Timothy McDonald

Timothy McDonald, MD JD, is the Chief Patient Safety and Risk Officer for RLDatix and a Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola University – Chicago. Tim is a physician-attorney who has assisted more than 800 hospitals implement a culture of “normalized compassionate honesty” combined with “fair and accountable culture”. His research has focused on conducting patient safety needs assessments for organizations and assisting them in the principled approach to unexpected harm events. This approach includes a commitment to communicate and provide peer support within the health care team and to communicate with patients and families throughout the therapeutic relationship, especially after harm occurs. His federally funded research and publications have focused on all these domains and their impact on improving the quality and safety of care while mitigating medical liability issues, including the establishment of teaching methodologies for all levels and professions in health care and law.