Padmashree Dr DY Patil University’s Dept of Business Management, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai recently organised HOSPIEXPRESS – the 5th National Conference on Health & Hospital Management. The conference was backed by Express Healthcare as the Official Media Partner, VASAN Healthcare as the Knowledge Partner, Forbo Flooring as the Partner, Abhyudaya Bank as the Banking Partner, Peaceful Life as the Insurance Partner, etc. Around 155 hospital promoters, doctors, CEO’s, owners of small to medium healthcare providers ranging from polyclinics, nursing homes, labs, radiology centres, etc., participated in the event.
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Dr Nitin Sippy delivering the welcome speech
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Dr Nitin Sippy, National Convener and Organsing Secretary, opined, “The growth of small to medium healthcare providers is expanding by leaps and bounds. This growth must be focused more on the journey rather than just the destination. The fruit of this segment is already ripe and they must be developed as Centres of Excellence providing them with numerous advantages.”
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Panel Members in discussion
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Anupam Verma, (Chief Guest), President, Wockhardt Hospitals, touched upon the many parameters of expansion strategies for small to medium healthcare providers. He shared his experience of working in renowned organisations like Hinduja Hospital, DM Healthcare and Wockhardt, and covered various challenges in healthcare viz HR, quality, operations etc.
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Panel members with the organising team
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Dr Sanjay Oak (Guest of Honour), Vice Chancellor – Padmashree Dr DY Patil University, talked about diverse issues including outsourcing, centralisation/ decentralisation to marketing, legalities, ethics and insurance. He said, “Machines can be bought but not loyalty. Commitment needs to be built within. Medicine is an art, management is a science and managing medicine is divine.”
Dr R Gopal, (Chairman- National Organising Committee), Director, Dean & HOD –DYPDBM spoke to the audience on typical challenges and their varied solutions, focussing on work-life balance. He said, “The healthcare budget is miniscule and needs to be extended tremendously. This can be a reality when all stakeholders viz the government, private players and various funding agencies develop a win–win model.”