Otto Foit

Otto Foit (* 1947 in Detmold ) is a German hospital manager and consultant in the healthcare industry. He ran various large clinics, including the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia in Bad Oeynhausen .

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Otto Foit studied economics in Bochum, Munich and Wuppertal. He received his doctorate as Dr. rer. oec. and after several years of research and teaching work as a scientific assistant at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, he became the personal advisor and office manager of the City Director of Wuppertal.

Before he took over the management of the Detmold Hospital (Lippe district) in 1988, he was acting administrative director of the clinics in the city of Wuppertal. At the beginning of 1996 he became managing director of the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia (HDZ NRW) in Bad Oeynhausen , which he headed until he retired in 2010.

Under Foit's leadership, the HDZ, which is assigned to the Bochum University Hospital, developed into the largest heart center in Europe with around 6,000 heart operations annually and achieved a top position in the field of heart transplantation and artificial heart implantation. The HDZ received three consecutive awards for the clinic as “Selected Location” as part of the nationwide competition “365 Landmarks in the Land of Ideas” organized by the “Germany - Land of Ideas” initiative in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Significant USPs were u. a.

• the establishment of a comfort care station "Tuscany" (1997);
• the establishment of an institute for applied telemedicine (2003),
• the new building of a clinic for congenital heart defects (2000) with a Ronald McDonald parental home (architect Frank O. Gehry) and with a special care concept, which was presented as a worldwide project under the motto "High Tech and Human Warmth" at EXPO 2000;
• the conclusion of a cooperation agreement with the German Handball Federation (DHB) as the official partner of the DHB for cardiology-internal support (2002);
• the expansion of the cryolab and tissue bank activities (2009);
• the production and distribution (2002) of radiopharmaceuticals
• the presentation of the hospital as a museum art forum with exhibitions and events for the internal and external public.

This good reputation led u. a. the Indonesian President Suharto, the Russian-Ukrainian cardiac surgeon Nikolai Michailowitsch Amossow and the former Federal President Johannes Rau for treatment in the HDZ NRW. The HDZ maintains internationality through numerous collaborations with foreign clinics and frequent presence at large international trade fairs and events, etc. a. in Dubai, Tokyo and Jakarta and employs staff from around 30 countries.

In the focus of the nationwide public, Foit stood primarily as an association representative for the hospital sector in the Association of Municipal Employers' Associations (VKA) . In this function he was a long-time negotiator in the collective bargaining disputes with Ver.di over the hospital-specific collective agreement TVöD-K. In the summer of 2006, he led employers 'negotiations with the Marburger Bund about the first doctor-specific collective bargaining agreement for around 70,000 doctors in around 700 municipal hospitals, which was linked to the 2006 doctors' strike in Germany .

Memberships / honorary positions

• Member of the Health Management Committee of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
• Chairman of the Friends of the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen e. V.
• Member of the board of the municipal employers' association NW and deputy chairman (until 2010)
• Member of the Presidium and Deputy President of the Association of Local Employers' Associations (until 2008)
• European Hospital and Healthcare Employers' Association (HOSPEEM), (until 2008)
• European Social Dialogue Committee in the Hospital Sector in the European Union, Brussels (until 2008)
• Board of Trustees of the McDonald's Children's Aid Foundation (until 2011)
• European Tissue Banks Foundation, Berlin, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Committee (until 2010)
• Board of Trustees of the St. Elisabeth Foundation, Detmold
• Board of Trustees of the Philharmonic Society Ostwestfalen-Lippe
• Board of Trustees of the Wittekindshof Diaconal Foundation, Bad Oeynhausen
• Chairman of the shareholders' meeting of the Caritassozialstation St. Elisabeth gGmbH, Detmold
• Church Tax Council of the Archdiocese of Paderborn (until 2004)
• Deputy Chairman Competence Center for Sport and Healthy Lifestyle, Paderborn (until 2011)

Awards / honors

• Appointment as adjunct professor at the University of Pecs, Hungary
• Medal of Honor from Nihon University Tokyo, Japan
• Culture Star of the Year 2009
• "Criticism" from WESTFALEN BLATT 1997
• 1995 annual gift from the Lippe district

Web links

• Muddling through and improvising is not required . In: Crossrelations GmbH (Ed.): Clinic Marketing - Using Opportunities in Change - A Guide . Düsseldorf 2011, p. 6 f. (Interview with Otto Foit)
• Philipp Erbe: “Get competence in-house!” Prof. Foit on the shortage of skilled workers in clinics . Interview from February 3, 2014 on blog.crossrelations.de. Retrieved November 16, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Reiner Körfer: The heart surgeon . Eds. F. Körfer, M. Scholz, S. Traut. Bielefeld 2007, p. 142
2. ↑ Change of leadership in the heart center . In: Mindener Tageblatt , March 19, 2010.
3. ↑ Get well soon . ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) In: brand eins , issue 2/2008, p. 84 ff. 
4. ↑ In 2008 the heart center will again be a place in the land of ideas .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) HD newspaper, issue 6, 02/2008  
5. ↑ With a smart syringe to the top of the country . Neue Westfälische online, December 15, 2009; accessed on November 16, 2016.
6. ↑ Telemedicine - More safety for the patient . telemedizinfuehrer.de; accessed on November 16, 2016
7. ^ The Ronald McDonald House Bad Oeynhausen . McDonalds Children's Aid; accessed on November 16, 2016.
8. ↑ Reiner Schloz, Matthias Hangst: With a heart for children . In: Caracho - Das Magazin von Porsche Consulting, Issue 06, 2008, pp. 27–33
9. ↑ High tech and human warmth website of the German EXPO pavilion. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
10. ↑ Training, tactics, goals .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) HD newspaper, issue 3, 02/2007, 2nd volume.  
11. ↑ The Heart and Diabetes Center NRW is expanding its tissue bank . Information Service Wissenschaft online, August 18, 2009; accessed on December 16, 2016.
12. ↑ New radiopharmaceuticals in the HDZ NRW . ( Memento of the original from November 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia from March 21, 2016. 
13. ^ The house of happy hearts - Heart Center Bad Oeynhausen . In: MARITIM Journal , No. 35, Autumn 2000, p. 32 f.
14. ↑ Germany: Declaration of Health for President Suharto. Associated Press Archives, July 21, 2015. Video.
15. ↑ Ex-Federal President Johannes Rau operated on the heart - condition stable . Die Welt online, August 19, 2004; accessed on November 16, 2016.
16. ^ NRW Forum 2005, Germany in Japan 2005/2006, publisher Landesregierung NRW, p. 67 ff.
17. ↑ HDZ NRW in Dubai: focus on diabetes . ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia from March 3, 2010. 
18. ↑ Bundestag Vice President Johannes Singhammer and Member of the Bundestag Karin Maag visit the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW (HDZ NRW), Bad Oeynhausen . ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia from February 9, 2015. 
19. ^ Otto Foit: The new collective agreement in the public hospital . In: Der Städtetag , magazine for local politics and practice, issue 2/2006, pp. 18-20
20. ↑ No bed rest for doctors . Time online from June 23, 2006; accessed on November 16, 2016.
21. ↑ Doctors earn more, clinic bosses worry . Spiegel Online , August 17, 2006; accessed on November 16, 2016.
22. ↑ New member of the DIHK committee ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ku-gesundheitsmanagement.de. Retrieved November 16, 2016. 
23. ↑ Help for large and small patients . ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia of November 13, 2016. Accessed on November 16, 2016. 
24. ↑ Otto Foit, Umschau Hospital, 5/2005, p. 426 ff.
25. ↑ The hospital as a workplace . (PDF) Invitation from the Association of Local Employers' Associations from September 6, 2002
26. ^ The sectoral social dialogue in Europe . Current developments, 2010 edition, p. 53
27. ↑ PESSIS2 Action 3. Outcome of Discussions of 4 Options at National Level ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) Press release from PESSIS2. Accessed online November 16, 2016. 
28. ↑ Prof. Dr. Foit appointed to the board of trustees of McDonald's Children's Aid .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF) HDZeitung issue 6. 02 2008. 3rd volume.  
29. ^ Neue Westfälische , 27./28. March 2010.
30. ↑ Detmolder Kurier , No. 127, January 17, 2014.
31. ↑ The Board of Trustees ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the Philharmonic Society Ostwestfalen-Lippe. Retrieved November 16, 2016. 
32. ^ Members of the Board of Trustees. Website of the Wittekindshof Diaconal Foundation. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
33. ^ Commercial register AG Lemgo, HRB 2883
34. ↑ Personal directory of the Archdiocese of Paderborn 2004
35. ↑ Paderborn Association Register, VR 2300, Neue Westfälische v. 27./28. March 2010.
36. ↑ Cimek és ösztöndijak . in: Dunántúli Naplo of November 5, 2004; Westfalen-Blatt of July 14, 2007; Neue Westfälische from June 14, 2007
37. ↑ Press release of the Heart and Diabetes Center NRW from May 3, 2001.
38. ↑ Ceremonial awarding of the cultural stars of the year 2009 Neue Westfälische online. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
39. ↑ Award for special commitment in the field of cultural management and art funding by the Westfalen-Blatt
40. ↑ Award from the district of Lippe for "excellent performance in the further development of the Lippe hospital system"