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Key Person Risk in hospitals and research institutions: What must a keyman coach know about chief physicians and project leaders?

In hospitals and research institutions, a great deal is tied to individual people. When such a person drops out, the organisation keeps its buildings and loses part of its ability to act.

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Key Person Risk in hospitals: Why is the training authorisation tied to one person?

According to the medical chamber, an authorisation to provide specialist training is always granted to a particular person or persons and for a particular training facility; if the trainer changes facility, the authorisation lapses automatically (Bezirksärztekammer Nordwürttemberg). Rules differ between the federal states; the respective state chamber is decisive.

Key Person Risk in hospitals: What else depends on the chief physician?

Relationships with referring doctors, the reputation of a department and the trust of patients often attach to one name. If this person leaves, the question of who carries these relationships arises at the same time as the question of who leads the department.

Key Person Risk in research institutions: Which questions does a change of project leader raise?

  • Is the project leader named personally in the grant, and what does the funding body require in the event of a change?
  • Who in the team knows the data, the methods and the contacts with partners?
  • Which doctoral students depend on one supervisor?
  • Who would continue the project tomorrow?

Key Person Risk in hospitals: Which questions should be settled before the emergency?

  • Who holds the training authorisation besides the chief physician?
  • Which senior physician could take over the department, and does he want to?
  • Which referrers know only the chief physician?

Key Person Risk in hospitals and research: Where is the gap that the organisation chart leaves open?

The organisation chart shows who leads. Whether senior physicians, nursing staff and research teams follow a deputy, and whether the chief physician has prepared his own succession, is decided long before the emergency.

This is where keyman coaching starts: Johannes Faupel clarifies with owners, families and successors what is wanted before the professionals put it into words, and invites representatives of other professions when negotiations are due.

This page gives an overview and does not replace legal, tax or specialist advice in the individual case.

Key Person Risk (Keyman Risk): How can it be minimised?

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Key Person Risk in hospitals and research institutions: Which sources does this page rely on?

  1. Bezirksärztekammer Nordwürttemberg. Kammersprechstunde Befugniserteilung. files.aerztekammer-bw.de/f269f5124ea815d4/4f671b338f55/Kammersprechstunde---Befugniserteilung.pdf

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