Former EMS Chief now Leader of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation

Posted on Mar 10, 2015 in All IPCS News, State of Hawaii

Former EMS Chief now Leader of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation

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Dr. Linda Rosen took over as CEO of the Hawaii Health Systems Corp (HHSC), the state’s public hospital system, on December 16, 2014. Dr. Rosen is an experienced leader and seasoned physician and public health practitioner who follows an ecological approach that addresses the multiple factors influencing health. While concurrently leading the State Department of Health as the Director, Linda also continued to serve as chief of the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention System Branch.

Injuries in Hawaii are responsible for more deaths of children and young adults from ages one through 40 than all other causes combined. Despite the impact and effective strategies to prevent injuries, many people continue to consider injuries as accidents, unpredictable and not preventable. Dr. Rosen’s success in every critical step of developing the trauma system to save lives and prevent injuries, are neither accidents nor unpredictable. Her leadership helped to elevate and coordinate prevention and treatment of injuries. Hawaii has received an “A” grade for Public Health and Injury Prevention in the 2014 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Report Card for America’s Emergency Care Environment. The report card also ranked Hawaii second in the nation for injury prevention.

Dr Linda Rosen - Hawaii Injury Prevention, EMS & Trauma Newsletter

The above report helps confirm, along with so many other successful efforts, that Dr. Rosen’s attention to developing multiple levels of infrastructure and the capacity of the trauma system will undoubtedly continue to contribute towards reducing deaths and injuries.

Sherry Lauer RN, BSN - Hawaii State Trauma Program Coordinator “Dr. Rosen is truly the mother of the trauma system in Hawaii and I feel very fortunate to have worked alongside Linda.”

Sherry Lauer RN, BSN –
Hawaii State Trauma Program Coordinator
“Dr. Rosen is truly the mother of the trauma system in Hawaii and I feel very fortunate to have worked alongside Linda.”

 

Therese Argoud, MPH - Injury Prevention & Control Section Program Manager “As Chief of the EMS and Injury Prevention Branch, Dr. Rosen has been a passionate, skilled and articulate leader.  We are very grateful to her for forging the way to developing a strong, nationally recognized Trauma System for Hawai`i.”

Therese Argoud, MPH – Injury Prevention & Control Section Program Manager
“As Chief of the EMS and Injury Prevention Branch, Dr. Rosen has been a passionate, skilled and articulate leader.  We are very grateful to her for forging the way to developing a strong, nationally recognized Trauma System for Hawai`i.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas L. Hines, MPH

Core Violence and Injury Prevention Program Grant Coordinator