HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

The book has adequately covered the responsibility of the hospital organization towards the patient, the various facets of patient care, both clinical and managerial issues like ward management system, administrative procedure, intricacies of authority responsibility and model regulation and resource management approach. The basic steps of corporate planning towards a good human relation and productivity have also been highlighted. Government guidelines and regulation of waste management, Organ Transplant Act, Application of Consumer Protection Act and telemedicine in hospitals, approach to patient satisfaction are some of the areas of importance which are well-documented in text and can be termed as the special feature of the book.

Throughout the book, the primary purposes of hospital administration and the carefully developed procedural guidelines have been highlighted. The text emphasizes the importance of standards for the hospital on a level commensurating with the demands of services and size which are to be met by the hospital managers. The authors have documented a need for application of fundamental principles of management in a hospital scene.