4th Sem Soniya
4th Sem Soniya
4th Sem Soniya
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY
The healthcare industry (also called the medical industry or health economy) is an
aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides
goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, and
palliative care. The healthcare industry is a segment inside the economy which
offers drugs, medicines and other services for patients with preventive, healing,
rehabilitative, and soothing care. Thus we can say that healthcare services
comprise the grouping of tangible and intangible facets where intangible features
dominate the tangible aspects. Rooms, beds and other decorations are included in
tangible things. The different forms of services related to health and welfare are
provided by the healthcare industry. The sector is considered as a social sector
which is governed at state level with the assistance of the central government. The
current industry is divided into many sub-divisions, and governed with various
interdisciplinary teams of skilled professionals and paraprofessionals to cater the
health needs of individuals.
The healthcare industry is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing
industries Consuming over 10 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)
of most developed nations, health care can form an enormous part of a
country's economy. The healthcare industry is composed of multiple
segments pertaining to different practices in medicine that provide
different services. These services deal with different procedures and
methods that address a variety of medical needs.
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services being offered are abundant that is why the amount of health care
workers that are needed is so high. Millions of health workers are
needed throughout the world in different health institutions like
hospitals and clinics. Health services are offered at any time because
different people may need them due to various or special reasons. Some
health workers should always be available, that is why they have people
who are on call in hospitals and doctors’ offices. Health workers provide
services on different people in different age brackets.
People are living longer and thus demand more and higher quality
preventive and long-term care. In particular, the demand for home care
aides, registered nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners,
physical therapists, non-traditional health aides, and physicians will
continue to increase at a healthy pace. This trend also applies to
technical and administrative jobs, as hospitals continue to focus their
energies on more efficient management and profitability.
1. Hospital activities;
2. Medical and dental practice activities;
3. "Other human health activities".
This third class involves activities of, or under the supervision of, nurses,
midwives, physiotherapists, scientific or diagnostic laboratories,
pathology clinics, residential health facilities, or other allied health
professions, e.g. in the field of optometry, hydrotherapy, medical
massage, yoga therapy, music therapy, occupational therapy, speech
therapy, chiropody, homeopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, etc.
Home Remedies:
Home has long been the upholder of health care for ancient human
beings as for much of the history of human civilization everything from
birth to disease was handled by experts within one’s own house. A home
remedy is a treatment to cure a disease or ailment that employs certain
spices, vegetables, or other common items. Home remedies may or may
not have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in
question. Healthcare began as a purely reactionary, medicinal practice,
in which people learned the medicinal properties of plants through trial
and error, and then passed on that knowledge to others. Although there is
no record to establish when plants were first used for medicinal
purposes (herbalism), the use of plants as healing agents is a
longstanding practice.
Traditional Healthcare:
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practitioners, like many ancient and indigenous people, were frequently
shamanic and used charms and spells to treat the patient’s ailment, but
in many societies there existed specialists in herbal remedies, referred to
as “physicians” because of their rational medical knowledge.
In the early 19th century, the focus of medical research changed from a
generalized pathology to a localized pathology concerned with
physiology and disease transmission. This transition,
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known as the “therapeutic revolution” occurred during the 20th century
when research came to focus on specific diseases. The therapeutic
revolution is generally understood as the moment when medicine began
to work. It led to the growing effectiveness of medicine. Pasteur, father
of germ theory, unraveled the mysteries of many diseases and
contributed to the development of the first vaccines. He debunked the
widely accepted myth of spontaneous generation, and set the stage for
modern biology and biochemistry, the therapeutic revolution improved
medicine and vaccine development. There were great advances in
relation to diseases such as leprosy, anthrax, tuberculosis, plague, and
malaria. The therapeutic revolution created a new understanding of
disease and illness and began the trajectory of Western biomedicine and
fired the trend for globalization of medicine.
The most aggressive effort against malaria was the Global Malaria
Eradication Program. This program was launched by the World Health
Organization in 1955 and depended on drug chloroquine for treatment of
infected individuals and the chemical DDT for mosquito control.
Smallpox was the first disease to be eradicated owing to the success of
the Smallpox Eradication Program. Smallpox eradication efforts began
in 1967, the last endemic case appeared in 1977, and eradication was
declared in May of 1980. Eradication campaigns of the 20th century
were able to reduce diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis in
industrialized countries but these diseases continue to haunt developing
countries. Despite over 100 years of control efforts, malaria still caused
a large number of deaths in children in developing nations. Eradication
campaigns have made people in the healthcare industry aware of how
vulnerable they are, in spite of modern developments and technology.
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primary health care infrastructure. The primary health care movement
was fuelled by a desire to build basic health care services from the
bottom up. Countries like China and the Soviet Union promoted models
that differed from that of the United States and western medicine. Health
care was promoted by organizations like the World Health Organization
and the World Health Assembly. The International Conference for
Primary Health Care in 1978 was a landmark event in the movement.
The conference was attended by delegates from over 130 governments.
Impact of Development Movement:
GLOBAL OVERVIEW
The United States’ healthcare system is the largest in the world, worth
around $1.7 trillion, as compared to $700 billion in Europe. Despite the
government control in Europe, healthcare providers are suffering due to
the rising costs and demand exceeding capacity
Macro Variables
Macro variables, affected healthcare industry are further classified into
following parts:
The size of the aging population will continue to increase over the next
few decades. In 2010, individuals over the age of 65 were 8% of the
total population. This is expected to increase to 16% by 2050 according
to the WHO. Older people generally spend more on healthcare.
in emerging economies.
These reforms are creating huge opportunities and risks for healthcare
companies; the winners will be those that understand the reforms best
and react to them fastest.
⮚ More Patients will be Treated at Home
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CRISIL research estimates that the market for cardiac healthcare was $
950 billion in 2016-2017, which is expected to grow at 15% CAGR to
Rs. 1.9 trillion by 2021-2022. Furthermore by 2021 potential market for
oncology is expected to increase to Rs 522 billion, while that for diabetes
is forecast to grow to Rs. 376 billion, thereby indicating tremendous
growth opportunities in these segments.
GROWTH DRIVERS
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⮚ Growth in health insurance coverage to propel demand
⮚ Growth in medical tourism to aid demand for health care market.
INDIAN OVERVIEW
Growth in the next decade will be closely linked to the nature and extent
of reform. India’s health challenges, though unique and complex, also
offer remarkable opportunities. Thus, the next decade holds inspiring
possibilities, while likely being a challenging journey.
At the turn of this century, health outcomes in India and the quality of
the underlying health system significantly lagged those of peer nations.
From such a weak starting position, the progress made in the last decade
has been mixed. The government has recognized the need for reform
and introduced several in the Eleventh and Twelfth Five- Year Plan. The
private sector has played an important role improving access and quality
during this timeframe.
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journey over the next four decades to transform the country’s healthcare
situation. It will need to define its role and choose from either a
‘primary payer’ or a ‘primary provider’ role, and undertake several
imperatives. At the same time, changing demographics, psychographics
and epidemiology will present the private sector with opportunities. To
capture these, the private
sector will need to build specific capabilities, develop new business
models and actively collaborate with the government.
MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL
⮚ Internal Medicine
⮚ Anaesthesiology
⮚ Dental, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
⮚ Dermatology
⮚ Endocrinology
⮚ ENT And Head & Neck Surgery
⮚ Family Medicine
⮚ General Medicine
⮚ Laboratory Medicine
⮚ General Surgery
⮚ Emergency
⮚ Pulmonology
⮚ Infectious Diseases & Infection control
⮚ Nuclear Medicine
⮚ Ophthalmology Aesthetics & Plastic surgery
⮚ Psychiatry
⮚ Pain & Palliative medicine
⮚ Cardiac Sciences
⮚ Orthopaedics & Rheumatology
⮚ Neurosciences
⮚ Nephrology & Urology
⮚ Oncology
⮚ Gastrointestinal Sciences
⮚ Women’s Health
⮚ Child & Adolescent Health
⮚ Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
⮚ Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
⮚ Multi Organ Transplant
SUPPORT SERVICES
⮚ Emergency Services
⮚ Intensive Care Units
⮚ Operation Theatres
⮚ Diagnostics & Blood bank
⮚ Clinical Imaging
⮚ Pharmacy
⮚ KD hospital wellness (Clinical nutritionists,
Dieticians and Fitness experts) ⮚ Insurance
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INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY
THE VISION
“A caring mission with a global vision”
THE VALUES
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⮚ Excellence- Surpassing our current benchmarks constantly by
continually challenging our ability and skills to take the
organization to greater heights.
⮚ Compassion- Going beyond boundaries with empathy and care.
⮚ Unity- Harnessing the power of synergy and engaging people
for exponential performance and results.
THE MISSION
MOTTO
ASK Foundation
The KD hospital Sick Kids Foundation or ASK Foundation (A unit of
KD hospital DM Foundation) is an initiative by KD hospital, supported
by Dr. Moopen Foundation, to ensure the best in healthcare for children
under the age of 18 - irrespective of their socio-economic background.
The Foundation provides expert medical care including advanced life
support, cancer care, transplant surgery and neonatal intensive care to
deserving children, with the support of funds raised through various
charitable activities. The ASK Foundation also extends a helping hand to
deserving children who are being treated in hospitals other than KD
hospital, by providing all possible treatment assistance. ASK helps
children recover from Cancer treatment , Intensive care for Fatal
Ailments, Neonatal Intensive Care, Life Saving Surgeries.
BILLING DEPARTMENT
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The information technology department at the hospital provides an array
of services that support enterprise and departmental computer systems
for the hospital and its affiliated clinics. The IT department allows
healthcare providers to collect, store, retrieve and transfer information
electronically. ERP is the Hospital Information System used in
hospitals. The main internet service providers of the hospital are TATA
and BSNL. Different areas that come under the functioning of the IT
departments are human resource management software, que
management, online ticketing tool, wheelchair management system, HIS
system, CCTVs, multidisciplinary team meeting, disKD hospital
recovery site. Data center privilege is given only for the IT staff.
FINANCIAL OPERATIONS
STRENGTH
WEAKNESS
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
HR VISION
⮚ Employee Awareness
⮚ Employee Attributes
⮚ Employee Absenteeism
⮚ Employee Satisfaction
CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES
⮚ Permanent
An employee who has been engaged on a permanent basis and
includes any person who has satisfactorily completed the period of
probation stipulated in his appointment letter. ⮚ Probationer
An employee who is provisionally employed to fill a permanent
vacancy to a post and has not completed the probationary period
stipulated in the appointment letter. ⮚ Temporary
An employee who has been engaged for work which is essentially
of a temporary nature and likely to be finished within a limited
period.
⮚ Casual
An employee who is engaged in work of casual nature or which is
non recurring in nature and whose services are liable to be
terminated without any notice.
⮚ Contract Staff
An employee who has been engaged for a specified period
MANPOWER PLANNING
PROCEDURE
RECRUITMENT
PROCESS
⮚ Recruitment Planning
The first and foremost process of the recruitment plan is identifying the
vacancy. This process begins with receiving the requisition for
recruitments from different department of the organization to the HR
Department, which contains −
Job analysis helps in understanding what tasks are important and how to
perform them. Its purpose is to establish and document the job
relatedness of employment procedures such as selection, training,
compensation, and performance appraisal.
The following steps are important in analyzing a job −
JOB DESCRIPTION
MANAGEMENT
⮚ Personal file
⮚ Joining Report and letter of Appointment
⮚ Credentials and Antecedent Check
⮚ Gratuity form
⮚ ESI form and PF form
⮚ Certificates of Educational Qualifications and ID Proof
⮚ Induction Certificates and Privilege Documents (in case of
This scheme is started for Indian workers. The workers are provided with
a huge variety of medical, monetary and other benefits from the
employer. Any Company having more than 10 employees (in some
states it is 20 employees) who have a maximum salary of Rs. 15000/- has
to mandatorily register itself with the ESIC.
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monthly salary every month of the year. The only exception to the
employee in paying his contribution is whose salary is less than Rs.
100/- per day.
The benefits of registering under this scheme are varied. Some of them
are: ⮚ Sickness benefits at the rate of 70% (in the form of salary), in
case of any certified illness certified and which lasts for a maximum
of 91 days in any year
⮚ Medical Benefits to an employee and his family members
⮚ Maternity Benefit to the women who are pregnant (paid leaves)
⮚ If the death of the employee happens while on work – 90% of the
salary is given to his dependents every month after the death of the
employee
⮚ Same as above in case of disability of the employee
⮚ Funeral expenses
⮚ Old age care medical expenses
EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND
There are new UAN portals to check your EPF balance and nowadays all
the details like how to check UAN status, download UAN EPF
passbook, check EPF balance, provident fund claim and many more
facilities provided by the new UAN portal.
Following are the few instances when you will be eligible to receive gratuity.
PAYROLL PROCESSING
The Salaries Section is responsible for the payment of all Hospital staff
through the operation of weekly, fortnightly and monthly payrolls. The
size and complexity of the Hospital together with the wide variety of
staff grades, payment entitlements and agreements creates significant
complexity in the payroll function. The Section works closely with the
HR Department of the Hospital and operating departments in ensuring
that all employees are paid accurately and on time.
In addition to the payment of staff salaries, the Salaries Section
facilitates a number of staff deduction schemes including TDS (Tax
Deducted at Source), PF (Provident Fund) and Health Insurance
Savings.
PROCESS:
⮚ The HR personnel will send the first cut salary report on or before
25th to the following Finance personnel in charge.
⮚ The Finance personnel will then perform necessary control
checks/arrive TDS and communicate approximate aggregate salary
amount for the month to the signing authority by the 26th of the
month.
⮚ The Finance personnel will send back the final salary file to the Hr
personnel by the 27th of the month.
⮚ The HR personnel will then prepare the final statement and give the
duly signed statement to the respective finance personnel in charge
for preparing Fund Transfer Letters on or before the 28th of the
month.
⮚ Finance personnel will prepare the final salary statement and Fund
Transfer Letters and countersign the salary statement before
submitting the same to authorized signatories for signing on or
before the 29th of the month.
⮚ Finance personnel will submit the duly signed fund transfer letters
to the bank by the 29th of the month with an instruction to transfer
the salary to individual accounts on the last working day of the
month.
PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL
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COMPETENCY MAPPING
KPI
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Key performance indicators shine a light on how well a business is
doing. Without KPIs, it would be difficult for a company's leaders to
evaluate that in a meaningful way, and to then make operational changes
to address performance problems. Keeping employees focused on
business initiatives and tasks that are central to organizational success
could also be challenging without designated KPIs to reinforce the
importance and value of those activities.
PROCEDURE
PROMOTION POLICY
The policy lays down criteria for promotion of employees. It will be the
responsibility of the HR Department under the supervision of General
Manager HR to implement the policy.
PROCEDURE
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⮚ Performance appraisal reports
⮚ Competencies in terms of qualification, experience and capabilities.
⮚ Length of service in the organization.
SUPERANNUATION
EXIT INTERVIEW
Exit interviews are conducted with departing employees, just before they
leave. The primary purpose of exit interview is to learn reasons for the
person’s departure which in turn helps in organizational improvement
.Exit interviews offer opportunities to find out information that
otherwise might be more difficult and impossible to obtain. It helps to
transfer knowledge. It is also one of tools to improve the process of
protocols, culture, management etc.
IMPORTANCE FROM EMPLOYERS PERSPECTIVE
From the employer’s perspective, the primary aim of the exit interview is
to learn reasons for the person’s departure, on the basis of the principle
that criticism is a helpful driver for organizational improvement. Exit
interviews also yield useful information about the employer organization,
assess and improve all aspects of the working environment, culture,
systems etc. in fact anything that determines the quality of an
organization both in terms of relationship with the staff, suppliers, third
parties, and the general public depends on exit interviews.
During the first week, I was dealing with the Recruitment Process. In KD
hospital, there will be Interview every Thursday for the recruitment of
Nurses. Initially the HR Department will do the first round of interview.
Then they are sent to their respective departments to go through their
Second round of Interview. After this if they are recruited, they will be
given different forms to be filled. It includes personal data form, joining
report, PF form, ESI form etc. Doctors' Recruitment is dealt with
differently. It includes the decisions of the higher authority.
During the Second Week, I dealt with ESI and PF. I learnt how to
register ESI and PF, edit them, and add new details. Employees often
come to withdraw their PF amount. I was fortunate enough to do the
procedures for them.ESI and PF contribution is recorded in Excel Sheets
and updated every month. Also the ESI registration of new employees
was handled by me.
During the third week, I did SuperAnnuation. It has both employee and
employer perspectives. Though I wasn’t told to do so, the staff there
explained how it works and the steps to be followed.
During the fourth week, I was going through Settlement. Since during
that time, a large number of people resigned, it almost took more than a
week to study settlement. I was under the supervision of the staff to
clarify my doubt regarding settlement. The service certificate was issued
only after the settlement. The final paper will be forwarded to the
Finance department for final payment.
During the last week, I was told to check the employee file to ensure it is
complete. Since the nursing audit was on the way, it was mandatory to
ensure that every file was completed. It was a tedious job as there are
more than 1500 employees working. I managed to complete the task
within the allotted time.
I was also told to introduce a new insurance scheme for the employees.
The insurance was star health insurance which was free for the
employee and their family excluding their parents. When I introduced
them, I was able to learn and clarify my doubts regarding the insurance.
This also helped me to know all the departments, their capacity and their
working atmosphere.
AWARD
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
On boarding training was done for all the new employees together
including Doctors, Staff nurses, other Executives, Staffs and Interns of
various departments of the hospital. We were given four days of
Induction Training which was conducted by the Learning and
Development Department of KD hospital. It was a very good experience
for me as it was the first time I got an opportunity to attend an Induction
Training.
During the training period, there were seminar talks by different top
authorities like CEO, COO, CMS etc about the Hospital, Mission,
Vision, Values, Future expansions, and various Department Heads
spoke about their respective departments. HR personnel introduced us to
the rules and regulations of the organization, grooming rules, and we
were taken for an KD hospital tour in order to familiarize with the
hospital and to understand where each Departments & Administrative
offices are. There were yoga sessions, sessions on DisKD hospital
Management, Housekeeping, and Radiation Safety measures, Hospital
Infection Control, Training on Basic Life Support and Fire & Safety.
Then we had a practical assessment test as part of training in Basic Life
Support (CPR) and Fire & Safety.
After training i.e. on the 5th day, we were asked to join the concerned
departments. During the first week of my internship program, I was
given a brief introduction of the functioning of the HR department at KD
hospital and also about KD hospital as a whole by our organizational
guide, Mr. Rajeesh KP, Assistant Manager of HR.
During the second week, an introduction to ESI and PF were given. They
were the benefits that the employees had while working there at the
hospital. How PF and ESI are created, edited, how loans are given are
some of the things they taught. Those employees who resigned from the
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hospital, their settlement was done. Each employee had an Oracle ID that
helped them to carry their activities without any issues. How
superannuation was done was also learnt. An introduction to the
Performance Appraisal System was given.
During the third and fourth week, I was told to introduce a new insurance
called Star Health Insurance to all the employees except Doctors.
During the Fifth week, I went on to collect the information regarding the
new insurance of the hospital.
In this report I have tried my level best to identify and analyze different
functions of the HR Department of KD hospital. In this report, I imply
our acquired knowledge from accounting courses and try to comply with
the systems followed by the hospital. Internship helped me to achieve
good exposure and experience the practical side of the theory learned.