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HCA Healthcare Celebrates Patient Safety Awareness Week
Happy Patient Safety Awareness Week 2019! HCA Healthcare has been an industry leader in patient safety long before it was an established discipline. It is first and foundational for who we are as an organization and what we stand for – safe, high-quality, and efficient care that we’d want for ourselves, our families and our…
ABATE Infection Trial: HCA Healthcare confronts healthcare-associated infections head-on
For more than a decade, HCA Healthcare has been a leader in the national effort to reduce healthcare-associated infections and provide a safer hospital environment for our patients. Today, we are thrilled to share the news that a companion study to 2013’s REDUCE MRSA, known as the Active Bathing to Eliminate Infection, or ABATE, Trial,…
7 misconceptions about the flu shot
This year marks the centennial anniversary of the 1918 influenza (flu) pandemic that is still remembered as one of the worst plagues in history. It’s estimated that 500 million people were infected by the 1918 flu virus and at least 50 million people or more died worldwide from the strain, including an estimated 675,000 Americans.…
Measles on the rise in the U.S. Here’s why and how to prevent it.
Measles is disease that, on a global basis, has been in decline for decades says Kenneth Sands, MD, HCA Healthcare’s Chief Epidemiologist. However, in the United States, cases of measles are on the increase. As of August 22, there have been 124 confirmed cases of the disease reported in 22 states and Washington, D.C. That’s…
HCA Healthcare joins national effort to counter opioid epidemic
To help combat the nation’s opioid crisis, HCA Healthcare is proud to join the National Academy of Medicine’s (NAM) Action Collaborative on Countering the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. Jonathan Perlin, MD, president of clinical services and chief medical officer at HCA, will serve as co-chair on the collaborative effort that includes more than 35 organizations representing…
Doctors’ Day Has Special Meaning for HCA
March 30 is National Doctors’ Day, and as we approach the 50th anniversary of HCA Healthcare, it is most appropriate that we pay particular attention to this day of recognition by honoring the two physicians who conceived our company, Drs. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., and Thomas F. Frist, Jr. Since our founding right here in…