8 things to know about the role of pharmacists in the ER
An emerging field of practice for pharmacists is emergency medicine. The Emergency Medicine Pharmacist (EMP) role at HCA Healthcare performs a variety of duties essential to both direct patient care and administration. Deanna Pouliot, PharmD, an emergency medicine pharmacist at affiliate TriStar Skyline Medical Center says: “We see a wide variety of patients and disease…
HCA Hope Fund extends aid, employees rally to help people in Puerto Rico
Our HCA Hope Fund sets out to do exactly what its name implies: give hope. And, thanks to the generous donations of countless HCA employees, the Hope Fund has done just that to support our coworkers in need during this historic hurricane season. And more. In an extraordinary move to extend its reach beyond our HCA…
How Tulane Health Helped a Louisiana Cheerleader Back on the Field
“Cracking the chest”, an incision most associated with open heart surgery, would be frightening for anyone, especially a 14-year old girl. Thanks to a revolutionary technique at HCA Healthcare’s Tulane Medical Center, the active teen underwent a minimally invasive and far less traumatic procedure. Tulane Health System chief endocrine surgeon Dr. Emad Kandil recently performed…
“Homeless, but not hopeless.”
Learn more about how HCA Healthcare employees across the country are living out the HCA mission in response to these events and how they are relying on preparedness, emergency response and recovery response tactics to exhibit that above all else we are committed to the care and improvement of human life. The commitment and dedication…
Committed to Care: Dr. Riley’s Experiment Seeks to Improve the Patient Experience
After a trip to Brazil as a teenager, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children’s pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. Jaren Riley knew he wanted to go into orthopedic medicine to help people. That passion to help others led to an interesting experiment where Dr. Riley decided to take his patient’s experience literally. For one week, he wore…
“A calmness throughout the chaos:” Sunrise Hospital staff share their experience after Las Vegas shooting
Earlier this week, we awoke to the news of yet another tragedy. This time in the American “City of Lights” – Las Vegas. It was there that a shooting occurred at an outdoor music festival that killed at least 58 people, injured hundreds more and sent approximately 200 victims – by all mode of transportation…