AHA to organise conference on ‘Safe and Sustainable Hospitals’

The theme of the conference is ‘Innovations and Updates in Hospital Management’

Academy of Hospital Administration (AHA) – Mangalore Manipal Chapter is organising a two-day national conference on ‘Safe and Sustainable Hospitals’ at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore on 5-6 December, 2015. The theme of the conference is ‘Innovations and Updates in Hospital Management’.

There is increasing pressure on hospitals to achieve financial sustainability and at the same time invest on technologies to achieve safe environment to provide care. Innovation is increasingly being seen as the currency of the 21st century. The rapid pace with which the technological advances are taking place, it becomes essential for every hospital administrator to keep pace with it. With this premise, Academy of Hospital Administration – Mangalore Manipal chapter seeks to bring industry leaders and eminent academicians together to deliberate on these important topics at the two-day event.

The conference is being organised for doctors, hospital owners and administrators, hospital agencies, students of health administration and management, architects, civil engineers, interior designers, purchase professionals and suppliers who are interested in updating themselves with the rapidly changing healthcare industry. The conference promises to create a platform that brings together professionals of various fields involved in the healthcare arena.

One of the highlights of the conference is the CEO Conclave, where distinguished CEOs like Dr Devi Prasad Shetty of Narayana Hrudayalaya, Dr Ajay Bakshi of Manipal Health Enterprises, Dr (Brig) NK Parmar of Apollo Hospital, Dr Ajay Kumar of HCG Global will deliberate on topics ranging from impact of social medicine, retaining talent in healthcare, impact of changing technology and innovations and creating centers of excellence. This conclave will be moderated by Dr Nagendra Swamy, President, Quality Council, Manipal Health Enterprises. Other prominent speakers include Maj Gen Pawan Kapoor, Prabhu Vinayagam, Dr Supten Sarbhadhikari, Dr Nilesh Shah, Dr AK Aggarwal, Prasanna Ganapa, Dr Rajendra Patankar and Sameer Mehta. There will be a parallel session on nursing administration where prominent nursing administrators like Dr Christopher Sudhakar and Dr Bobby Ramesh will be the speakers.

Topics that will be discussed and deliberated in the conference include Public Health & Healthcare Management, Hospital Planning & Architecture, Hospital & Healthcare IT, Medical Equipment & Automation, Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety, Healthcare Marketing, Hospital Financing & Health Insurance, Medico – Legal Issues & Patient’s Rights, Healthcare Innovation and Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety. As many as 40 scientific papers and equal number of posters will be presented by the faculty and students who are coming from all over India.

Reportedly, the conference will be inaugurated on December 5, 2015 by UT Khader, Minister of Health, Government of Karnataka. Reportedly, eminent dignitaries including Yenepoya Abdulla Kunhi, Chancellor, Yenepoya University, AJ Shetty, President, Laxmi Memorial Trust and Dr Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor, Manipal University and Maj Gen (Dr) RK Garg, President, AHA will grace the occasion.

Department of Hospital Administration at Yenepoya Medical College, Kasturba Medical College and AJ Institute of Medical Sciences collaborated to organise this conference in Mangalore. Dr Ghulam Jeelani Qadiri, Principal – Yenepoya Medical College is the Organizing Chairman, Dr Amitha Marla, Medical Director, AJ Institute of Medical Sciences is the Organizing Secretary and Dr Sunita Saldanha, Associate Professor, Yenepoya Medical College is the Joint Organizing Secretary. The previous editions of the conference were held in Bengaluru and New Delhi in the year 2014 and 2013 respectively.