As vice president of risk and safety, Philip A. Putnam, M.S, J.D, CPPShas over 26 years of risk and safety leadership expertise in the behavioral healthcare field. Philip has provided risk and safety expertise to all levels of staff including frontline direct care staff, clinical, medical/nursing as well as executive leadership.
Philip has experience with both creating new risk and safety programs where one did not previously exist as well as experience with revising and modifying existing programs to meet the changing risk and safety environment. This includes the development of risk and incident reporting systems, systems to ensure regulatory and accreditation compliance as well as system to reduce overall operational risk to an organization.
Philip has earned the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in speech pathology and a Master of Science in healthcare administration from the University of Central Florida; and a Juris Doctor (cum laude) from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University College of Law. He holds a certificate in Quality and Safety as well as a Certificate in Patient Safety from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. In addition, for over 20 years, Philip was an adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida’s School of Global Health Management and Informatics.