Vivacious and passionate is how one would describe Dr. Neelam Mohan, India’s leading paediatric liver transplant specialist and recipient of the prestigious Dr B C Roy Award. She can go to any lengths to ensure the children in her care are provided the best of clinical care, and also goes the extra mile to try [...]
“I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor,” says Dr Sameera Ali. A dental surgeon by training, she is now a programme manager at MFine working towards building a hospital-on-cloud. Even after 13 years of clinical practice, she constantly felt the need to do something more. She felt this was possible only if she transitions from being a clinician to someone who understands the business of health. “When I saw ISB’s Post Graduate Programme in Management curriculum, I [...]
Pankaj started his career as a Medical Officer in the Indian Army. During his stint with the Army, he was part of two major Operations - Vijay and Parakram. Post his tenure, he moved to New Delhi with the dream of setting up his own hospital. A specialist in anesthesiology and a super-specialist in intervention pain management and spine interventions, he started practising in Delhi. ). While interacting with various stakeholders, [...]
Ever since childhood, Ritu had wanted to become a doctor. In her pursuit, she joined Lady Hardinge Medical College. Post MBBS, she did post-graduation in ENT and was practicing before coming to ISB in 2008. “I was on a maternity break when I decided to apply to the Post Graduate Programme in Management [...]
(This article is based on a case study by Prof Sarang Deo and MIHM analyst Hemanshu Das.) As India opens up the world’s most stringent #lockdown, is it prepared to handle continual COVID19 outbreaks? India is planning to open up after the lockdown but testing is still low – India tests 0.7 per 1000 in [...]
The entire world is facing a social, medical, economic and political crisis of proportions greater than that of the Great Depression, 1930-39. What are the skills and qualities that can help each of us tide over the prevailing crises? In a webinar organised as part of the Covid-19 preparedness series by Max Institute of Healthcare Management at the Indian [...]
(This article is based on a case study by Prof Sarang Deo and MIHM analysts Aman Kabra and Hemanshu Das) The Covid-19 infection is spreading at an unparalleled pace. In India, as on May 1, 45 persons were being tested per million population, a significantly low rate as against the world median of 397 [...]
Indian Council of Medical Research has, over the past few days, increased the Covid-19 testing capacity in India massively. Starting with 3,700 tests in March to scaling them up to over 18,000 tests (as on April 11), the testing capacity is all set to increase further. Much of this is attributed to increased procurement of kits, 24*7 labs, [...]
By Alekhya Chaparala, Research Assistant, MIHM On a cool day last December, I visited the Kopaganj Community Center in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district. Implementation of an MIHM costing study on family planning was about to begin, and I was in the field to finalize operations and brief local officials before data collection commenced the following week. My [...]
By Naireet Ghosh, Analyst, MIHM Historically, the healthcare industry has been relatively reluctant in adopting technology for non-clinical processes. Only recently, care providers seem to have realized the value of enhancing patient experience by the use of technology in order to improve healthcare outcomes. This is evident from the recent boom of the patient engagement solutions [...]
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