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Apollo Hospitals – An Overview
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About Department of Dietetics – Apollo Hospitals Group
Apollo Hospitals – An Overview
Vision:
Apollo’s vision for the next phase of development is to “Touch a Billion Lives”
Mission Statement:
“Our mission is to bring healthcare of International standards within the reach of every individual. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of excellence in education, research, and healthcare for the benefit of humanity”.
Apollo Hospitals is the forerunner of integrated healthcare in Asia, as well as globally. Today, the group’s futuristic vision has ensured that it has been in a position of strength at every touch point of the healthcare delivery chain. Its presence encompasses over 10,000 beds across 73 hospitals, more than 5000 pharmacies, over 378 primary care clinics & 1500 diagnostic centers, 200 telemedicine units across 9 countries, health insurance services, global projects consultancy, 15 academic institutions, and a Research Foundation with a focus on global clinical trials, epidemiological studies, stem-cell and genetic research.
Over the past four decades, Apollo Hospitals’ transformative journey has forged a legacy of excellence in Indian healthcare. The Group has continuously set the agenda and led by example in the blossoming private healthcare space. One of Apollo’s significant contributions has been the adoption of clinical excellence as an industry standard. Apollo pioneered the concept – the group was the first to invest in the pre-requisites that led to international quality accreditation like the JCI and also developed centers of excellence in Cardiac Sciences, Orthopaedics, Neurosciences, Emergency Care, Cancer, and Organ Transplantation. Along with excellence, the Apollo philosophy rests on the pillars of technological superiority, a warm patient-centric approach, a clear and distinct cost advantage, and an edge in forward-looking research. Apollo’s spectacular success rests on sustained commitment and investments in each of these pillars.
The Group continues to break new ground in adopting new technology. From leveraging new-age mobility, to getting futuristic equipment Apollo has always been ahead of the curve. Currently, the group believes in the tremendous potential of robotics and is investing heavily in making it a real and robust option for all. Apollo pioneered Tender Loving Care (TLC) and it continues to be the magic that inspires hope, warmth, and a sense of ease in the patients.
About Department of Dietetics – Apollo Hospitals Group
The philosophy of the Department of Dietetics in our Group is to establish and encourage good nutritional practices and standards as an integral part of the health care provided. Being patient-centric is not a goal, it is the core of our existence, in providing the highest quality nutrition care and dietetic services, to advancing practice of clinical nutrition including developing specialist dietetic teams within the department, using evidence-based practice to develop effective therapies and new treatments, and to educate future Dietitians and other healthcare providers.
Our Team
We have over 180 qualified Clinical Dietitians in our group to sustain quality in clinical nutrition practice. We recruit only Masters in Clinical Nutrition with 6 months internship from a multispeciality hospital for Clinical Dietitian at the entry-level.
Quality improvement initiatives
We pride ourselves on our commitment; single-minded passion and going the extra mile to stay relevant and revolutionary in clinical nutrition, which has helped us adopt innovations and technologies as “an approach for quality improvement to benchmark our nutrition practices”.
- Department of Dietetics, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai enrolled as an Ambassador of ASPEN Malnutrition Awareness Week (MAW) 2023 to create awareness about hospital malnutrition among healthcare professionals and improve clinical outcome.
- The 1st Indian Hospital to initiate the Nutrition Steering Committee (NSC) to improve clinical nutrition practices in February 2022.
- Department of Dietetics, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai participated in Malnutrition Awareness Week (MAW) 2021 conducted by ASPEN.
- Digitization of Dietetics department, Apollo Hospitals Group by automating the workflow with technology and innovation in the nutrition care process in the year 2018.
- Awarded the CMO Asia Health Care Excellence award for best quality initiatives by Department of Dietetics, Chennai for the project – New Multidisciplinary Coalition to combat hospital malnutrition: A Dietitian Led Quality Improvement Initiative which was held in Singapore in 2018.
- Nutrition Day World Wide – Apollo Hospitals Group across India have been participating in the nutrition Day survey annually since 2013.
- ICUs of Apollo Hospitals across India participated in INS 2013, and 2014.
- The 1st Indian Hospital to have received the Best of the Best award in the International Nutrition Survey (INS) 2011 for Critical Care Nutrition practices in which 183 ICUs participated.