Abstract

This is the 1st edition of the book Hospital Administration: A Ready Reference. The text is comprehensive, updated as per the present day requirements in the subject of hospital administration. The book is focussed on all aspects of hospital administration, hospital requirements, delivery of health care service, training of staff, evaluation of health care services, safety and welfare of staff and patients. The book has 13 chapters. The first three chapters deal with introduction, types and departments of hospital. 4th chapter is dedicated to human resource department of hospital. Chapter five describes importance of information technology in hospital. Subsequent chapters deal with marketing, licencing, standard precautions and general guidelines for safety. Chapter 10th to 13th are dedicated to medico legal aspect, waste management, accreditation of hospital. Last chapter deals with furniture and equipment requirement of hospital. Format for job identification, job application, interview rating, joining report of employee and mediclaim form are given as annexure. 23 references are given at the end of the book for further reading. A comprehensive index is given at last.