Healthcare IT | Information Technology in Healthcare | SIHS

Author: Karanpatil Karanpatil

Healthcare IT (Information Technology in Health care )

Information Technology in health care requires focused management and governance to address challenges and risks to data quality and integrity, data integration, confidentiality and security.

With India embarking on an ambitious program of setting up a nationwide Digital Health Platform and Highway to facilitate the deployment of effective digital health across the country spearheaded by the National Digital Health Mission, students perusing health care management courses, IT and informatics alongside academia would get familiarized with a specialty specific Informatics in an integrated digital platform. Students, the future health care service delivery accomplishers would be better adapted to serve in various capacities to reimagine Digital Health care.

Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences is been offering MBA in Health care Management program with the specialization program Healthcare IT as elective subject. This programs is curated with learners centered approach. It provides a blend of knowledge, practical experiences and hands on training program for the students to develop their conceptual, technical and managerial skill sets. The faculties and subject experts are resourced from both industry and academic background for training and development, capacity building the students.

Addressing the need of Information and Data Governance which is crucial and vital to the success and roll out of the national level digital health platform, it will pave the way for trained manpower for Digitizing health care making India - Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS), is a constituent of the prestigious Symbiosis International University. SIHS has conceptualized & implemented a group of professional up-gradation programmes meant to equip the healthcare professional with the appropriate tools in order to survive this age of fierce competition and specialization. The SIHS encourages a symbiosis of thought, word & action of all such professionals who would address the all important issue of health in its totality. Through its unique, innovative, career oriented programmes, SIHS plans to raise a cadre of professionals who would ensure delivery of optimum health care services.

Symbiosis is one of India's leading educational Institutions imparting quality education for over 45 years. Symbiosis is a family of 45 institutions spread across eight campuses in and around Pune, sister city to Mumbai, India's commercial capital. It is host to over 35000 Indian and 1371 International Students on campus.

These campuses epitomize the Symbiosis mission of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakkam-the world is one family, and are a beehive of International students from all across the globe. Many of these campuses are full residential and provide facilities such as a 24x7 functional Health Care Centre and recreational facilities that include swimming pools, amphitheatres, etc.

In recognition of its academic excellence the University Grants Commission Ministry of HRD Govt. of India conferred on Symbiosis the "Deemed University" status in 2002. Keeping its excellent track record in mind Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU) has been selected by the UGC to promote Indian higher education abroad. SIU is a member of Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

As per the Ministry of Human Resource Development Govt. of India Notification No. F.9. 1/2006-U.3 (A) dated 10 November 2006, the Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) is now included under the ambit of the Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU).