
• Team building 

Financial Management 

To understand the issues & scope of financial management & it’s utility as an indispensable part of administration & quality control. 

• Basics of Financial Management 
• Issues and scope of financial management 
• Basics of Management Accounting 
• Elements of cost, costing & cost accounting 
• Methods of costing of health services 
• Modern methods of costing 
• Hospital rate setting 
• Break even analysis 
• Budgeting 
• Resource mobilization 
• Cost containment 

Material Management 

To help, learn the scientific methods, materials and equipment planning, procuring, storing and dispensing including maintenance 

• Importance of Material Management 
• Inventory control - meaning, scope, definition 
• Purchase cycle 
• Tender System 
• Materials Planning 
• Inventory analysis 
• Economic order quantity, Safety stock, Lead time 
• Receipt and Inspection of Stores 
• Distribution, Standardisation Codification 
• Condemnation and Disposal 
• Stores documentation 
• Role of computers in Stores Management 

Development of Health Services in India 

To provide a history and development of medical services in India over the years 

• Medicine in antiquity 
• Modern medicine 
• Definition & dimensions of health 
• Evolution of modern medicine 
• Review of different reports on 
• Health Care 

Medical Sociology 

To understand the basics of Health need, analyse the relation of demand &  supply. 

To study the importance of society towards positive health & how it contributes to diseases. 

• Introduction 
• Sociological perspectives of Health, illness and healing 
• The institutional perspective 
• Organisational perspective 

Health & Disease 

To emphasise the concept of health & factors responsible for disease 

causation, its prevention & estimation of disease load in the community. 

• Concept of health & disease 
• Concept of well being 
• Natural history of disease and role of hospitals in various levels of prevention 
• Cause and effect relationship 
• Dynamics of disease transmission 
• Changing pattern of diseases 
• Concept of health indicators 

Research Methodology in health and hospital Administration 

To understand the scientific method of conducting research. 

• Introduction 
• Types  of  surveys 
• Selecting a problem, making hypothesis 
• Determining objectives 
• Sample size determination 
• Data collection techniques and tools 
• Interview techniques 
• Observation technique 
• Analysis of data 
• Report writing 

National Health Policy 

To create an awareness about the health policy in India, its targets and achievements. 

To understand the role of hospitals as a supportive & referral services to the national goal. 

• Health for all by 2000 AD and Primary Health Care 
• Role of Health education and communication 
• Overview of health policy, National population policy and five year plans 

Epidemiology, its 

application and use in 

hospitals 

To study the distribution of diseases 

in the community & the role of 

hospital in its prevention. 

• Methods of Epidemiological studies 
• Monitoring and surveillance 
• Screening and surveys 
• Investigation of an epidemic and role of hospital in its control 

Biostatistics 

To understand the role of statistics in the estimation of burden of disease & the methods applicable to calculate the same. 

• Basic concepts – Introduction, Definitions 
• Presentation of data 
• Frequency of distribution 
• Measurements of central tendency 
• Measurement of dispersion 
• Sampling & Sampling error 
• Testing of hypothesis 
• Test of significance 

Health Statistics and Health Information System in India 

To understand the various indicators of health, the importance of health statistics in future planning for healthcare services and understand the health information system in India 

• Need 
• Common rates & ratio System  
• Incidence & prevalence rates  
• Morbidity Statistics 
• International Classification of Diseases 
• Health reports 
• Notifiable diseases  
• Health Information System in India 
• Notifiable diseases 
• Health Information System in India 

Healthcare delivery System in India and various parts of world 

To understand the background and health care delivery system in India 

• Regionalisation 
• Inter-sectoral coordination 
• Indigenous system and medical care 
• IEC and community participation 
• Health systems in developed and developing countries 

Health Economics 

The study the economics and its relation to health status of a nation. To familiarise with concept of health insurance, its scope and its applicability in our country. 

• Basics of health economics 
• Analysis of demand and supply 
• Health Insurance Schemes and Social Security Schemes like CGHS, ESI etc. in India 
• Medicare care system & Health Insurance system in different countries (USA, UK, USSR) 

Population Dynamics 

To study the science of demography and its role in the population policy of India 

• Demography and Family Planning 
• Demographic cycle 

National Health Programmes 

To give an idea about the background objectives, action plan, operations, targets, achievements and constraints of various National Health Programmes 

All National Health Programmes 

Hospital- An Introduction 

To give an idea about hospital and its role in health care delivery system. To review the history of hospitals; role of political and economic factors in the growth of hospitals & classification of 
hospitals 

• History and development of hospitals 
• Definition, Types, control, role and functions 
• Hospitals in India today- their number, types, size, distribution, ownership, utilization, issues & trends 

Hospital Admn. as a speciality 

To outline the peculiarities of health care institutions, factors influencing hospital care and the role of hospital administration in provisioning of good patient care. 
Special problems of administration of a teaching hospital, voluntary hospital, district hospital, PHC, nursing home etc. 

• Roles & functions of Hospital Administration 
• Hospital as an Organisation 
• Profile of Hospital Administrator 
• Role of hospital administration in education and research 

Nursing Administration 

To study the role of nursing administration in health care delivery. 

• Introduction to Nursing profession- 
• Nursing organisation structure 
• Nurses and doctors relationship 
• Nurses and patient relationship 
• Nurse as a social and professional entity 
• Staffing norms in various types 
  of hospitals and different departments 
• Recent trends in nursing profession and nursing practices 

System approach to Hospital Administration 

To introduce the system concept and to outline the functional organization of a hospital 

• Hospital as a system 
• System approach to Hospital Admn. 

Human relations in hospital 

To define human relations, its importance in a hospital organization and methods adopted to reserve conflict through the human relation approach.To highlight the responsibilities 
of the hospital to the general public.

• Public relations & Hospital 
• Training of medical & paramedical manpower in hospitals 
• Interpersonal relationship 
• Conflict management 

Employees welfare 

To understand the various factors which can affect the working of employees in hospitals to improve their output. 

• Stress management 
• Counselling 
• Occupational safety 

Legal issues in Hospital Administration 

To explain the laws and regulations applicable to hospitals and hospital employees. 
To study the medico-legal aspects of the practice of Medicine in hospital 
setting 

Broad introduction to medical jurisprudence and its application in hospitals 

Consumer Protection Act and its application in hospitals 

Law of Tort 

Hospital  Hazards 

To create an awareness about the hazards of operating a Hospital and the responsibility of the hospital for their management 

To review major types of hospital 

hazards. 

• General safety 
• Fire safety 
• Hospital Hygiene 
• Hospital acquired infection 

Biomedical Waste Management  

To understand the significance of Biomedical waste & its proper disposal. 

• BMW management & handling rule 
• Segregation 
• Collection 
• Transportation 
• Disposal 
• Modern technology for handling BMW 
• Radioactive waste handling 

Disaster Management in Hospitals 

Definition of Disaster– To learn to identify and assess disasters in the community. To set forth policies and procedures for disaster preparedness and to prepare a disaster plan for a hospital 

• Definition,  types 
• Components of Disaster plan- Pre-hospital & hospital  
• Disaster  preparedness 
• Disaster plan formulation & implementation 

Equipment Management 

To learn about the equipment management process and its various components and their roles in hospital system. To learn to establish equipment management procedure for a hospital 

• Demand estimation 
• Strategies of Hospital Equipment Planning and Selection 
• Purchase procedure 
• Installation and commissioning 
• Hospital Equipment Utilisation & Audit 
• Hospital Equipment Repair and Maintenance 
• Quality control in equipment planning 

Quality in Health Services 

To understand the concept of quality & its relation to health care scenario, its importance as regards patient satisfaction & marketing of services provided. 

• Quality concept 
• Verifiable standards and parameters in evaluation of quality 
• Quality Assurance 
• Total Quality Management 
• Quality Circle 
• Performance Review 
• Hospital statistics & quality control 

Future of Hospital Administration 

To visualize into the future the needs & expectation of the community from the hospitals. 

• Recent trends in hospital administration 
• Challenges to administrators 
• Reengineering 
• Telemedicine 
• Artificial intelligence 
• Accreditation 

Amity University, Noida 

BBA (Healthcare Management) 

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Guru Nanak Institute of Technology - GNIT 

BBA in Hospital Management 

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AIIMS Delhi 

Masters in Hospital Administration 

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