Martin “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. He currently serves as president and 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. In 2021, he co-founded Patients for Patient Safety US, a US branch of the World Health Organization’s Patients for Patient Safety network that advocates implementation of the WHO Global Patient Safety Action Plan in the US. He also is a principal of the Healthcare Patient Partnership Institute, which works with hospitals and health systems to implement and grow patient and family advisory councils for quality and safety.

Hatlie is a former litigator, with a background in civil rights and medical liability defense work early in his career. In the 1980s and early 90s, Hatlie was a lobbyist for the American Medical Association as lead strategist for its nationwide tort reform campaigns. He coordinated the AMA’s launch of the National Patient Safety Foundation in 1997 and served as its founding executive director from 1997 to 1999. He has since been active in US federal health system transformation work as a consultant on multiple research projects funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. He currently serves on the board of directors of the Alliance for Integrated Medication Management and as co-chair of the Leapfrog Group Patient and Family Engagement Expert Panel. He also serves on advisory boards for the Joint Commission, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, RLDatix and the World Health Organization Patients for Patient Safety program. Previously, Hatlie served on the boards of directors of the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation, the Leapfrog Group, the Patient Safety Movement Foundation, MacNeal Hospital, the Physician Insurers Association of America and the American Tort Reform Association.