Students aim to boost healthcare industry

IoBM holds convention aimed at producing practical health management solutions.

KARACHI:

To boost up Pakistan’s healthcare industry, students at Institute of Business Management (IoBM) shared practical health management solutions at a convention on Sunday. 

The field of health management has recently gained popularity over the last few years as there was an indispensable need to improve the healthcare sector, the participants agreed. Many academic institutions, including IoBM, now offer specialised degree programmes in health and hospital management to the professionals, including doctors and pharmacists.

At the convention, budding health professionals, enrolled in the institute’s MBA programme in health and hospital management, presented top-of-the-line models in planning and administration of hospitals, pharmaceuticals, NGOs and allied services.

Apart from students’ health management models, a discussion forum was also the highlight of the event, which focused on bridging the gap between academia and industry by outlining the collaborative fronts. “We aim to present solutions in diverse healthcare areas, including, bioethics, patient-centered care, support services, hospital waste management and financial controls through this convention,” said Dr Tayyaba Khan, who heads the student-based society of health managers at the IoBM.

Dr Khan told The Express Tribune that the health managers society organised the convention, under the supervision of the health and hospital management department head, Dr Asima Faisal.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 19^th, 2013.