AHA prides itself in being a pioneer in development of quality standards for hospitals and healthcare organisations, which were later developed into NABH standards. It also promotes scientific hospital management practices and quality management in healthcare delivery institutions in India. AHA undertook the task of capacity building for trained qualified hospital operations manager in the country, a cadre highly deficient but in great demand, training more than 4000 hospital and health administrators including few from neighbouring countries. Institute of Healthcare Management, Training and Research has been established by AHA for conducting various courses and research.
Mission
“To develop and maintain hospital and healthcare planning and designing parameters, quality training, consultancy and research activities in health and hospital system through active involvement of healthcare organisers and providers, in order to attain a leading role in continuously improving the performance of healthcare systems in the country.”
| Maj Gen (Retd) M Srivastava |
AHA has a team of more than 300 expert consultants in various fields of health, hospital and allied sector all over the country. Renowned and well established hospital administrators are on the panel of the academy for undertaking consultancy and short-term assignment for planning/ execution of hospital projects and to tackle specific hospital problems. Academy also accepts sound proposal pertaining to hospitals planning and establishment, for completion on turn-key basis.
Training in quality management systems
More than 450 healthcare professionals have been trained by Academy of Hospital Administration, through distance learning courses Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital and Health Management ( PGDHHM) course, approved by DGHS, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India.
AHA successfully conducted Management Development Training Programme (MDP) a World Bank-sponsored Project of UPHSDP, OHSDP, KHSDRP.
AHA designed the first unique hospital and health system management training programme ‘Post Graduate Diploma in Health Management (PGDHHM)’ in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and trained more than 2,000 professionals during 2000 to 2004.
AHA faculty has designed an unique job-oriented course called Quality Management & Accreditation of Hospital and Healthcare Organisations Course (QM&AHO)
AHA is registered by National Accreditation Board for Education and Training [NABET], QCI Government of India as Consultant Organisation for Quality & Accreditation System. Hospitals desirous of getting accreditation from NABH can seek consultation from AHA. Going forward, AHA strives to support the cause of professional governance in public hospitals by helping make high quality healthcare equitable, affordable and accessible to all without any discrimination. It also hopes to promote scientific hospital management beyond borders and start overseas centres for learning.