Jens Winther Jensen, MD, Executive Vice President, North Denmark Region, has the responsibilities for primary and secondary care, overlooking the health and health care for a population of 580,000 and reporting to the regional board of elected politicians. He is a specialist in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine and has worked with trauma care in hospital and pre-hospital. He has been the Medical Director for the level one trauma care center at Aarhus University Hospital and project leader on the establishment of an emergency department at Aarhus University Hospital. In the North Denmark region he has worked a major revision of the hospital clinical structure, with an emphasis on patient pathways and a goal of improving efficiency by becoming a patient-oriented organization. During his Senior Fellowship at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement he developed a national strategy for healthcare improvement, and is now part of its realization in Denmark. He is Past President of the Danish Medical Association and has Chaired the Medical Ethics Committee of the World Medical Association. He is married and has three children. He spends his spare time with the family and loves cooking and sports.