‘I was grateful she would be safe’: First NICU baby evacuated from Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center
Patient safety is always top of mind for Lindsey Bruce. It’s her job as a regulatory compliance coordinator at HCA Healthcare affiliate Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City, Florida. And as the threat of Hurricane Michael loomed on the Florida Panhandle, Bruce didn’t hesitate to allow the transfer of her one-day-old, premature daughter…
Hurricane Michael updates
As you have most likely seen from the news coverage, Hurricane Michael has had a devastating impact on the Panama City, Florida community. We at HCA Healthcare are helping to ensure our patients, colleagues, and hospitals are safe in the aftermath of the storm. Prior to landfall, we prepared HCA-affiliate hospitals throughout the region. Those preparations…
HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division opens state-of-the-art education center
Sylvia Young, HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division President and Chief Executive Officer, believes that attracting and retaining the top talent is a priority in order to provide the best medical care for patient encounters in the HCA network of affiliate hospitals in Denver, Colorado, and Wichita, Kansas. That’s why the Denver-based healthcare system opened a $4.3…
What do Mike Fisher, Carrie Underwood and HCA Healthcare/TriStar have in common? Danita’s Children.
Retired pro hockey player Mike Fisher, his country singer wife Carrie Underwood and HCA Healthcare were an unlikely trio, but a common mission to give back led the three to Danita’s Children, an organization that provides a home, food, education and pediatric care to thousands of children in Northeast Haiti. Danita’s Children, like HCA, which…
HCA Healthcare’s Medical City executive raises awareness of life-threatening virus
“All of this because of a mosquito,” Ben Harris, a strategic planning executive at Medical City Healthcare, said after a six-week stay last year in Medical City Plano due to West Nile virus. Harris, who is still on the road to recovery, now uses his platform to raise awareness of neuro-invasive West Nile virus, a…
Chief Nurse Executive shares what it means to be a nurse at HCA Healthcare
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of HCA Healthcare, we recognize HCA nurses influence positive change throughout our organization, in the healthcare industry and across the country thanks to the care they provide to millions of patients every day. Dr. Jane Englebright, HCA Healthcare’s Chief Nurse Executive, shared what she is learning from nurses across…