Events

National Healthcare Seminar at Symbiosis

Date : 10-13 May, 2007
Venue : Symbiosis Vishwabhawan
Senapati Bapat Road
Pune

India has made rapid strides in the health sector in the recent past. According to the FICCI—Ernst & Young Study, healthcare spending in the country, currently around 0.9 per cent of GDP could contribute around 6.05 per cent of GDP and around nine million people by 2012. In other words, the healthcare industry could be one of the major driving forces behind the Indian economy with increasing opportunities in areas like health insurance, medical infrastructure and equipment, telemedicine, clinical trials.

Symbiosis Centre of Healthcare has identified some of the key healthcare areas to be discussed and deliberated upon during its Annual National Seminar on Hospital and Healthcare Management and Medico legal systems. In its IX year of hosting the National Seminar, SCHC has invited prominent industry leaders who will share their viewpoints and hold open discussions with delegates on important topics as they relate to quality and the business of healthcare. The objective of the seminar is to deliberate upon the emerging trends in the healthcare sector and identify the role of hospitals administrators and other decision makers involved, in view of the changing healthcare environment and challenges placed before them. Scheduled to be held from the 10th-13th May 2007 at Symbiosis Vishwabhavan, Pune, the Seminar will open with three parallel pre-conference symposia on hospital accreditation, clinical research and health insurance.

The pre-conference symposium on accreditation is being hosted in association with the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH), Quality Council of India with the aim to create awareness and educate healthcare providers about the accreditation process. The second pre-conference symposium on Health Insurance presents the principles and practices of health insurance in India, its present and future perspective, the range of products available in the country, the role of TPAs and healthcare providers in health insurance. Invited speakers include representatives from the regulatory body i.e. IRDA as well as private and public players.

The third symposium on clinical research is being hosted in association with the ICMR with a view of creating awareness on general methodology and training processes in various aspects of clinical research. The symposium will cover clinical research and its adjunct issues like lack of formal training programmes, legal and ethical aspects, impact of globalisation on the healthcare sector (India is a signatory to GATT/GATS/ TRIPS) etc that need to be brought to the notice of the health care providers. Besides, a pre conference symposium dedicated to clinical research, this topic of extreme current relevance would also be addressed through various other sessions through out the four days of the Seminar. The Seminar registration is open to everyone interested in aspects of medical litigation and healthcare management. Medical, hospital management and law students are particularly encouraged to attend.

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For further details, contact:
Dr Neeta Bhatia
Programme Manager, SIHS
Tel.: +91 20 25678680 (Ext.222)
Email: program@sihspune.org
Website: www.schcpune.org OR www.sihspune.org