On Saturday, 7th
October, 2017, the Industrial and Management Engineering department of IIT
Kanpur had the opportunity to host a very insightful and informative seminar by
Mr. Ashish Chandra on “Healthcare Systems and Analytics”.
The seminar commenced with Mr. Chandra
introducing himself. An alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Mr. Chandra has worked in
various top tiered Pharma and Healthcare companies, and has 12 years of
experience as a decision scientist. Currently, he is the Associate Director of
United Health Group, prior to which he had worked for seven and half years in
Market RX.
Mr. Ashish started the seminar by
talking about what is healthcare. Then he explained the various models in
healthcare provision: National Health Services - Beveridge Model, Social Health
Insurance - Bismarck Model, Community Based Health Insurance, Voluntary Health
Insurance, and ‘Out of pocket Payments’. In each of the models he talked about
the revenue sources, groups covered, pooling organizations, and care pro…