About
Daniel Hyman, MD, MMM
Founder & Director | Frontline Quality Solutions, LLC
Dr. Daniel Hyman is a transformational healthcare leader with a distinguished career dedicated to enhancing the safety and quality of patient care. He has held executive leadership roles at renowned institutions, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Dr. Hyman began his career as a general pediatrician, spending 13 years in primary care practice. During this time, he received training in quality improvement methodologies and successfully applied them in his practice. His expertise led to broader leadership roles, first regionally as Medical Director for Children’s Health Net at CHOP and later nationally with the National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality (NICHQ).
Over the next two decades, Dr. Hyman held a series of hospital leadership positions, including Chief Medical Officer for Ambulatory Care and Chief Children’s Quality Officer at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He then served as Chief Quality Officer and later as Chief Medical and Patient Safety Officer at Children’s Hospital Colorado before returning to CHOP as Chief Safety and Quality Officer. In these roles, he played a pivotal role in hospital operations beyond safety and quality programs, including accreditation, peer review, medical staff credentialing, professionalism, and policy development.
Dr. Hyman earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his pediatric residency at CHOP. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Medical Management (MMM) from Tulane University. He is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and holds retired status as Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
In addition to his hospital leadership roles, Dr. Hyman has contributed significantly at the national level. He has served on the Clinical Steering Team for the Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety Network and co-chaired its Measurement Committee. He co-founded and co-directed the Academic Pediatric Association (APA) Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars Program and has held board and leadership positions with the Children’s Hospital Association and its predecessor organizations.
Dr. Hyman remains active in education and mentorship. He teaches in the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety (CHIPS) program at Penn, where he developed and continues to direct a Master’s-level course on leadership in quality and safety in healthcare systems. He is also a proud faculty member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, contributing to their safety improvement initiatives.
Outside his role as a physician, Dan is a creative teacher with the ability to make trainings
fun and engaging as well as educational!
Speaking at CHOP
To IRB or not to IRB?
Delivering a Top 10 List
Ready for the Safety Dance
Dan is also an avid cyclist and skilled photographer; the landscape photography displayed on this website is Dan’s original work.
Awards and Recognition
Children’s Hospital Colorado won the McKesson Quest for Quality prize in 2015, awarded to a single hospital each year for its efforts to advance quality in all six domains - Safety, Timeliness, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Equitability and Patient/Family Centeredness. Dr. Hyman led the application process for CHCO and the programs for which they were recognized.
AHA - McKesson Quest for Quality Prize
At the time of his leaving, Children’s Hospital Colorado and its Foundation established the Daniel Hyman MD Chair in Quality and Safety.