The critical issues identified during KYH practical, become topics for dissertation. He is guided and helped by a faculty member of the institute and also other professionals from various departments in the hospital and healthcare sector in general. The dissertations submitted by the students constitute an important resource base for the institute.

List of dissertations submitted by successive batch of students:

BATCH I

• Manpower planning & development in a superspeciality 100 bedded hospital at Hyderabad.
• Evaluation of emergency services & implications for TQM practice.
• Facility master planning and space program for a modern general hospital.
• Techno Economic Analysis of establishing a cardio thoracic single specialty hospital at Vishakhapatnam.

BATCH II

• Analysis of running cost of a hospital and manpower assessment for Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.
• A comprehensive study on the establishment of a radio diagnostic and imaging center in a metropolitan city.
• Key result areas for improving the demand for a corporate cancer hospital.
• Assessment of quality in ICUs and working standards.
• Analysis of scheduling of operations in the O.T.

BATCH III

• Management of Hospital Waste.
• Study & Design of Hospital Maintenance.
• Hospital Engineering Service.
• Setting up of a Geriatric Center.
• Integrated Emergency Service.
• Market Analysis in Goa.
• Techno Feasibility Study of Setting up a Mobile Preventive Health Care Unit.

BATCH IV

• Bringing Telemedicine to the Villages and Dist., of India.
• Heath Insurance - present perspectives.
• Hospital Acquired Infections Mgt., Prevention and Control.
• H.R. planning for a 250 bedded Hospital in Vijayawada.
• Image Assessment of the Apollo Hospitals Group.
• Corporate Health Care.
• Market Feasibility & Facility for a Women & Children Hospital.
• Equipment Planning & Estimation of their running costs for an Operation Theatre.
• Value Analysis of a Trauma Care Center.

BATCH V

• Feasibility Study to establish a Neuro Sciences Unit.
• Application of Kaizen Concept in a Hospital.
• Role of Health care organizations in promoting School Health Care.
• Feasibility of Establishing a Nephrology and Urology Department.
• Feasibility Study of a Holistic Health Care Resort.
• Study of application of Expert Systems in Medical Diagnosis.
• Market Feasibility Study of Home Health Care Services.
• Establishment of an Emergency Medical Care Unit.
• Job Analysis of HOD's in a Hospital.

BATCH VI

• User Oriented Computer Assisted Decision Making in Medicine - An Application of Expert System.
• Accounts/Bills Receivable Management in Corporate Hospital in Hyderabad.
• An Analysis of Patient Support Services in select hospitals.
• AIDS Treatment and Preventive Center.
• Customer Relationship Management in Master Health Check-up.
• Effectiveness of Performance Appraisal System-A study of executive responses at a corporate hospital.
• A study on Emergency care network for Twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
• Health Insurance - An awareness and affordability study in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
• A Holistic Environment Management System for a Hospital.
• Hospital Waste Management - A study of awareness level of segregation procedures among Nurses.
• Patient Satisfaction and Quality of care - An Empirical study.
• Promoting Health through Preventive and Promotive health care services.
• A study of Stress among healthcare professionals.
• A study on Waiting Time in the Cardiology OPD of Apollo Hospital.

BATCH VII

• Building automation system for corporate hospitals.
• Establishment of a holistic rehabilitation center, need analysis and feasibility study?
• Establishment of pediatric superspeciality hospital - A feasibility study.
• Establishment of a woman healthcare center - A business model.
• Establishment of a health resort by a corporate group - A study.
• Hospital Infection Control.
• A study of rejected radiographs in radio diagnostic procedures.
• Establishment of a primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare network by a corporate group - A study.

BATCH VIII

• Development of a comprehensive coverage plan for school children.
• Inventory management in pharmacy store - a supply chain view.
• A study on impact of organization climate on employee’s performance.
• Utilization pattern in select healthcare services - a study of user profile.
• Need for accreditation in hospitals - a perception study.
• Activity based costing of Angiogram procedure.
• A study on business process outsourcing (BPO).
• A study of home healthcare delivery system in a tertiary hospital.
• Developing a model for rural healthcare.
• A study on HR and IT related functions, (standardized IT enabled, Human Resources for corporate hospitals).

BATCH IX

• Gap analysis of surgical suites bench marking to international standards.
• Computerised hospital information system: End users perception with the existing medical software.
• Networking Apollo Pharmacies through smart cards.
• Model proposition of dental insurance plan.
• Cross border delivery of health care services opportunities for apollo hospital, Hyderabad.
• Disaster preparedness in select hospitals - A study.
• Benchmarking of medical records department.
• Establishing and marketing of an integrated health care unit - A study.
• Role of inventory in supply management - A study thrust areas of a corporate hospital.
• Equipment maintenance management and utilization - A study on selective equipment in a corporate hospital.
• Health Insurance an awareness and affordability study in the twin cities of Hyd and Sec'bad.

BATCH X

• Assessment of basic trauma care services in the existing health infrastructure in ranga reddy district, A.P. with reference to W.H.O. guidelines.
• Cycle time studly in biochemistry laboratory for out patient services using six sigma approach.
• Strategic to transcend health care delivery from tertiary health care to primary health care system.
• Cardiac rehabilitation in India - A comprehensive approach.
• Deconstructing the functional operants seeding the health care of the third millinnium: A predictive study.
• E-Marketing for hospitals a strategy must for implementation.
• Study of organizational culture and its impact on performance and change management.
• Service quality in health care sector: A case study of apollo clinic, Ahmedabad.
• Quality function development as a tool to study Master Health Check at Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad.
• Aseptic management in pediatric hospital.
• Impact of Organizational Climate on Nurses Performance.
• Management Commitment service quality: A Qualitative study of Apollo Clinic Bangalore Central.
• Hospital Management Information Systems.
• Feasibility study a proposed marketing mix for a women's health insurance plan.
• Study on establishment of Telemedicine kiosk with the help of biometrics.
• Developing a Health Village on Ayurvedic Principles at corporate level.
• Model proposition for designing insurance package for diabetic patients.
• Study on the promotion mix of Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee hills.
• Computer Aided Diagnosis Treatment - A prototype for Malarial Fever.
• Hospital waste management, an experience of Hyderabad city.
• Patient information Family rights, Frame work for implementation by hospital Cycle time study in biochemistry laboratory for in-patient services using six sigma approach.

              BATCH XI

• Streamlining the courier system lab sample transportation.
• Quality Assessment in critical areas in an emergency and trauma care centre.
• Talent management of nurses-by performance metrics analysis.
• A study on Nurses: Retention and strategies.
• Establishment of pediatrics super specialty hospital a feasibility study.
• Design and feasibility study of patient smart card.
• Disease management program for diabetes – A pathway leading to healthier living with diabetes.
• Planning a holistic center for treatment of paralysis.
• Mapping of processes in yashoda hospital.
• Hospital Information system – Process mapping for SPS Apollo Hospital.
• Study on penetration of Hospital Information systems among Nurses.
• Establishment of cardiology super specialty hospital: A feasibility study.
• Analysis of turn around time for day care services in cardiac catheterization laboratory.
• Knowledge Management need in Healthcare.
• Role of Information Technology in health insurance claim processing.
• Study of health insurance cover for senior citizen a model proposition.
• Turn around time of lab investigations in wards: Emphasis on pre and post analysis phase.
• Cashless hospitalization and health insurance awareness among general public and patients.
• Feasibility study of establishing an treatment center for people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Application of criticality analysis for selective intensive care units in Indraprasatha Apollo Hospitals.
• Standard operations procedures (SOP) in TPA.
• Designing a health insurance market for India: Opportunities and challenges.
• Feasibility study of establishing a human heart valve bank.
• People awareness in utilizing emergency (Ambulance) services – A study at Apollo Hospitals.
• Improving equipment utilization in a corporate hospital.
• Checklist for GCP guidelines compliance of clinical trials: Audit of completed trials.
• Development of patient experience management model for in patient CABG cases.
• Selective inventory control of cath lab stores in a corporate hospital supply chain.
• Application of TQM methodologies in achieving effective patient satisfaction by improving discharge process.
• Feasibility study of establishment of Apollo Emergency medical centers.
• Functional aspects of access to quality cancer care – A quality improvement study.
• Market potential of Indian telemedicine: inshore and offshore.
• Efficiency Enhancement pf Apollo Master Health Cheq through process Optimization: A Six- Sigma Approach
• Study on the adaptability of advanced technologies in current Hospital Information Systems and Information Technologies Significance in patient safety and care.
• Assessment of service quality using servqual instrument – A study a corporate hospital.
• Study on general awareness of patient’s rights responsibilities amongst general public patients.
• Human Capital Management – a corporate hospital study.
• Geriatric Healthcare: A case study of Socio-economic and health dimensions of sample aged patients visiting Apollo Hospital.
• Model Frame work for An Effective diabetic Clinic.
• Establishing an Integrated Health Care Unit with Specialization in Ayurveda.

              Batch XII

• Need assessment for in clinical research.
• Awareness of their rights among clinical trails in third world countries.
• Control of Hospital Acquired Infections elements in design of healthcare facilities.
• Translation of health policy innovation: A study of health micro insurance in the rural sector of Latur.
•  Bed Management process in corporate hospital: a strategic analysis & Change Management Plan.
• Analysis of patient feedback and customer satisfaction, rating: A study at vikrampuri Apollo.
• Changing paradigms in Hospital Inventory Management.
• Reducing waiting time in causality at ISPAT general hospitality – six sigma approach.
• Acceptance and awareness at new technologies among clinicians, technicians and Mangers in a corporate Hospital.
• Establishing the need of prosthetic & Orthetic centers in corporate Hospitals in India.
• Study of Designing, Scheduling, Human Resources Planning and Utilizations at the operation theatre.
• The role of emotional insurance in organization leadership: A case study of Apollo hospital, Hyd.
• Competency assessment of nurses: A study in Apollo Hospital, Hyd.
• Knowledge of nurses awareness regarding universal

              BATCH XIII

• Process improvement strategies for Radiology through Application of TQM tools.
• Study on Utilization of Day Care Surgeries in Corporate Hospital.
• Feasibility & Advantages of Technology Augmented Digitally Enabled Hospital Service.
• Patient retention after positive stress test (TMT) in non-invasive cordiology laboratory.
• Compliance of safety standards in hospital wards Starting a Cardiac Rehabilitation Center in a Multispeciality Hospital.
• Application of Servqual model in Assessment of front office process, Apollo Hospital.Significance of non-dimentional indices in Evaluation of cost effectiveness of critical care units management.
• A leen zix-sigma approach for Hospital discharge process.
• Stress management among Healthcare professionals in Apollo Hospital.
• A study of selected Health Insurance products.
• Planning a Day Care Surgery Unit-Fealibility Study.
• Feasibility study of Establishing Urology & Nephrology Centre.
• An Analysis of the claim settlement process in Health Insurance.
• Methods of serveillance to reduce the frate of nosoeonil infection rate in intensive care units Medication errors - an analytical study.
• Training needs assessment of nurses, a study in TATA main hospital (Jamshedpur).
• A business plan for a Medical Mall Hard and soft data in health services decisions.
• Monitoring of IP sample dispatch time using Six sigma Approach in Apollo Hospitals.
• Patient counsellin in a corporate hospital.
• Utilisation patterns in Health insurance plans.
• A Study on  Front Office operations & its Impact on Patient Satisfaction-a case study of Hyderguda  Apollo Hospital.
• Value Analysis of  medication dispensing system- a way to streamline patient discharge.
• MarketingCommunication  Strategies for a corporate Hospital: A  study of Apollo BSR Hospital, Bhilai Profile of patients in emergency care.
• A study of Arogyasri Health scheme in Mahboobnagar Dt. ,
• A study on perceptions of healthcare providers with regard to quality of services provided by TPAs in Health Insurance.
• Developing a performance dash board  for the centres of excellance at Apollo Health City.
• Setting up of a network of Foeto-Maternal hospitals in Tamil Nadu-a feasibility study. Quality of work life at Apollo Hospital.
• The process flow of emergency patient care in a corporate hospital.
• Patient Satisfaction in Inpatiendt facilities.
• Application of Quality function deployment in OP Services of Apollo Hospital.
• A feasibility study in developing medical tourism in Sikkim.
• Assessment of Patient Satisfaction for quality improvement in Hospital.
• Role of Communication in a Corporate Hospital.
• Competency mapping among Nurses Business Process Reengineering practices - a study of discharge process in a Corporate Hospital.
• Feasibility study of establishing a dialysis centre in a Corporate Hospital.