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MidAmerica
How HCA Healthcare is helping to pay off student loans
Across the country, workers are saddled with student loan debt. And, staff in the healthcare industry is no exception. Recognizing the vital need to meet the mental and financial wellness of our colleagues, HCA Healthcare rolled out $300 million in workforce development initiatives. Those programs include student loan assistance and tuition reimbursement for most full-and…
Triple negative breast cancer: Sarah Cannon discusses five key facts
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness around breast cancer. This year, we encourage you to learn something new about breast cancer. Sarah Cannon, the Cancer Institute of HCA Healthcare, shines light on a type of breast cancer, triple negative breast cancer, below. Approximately every half hour, a woman in the…
Celebrating HCA Hope Fund Week with powerful stories of hope
Our mission to care for and improve human life is amplified by the support given to HCA Healthcare colleagues in need through the HCA Hope Fund. This week marks HCA Hope Fund Week and we are celebrating what we do best: care like family. To date, the HCA Hope Fund has provided more than $53…
HCA Healthcare technology saved nurse’s life by spotting deadly sepsis signs
Sabrina Burkdoll, an HCA Healthcare registered nurse, has heard the word “sepsis” her entire nursing career. She’s well-versed in the signs and symptoms of the deadly infection. She’s seen people enter the emergency room, clinging for life. She’s witnessed the devastation and mayhem surrounding a sepsis diagnosis for both patients and caregivers. Some patients lose…
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Recipients revealed: HCA Healthcare’s Unit of Distinction Ceremony
Across HCA Healthcare, nurses represent our largest colleague group, with 94,000 men and women inspiring hope and delivering compassionate patient care every single day. For the fourth consecutive year, in a ceremony that was broadcast live across HCA Healthcare, we honored and celebrated 65 nursing units with the fourth annual HCA Healthcare Unit of Distinction…
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Breast cancer breakthrough: Sarah Cannon discusses newly FDA-approved immunotherapy
Spring brings new hope and new beginnings, and for breakthroughs in cancer treatment, this season is off to a promising start. Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first-ever immunotherapy (atezolizumab), in combination with chemotherapy, for the treatment of breast cancer. “Immunotherapy is a drug that we’ve been using in…