Tatum O’Sullivan, RN, MHSA, CPHRM, DFASHRM, CPPS
Tatum O’Sullivan, RN, BSN, MHSA, CPHRM, DFASHRM, CPPS, is a Healthcare Loss Control Expert at Munich Re Specialty - North America. She was previously the Director of Safety, Risk, and Patient Family Relations at Mass General Brigham Medical Group in Massachusetts.
She has held various leadership roles, including Director of Risk Management at an HCA hospital in New Hampshire. She is a Certified Professional in Health Care Risk Management and Distinguished Fellow of the American Society for Health Care Risk Management. Tatum is a dedicated member of the American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM), where she has served and chaired committees. She was previously elected to the advisory board and nominating committee and was the 2024 President of ASHRM.
She has been on the Board of the Northern New England chapter affiliated with ASHRM serving as Secretary and later as President in 2014 and 2017. She also served on the Board of the Massachusetts chapter as Secretary and as President in 2018. She has chaired and volunteered on various committees for the local chapters. In 2016, Tatum received the Paulette L. Gagnon Award from the Northern New England Society for Healthcare Risk Management. This is the chapter’s highest honor and goes to members who have distinguished themselves in promoting the chapter, the profession of risk management, and in the development of other risk professionals.
Tatum is a Certified Professional in Patient Safety and a faculty member for the ASHRM patient safety certificate program. She has presented on risk management and patient safety strategies locally, nationally, and internationally. She was a contributor on a publication for Health Care Management Review and to ASHRM’s Leading Health Care Risk Management Workbook and the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Playbook. She is a registered nurse and holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Master in Health Services Administration.
