Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) announced today that it has been
named to the InformationWeek 500, which lists the nation’s most
innovative users of business technology. HCA is ranked No. 242.
The 2009 InformationWeek 500 companies were revealed on September 14,
2009 at an awards ceremony held during the InformationWeek 500
Conference at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point,
California.
HCA, which has 163 hospitals and 105 freestanding surgery centers in 20
states and England, was selected for its continued development and
implementation of hCare, the company’s comprehensive program for
advanced health information technologies. HCA’s hCare builds on
foundational electronic health record functions and will include
computerized provider order entry and decision support. HCA is already
among the 15% of American hospitals that use bar-code medication
administration systems. HCA’s hCare also integrates outpatient treatment
into the electronic health record, and will include patient health
records that capture health information from visits to doctors.
Earlier this year, HCA was selected as one of Computerworld’s top
workplaces for information technology professionals. HCA is also listed
among Fortune’s “Most Admired” healthcare companies.
The company’s Information Technology & Services department (IT&S)
employs more than 3,000 employees across the U.S. and includes four data
centers and fourteen division support centers responsible for delivering
IT services to HCA as well as more than 145 non-HCA hospitals and
facilities. This includes the full array of IT services, including
business analysis, systems development, integration, information
security, customer support, education services, technology
infrastructure support and services. HCA IT&S provides the opportunity
for IT professionals to work on many advanced technology projects.
HCA was founded in Nashville, Tenn. more than 40 years ago when Dr.
Thomas F. Frist, Jr., his father Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., local
businessman Henry Hooker and entrepreneur Jack Massey set out to provide
communities with better quality healthcare. Today, HCA is a leading
provider of healthcare services, and its approximately 191,000 employees
served approximately 18 million patients in 2008. The company has
developed industry-leading patient safety initiatives to prevent
healthcare-associated infections like MRSA and bar-code systems to help
improve medication safety.
InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users
of information technology with its annual 500 listing, now in its 21st
year, and also tracks the technology, strategies, investments 2
and administrative practices of America’s best-known companies.
Additional details on the InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.
All references to “Company” and “HCA” as used throughout this
document refer to HCA Inc. and its affiliates.
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