Marty Hatlie is a patient safety advocate with a strong interest in the roles patients and family members play as co-creators of patient safety solutions.  In 2021 he co-founded Patients for Patient Safety US, a US branch of the World Health Organization’s Patients for Patient Safety network. PFPS US is a network of Patient Safety Champions that advocates for implementation of the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the US.  He also serves as President & CEO for Project Patient Care, the Chicagoland safety and quality improvement coalition, which is dedicated to using the voice of the patient to improve care. He also is a principal of the Healthcare Patient Partnership Institute, which works with hospitals and health systems to engage patients as advisors in patient safety improvement work.

Drawing on experience as a civil rights attorney, malpractice defense litigator, lobbyist and coalition builder, Hatlie is active in both public and organizational policy development on patient safety, litigation reform and patient safety issues. He works extensively with consumers and organizations to foster the cultural paradigm shift necessary to support a patient-centered, systems-based approach to the delivery of healthcare services. Hatlie has served on leadership teams as a consultant on multiple research projects and transformation initiatives funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Smart Patients and the Alliance for Integrated Medication Management. He co-chairs the Leapfrog Group’s Technical Expert Panel on Patient and Family Engagement and is a member of the National Steering Committee of Safer Together: A National Action Plan to Advance Patient Safety in the United States.  He also serves on advisory boards for the Joint Commission, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the National Quality Forum, RL Datix, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, and the World Health Organization Patients for Patient Safety Programme. Previously, Hatlie served on the Boards of Directors of the Leapfrog Group, Patient Safety Movement Foundation, Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, the Physician Insurers Association of America, American Tort Reform Association and MacNeal Hospital.

Hatlie is a graduate of Carleton College and Boston College Law School.  Originally from North Dakota, he lives in Chicago, is married and has dogs.