Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Centre for Management ofHealth Services

(CMHS)

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMEDABAD

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), was established in 1961 as an autonomous institution by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian industry. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, a noted scientist and industrialist, other Ahmedabad-based industrialists (led by Mr. Kasturbhai Lalbhai), and the Government of Gujarat played a major role in the creation of the Institute. IIMA was registered as a society with a Board of Governors to oversee the functioning of the Institute. The Board has representatives from the governments of India and Gujarat, industry, IIMA Society, and IIMA faculty. In its formative years, IIMA enjoyed the benefits of collaboration with the Harvard Business School.

The Institute was conceived not to be purely a business school, but a school of management. Its mission is to professionalize Indian management through teaching, research, training, institution building, and consulting. It also aims to professionalize some of the vital sectors of India’s economy such as agriculture, education, health, transportation, energy, and public administration.

CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES

IIMA’s involvement in the health sector started with the establishment of the Public Systems Group in 1975. In the initial period, our research focused on the management of primary healthcare services and family planning. We expanded our research activities to include the management of secondary healthcare services in the 80s and to tertiary healthcare services in the 90s. Subsequently we added Healthcare Insurance and related topics in our contributions to the health sector.

Centre for Management of Health Services (CMHS) was setup in June 2004 in recognition of IIMA’s contributions to the health sector in the past and the felt need to strengthen the management of health sector in the context of socio-economic developments of our country. The overall objectives of CMHS are to address the managerial challenges in the delivery of health services to respond to the needs of different segments of our population efficiently and effectively, build institutions of excellence in the health sector, and influence health policies and wider environments.

Professor Arnab K. Laha Chairperson, Centre for Management of Health Services

Indian Institute of Management, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad. 380 015, IndiaTelephone No. 079 - 6632 4947 • Fax. No. 079 - 6632 4698 • Email: arnab@iimahd.ernet.in

Website: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty-and-research/research-centers/cmhs.html

THE FOCUS AREAS OF CMHS

CMHS faculty members intend to conduct research, develop cases and do capacity building activities in the following areas:

v Improvement of healthcare service delivery (particularly in the public sector) by working in partnership with Central and State governments.

v Understanding the linkages of the healthcare sector with the Pharmaceutical sector and Medical- equipment sector for strengthening healthcare delivery.

v Understanding the medico-legal issues and their impact on healthcare service providers and consumers.

v Examining the health insurance and healthcare financing models to enhance their effectiveness.

v Understanding the drivers and roadblocks for adoption of quality management and lean management practices in Indian healthcare delivery facilities.

v Understanding the impact of quality improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma in improving healthcare service delivery.

v Examining the role of Healthcare data analytics for lowering costs and improving customer value in the Indian context.

OUR CONTRIBUTIONS

CMHS has carried out research projects focused on Health Policy and Planning, Governance and management challenges in the health sector, Hospital Management, Clinical Lab management, Imaging lab management, Maternal Health, HIV/AIDS, Infection Control, Urban Health, Cancer Care, Management Capacity Assessment, etc.

Some of the Highlights of our contributions include:• 1 text book in Hospital Management

• 2 edited books and 6 chapters in books

• 56 articles in refereed journals

• 66 working papers/monographs

• 52 presentations in conferences/seminars

• 29 case studies

A. CMHS offer the following Executive Education Programme (EEP):

I. Hospital Management

II. Clinical Laboratory Management

III. Data Analysis for Healthcare Management

B. CMHS conducts monthly seminars inviting speakers from Healthcare organizations and academic institutions. Speakers from pharma Industries, academicians, and researchers in the field of Healthcare Management are invited to share their perspectives on various topics. The video recording of seminar talks are available at: http://vslir.iimahd.ernet.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/13073

C. CMHS also conducts an annual conference entitled IIMA International Conference on Advances in Healthcare Management Services. The first conference was held in June 2015 and the next conference is to be held on December 2016. The conference objective is to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers, practitioners, healthcare administrators care providers and policy makers from around the world to share cutting-edge research, new ideas, debate issues and address latest developments in the domain of Healthcare management. Video documentation of the conference has been made available for the purpose of reference for future researchers.

D. CMHS conducts two-day workshops on Healthcare Analytics, Quality Management of Healthcare Organizations etc. to provide an in-depth understanding of important concepts and techniques for healthcare practice and research. Practitioners and researchers in the Healthcare sector have benefitted through this programmes.

E. An annual four-day summer school on different areas such as Advanced Research Methods in Healthcare Management Services is organized by the CMHS. It is designed to provide a platform to research students and young faculty members from all over the country working on challenges associated with management of healthcare services.

For details please contact: CMHS Office

Centre for Management of Health ServicesIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Vastrapur, Ahmedabad. 380 015, IndiaTelephone No. 079 - 6632 4649/4699. Fax. No. 079 - 6632 4698

Email: cmhs@iimahd.ernet.inWebsite: http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/faculty-and-research/research-centers/cmhs.html

Prof. Anurag K. Agarwal,

LL.D. (Lucknow University), LL.M.

(Harvard Law School), Business Policy

CMHS FACULTY

Prof. Apratim Guha, Ph.D.

(University of California, Berkeley),

Production and Quantitative Methods

Prof. Arnab Kumar Laha, Ph.D.Chair -CHMS

(Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta),

Production and Quantitative Methods

Prof. Asha Kaul, Ph.D.

(IIT, Kanpur), Communications

Prof. Ashis Jalote Parmar, Ph.D.

(Technical University of Delft (TUD), The

Netherlands), Business Policy

Prof. Debjit Roy, Ph.D.(University of Wisconsin-

Madison, USA), Production and

Quantitative Methods

Prof. Dheeraj Sharma, Ph.D.

(Louisiana Tech University, USA),

Marketing

Prof. Dhiman Bhadra, Ph.D.

(University of Florida, USA),

Production and Quantitative Methods

Prof. Goutam Dutta, Ph.D.

(Northwestern University, USA), Production and

Quantitative Methods

Prof. Karthik Sriram, Fellow (IIM Bangalore),

Production and Quantitative Methods

Prof. K.V.Ramani, Ph.D. (Adjunct Faculty),

(Cornell University, USA), Public Systems Group

Prof. Naman Desai, Ph.D.

(Florida State University, USA),

Finance and Accounting

Prof. Rajendra Patel, (Adjunct Faculty), PGDM

(IIM Ahmedabad), Finance and Accounting

Prof. Rajesh Chandwani,

M.D., Fellow (IIM Bangalore),

Human Resources Management

Prof. Samir K. Barua, Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad),

Production and Quantitative Methods

Prof. Sanjay Verma,Fellow (IIM Calcutta), Information Systems

Prof. Satish Deodhar, Ph.D.

(The Ohio State University, USA),

Economics

Uma Baskaran,M.A., PGDM(HRM)

(IGNOU), In-Charge, CMHS

Prof. Shailesh Gandhi, Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad), Finance and Accounting

Harshad ZalaMBA (HRM)

(Sikkim Manipal University)

Prof. Sobhesh KumarAgarwalla, Fellow (IIM

Ahmedabad), Finance and Accounting

Prof. Arnab Kumar Laha,

Chairperson, CMHS

Priyanka Roy, M.Tech (Jadavpur

University, Calcutta), Research Associate

Prof. Sunil Maheshwari,

Fellow (IIM Ahmedabad), Human Resources

Management

Prajakti Ranadive B.E. (Mumbai University),

Research Associate

Prof. Tathagata Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D.(University of Calcutta),

Production and Quantitative Methods

Prof. Vishwanath Pingali, Ph.D.(Northwestern

University, USA), Economics

CMHS TEAM

Vanaji Parmar