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Brenden F. Hayden

Brenden has been a continuously certified EMT and Paramedic for over 35 years. During the course of his career, he has served as both a provider and leader in the municipal, private, hospital based, and volunteer settings. He also has extensive experience with EMS education as both an EMT and paramedic program director as well as a specialty speaker on the local, regional, state, and national stage. In addition to his EMS facing responsibilities, he has also managed emergency departments and worked on complex hospital operational efficiency programs to better manage patients and hospital flow.
For the entirety of Brenden’s career, he is focused on serving patients, his fellow providers, and the profession. For 23 years he worked to promote EMS in the eyes of health system and hospital administration and developed strong clinical oversight, credentialing, quality assurance programs, and provider wellness programs for EMS professionals. From 2015 to 2022, Brenden developed, implemented, and managed a comprehensive EMS strategy in the nation's largest privately held, physician owned health system, with 39 hospitals throughout the United States and several international sites. In that role Brenden gained high acclaim for his strategic vision and innovation skills along with his ability to develop and manage a large national team of EMS experts. This team worked to raise the profile of EMS within the health care system and developed new strategic initiatives to better serve our mutual patients, including innovative mobile integrated health delivery models.
Today, Brenden serves as Chief Operating Officer for Estella Health, a mobile health company based in Quincy, Massachusetts. In that role, Brenden oversees all aspects of corporate operations, strategic vision, and new-market implementation. Brenden also holds a board seat with the National Association of MIH Providers (NAMIHP), where he chairs the Legislative Committee and helps to shape national MIS strategy and innovation. Brenden is also a Finance Board member of Lawrence General Hospital. Brenden holds a Bachelors of Science in Health Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and a Masters Certificate in Human Resources and Organizational Planning from Villanova University. Finally, Brenden is an appointed member of the National EMS Advisory Council and serves as the elected Chairman of the Council. This Council, appointed by the US Secretary of Transportation, is made up of 25 industry experts and advises the federal government and White House on all relevant matters of EMS and develops advisories that are presented to USDOT for implementation within the US EMS architecture.
At the NMETC EMS Summit, Brendan will be presenting "MIH Funding...Past, Present, and Future."
MIH funding is the single most important component in sustaining any MIH or CP program. During this presentation, Brenden will take the attendees through the components necessary for building a sustainable program and what the future looks like from a financing perspective.