Event Watch

Hosman 2007: A Mega Event in Healthcare

The second national healthcare conclave is being organised by the Federation of Hospital Administrators (FHA) in association with IHCQF and QCI on October 6-7, 2007 at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. This shall be a mega event, deliberating on recent and future trends, encompassing quality delivery issues in healthcare in India. This event shall be used as a platform towards establishing benchmarks and key performance indicators in every sphere of healthcare, which in turn shall help each hospital to become a center of excellence.

FHA also felt the need to acknowledge the contribution of hospital administrators and shall introduce two 'Excellence in Achievement' awards, a 'Lifetime Achievement' award and 'Hospital Administrator of the Year' award. Around 250 delegates have confirmed attendance. Eminent personalities in healthcare addressing in the conclave are: Dr Derrick Pasternack, President, Middle East, Joint Commission International (Is there a quality in delivering quality in healthcare); Dr Girdhar Gyani, QCI Secy General (Accreditation-Is it bringing renaissance in healthcare in India); Dr YP Bhatia, President, IHCQF and Astron, Chief Consultant-Mediciti Hospital, Delhi (Challenges in healthcare); Preetha Reddy, Executive Director, Apollo Group of Hospitals (Hospitals of future); Vishal Bali, CEO and MD of Wockhardt Group of Hospitals (Globalisation in healthcare); Dr Sanjiv Malik, Director, Max Healthcare, New Delhi (Human Resources-Retaining faculty and KPI); Dr Raj Warrier, VC, Manipal University (Research & clinical trials-Benchmarking research); Dr Ravi Chandran, IIM Ahmedabad (Logic in logistics management); and Dr Ashoke Bhattacharya, Asia Pacific President on Health Policy and Outcomes (Healthcare economics-how it can help planning).

Contact:
Dr Sanjeev Singh
Senior Medical Administrator
Org Secretary
E-mail: fha2007@aims.amrita.edu; ihcqf@hotmail.com