Ms. Whitman serves as the lead senior patient safety and risk solutions consultant for MedPro Group, overseeing strategy across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast and Puerto Rico regions. With nearly two decades of experience, she builds robust risk mitigation programs, conducts systemwide risk assessments, and mentors rising professionals in safety science and human factors. Her leadership has catalyzed impactful changes at major institutions like Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare and the University of Miami Health System, where her programs helped increase event reporting by 46% and dramatically improved culture and safety outcomes. Ms. Whitman was instrumental in developing national curricula on reliability and safety and spearheaded “I-PASS” handoff framework adoption to reduce communication errors. She also led an award-winning performance improvement initiative for neutropenic patients and contributes regularly to American Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Florida Society for Healthcare Risk Management and Patient Safety advisory boards.
