Health management is the planning, organizing, activating, and controlling of material and human resources to protect and improve the health level of society through the provision of healthcare services. It is a process that involves interrelated social and technical functions and activities, emerging within a specific formal organizational structure, to achieve predetermined goals through human and other resources.
It is a profession where administrative tasks are executed, decision-making and implementation processes are carried out in healthcare institutions and all organizations involved in healthcare-related work. It involves analyses, planning, and evaluations; generating, interpreting, and utilizing national and international knowledge; and executing administrative processes for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of healthcare services. The field of Health Management can be viewed as a set of technical and social activities related to the organization, direction, and control of healthcare services. A health manager refers to an individual who possesses the skills to apply health management principles, theories, and techniques at a programmatic or institutional level.
Health management is not simply the basic adaptation of general business principles and theories to healthcare services or institutions; on the contrary, it should be regarded as the redefinition and creative application of general business principles and institutions.
Health Management education provides graduates with the foundation to take on all kinds of administrative roles in healthcare institutions and public and private organizations operating in the health sector and related fields. While the primary areas of employment include public and private sector hospitals, primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare organizations, the central and provincial organizations of the Ministry of Health, and the Social Security Institution, management positions in health sector-affiliated insurance companies, medical device and supply companies, pharmaceutical firms, and many other institutions can also be employment areas for our graduates. Academic positions in universities also stand out as fields where our graduates can be employed and have the opportunity to contribute to the academic development of our country. Improving our graduates' academic infrastructure, theoretical and practical knowledge in the professional field, and their foreign language proficiency enables their employment in academic positions.
The Department of Health Management aims to train graduates who are qualified to work in all administrative roles within the health sector and health-related sectors, rather than focusing solely on training hospital managers/directors.
