Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) announced today that it has been
selected as one of Computerworld’s top workplaces for information
technology professionals for the second year in a row. HCA is ranked No.
42 on the publication’s top 100 list.
HCA, which is also listed among Fortune’s “Most Admired” healthcare
companies, has 162 hospitals and 106 freestanding surgery centers in 20
states and England. Its Information Technology & Services department
(IT&S) employs more than 3,000 employees across the U.S. and includes
five 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.
The IT department provides a full array of IT services, including
business analysis, systems development, systems integration, information
security, customer support, training and education, and infrastructure
support. HCA’s IT department is fully engaged in the design and
implementation of hCare, the company’s new electronic health record, and
several other large scale technology projects. The department provides
the opportunity for IT professionals to work on a wide range of advanced
technology projects. While HCA IT employees have a broad range of
responsibilities and commitments, they are still encouraged to
participate in giving back to their communities through organized food
drives, volunteerism and through company sponsored time off for
employees to help out local charities.
“We are very pleased to be named among the Computerworld 100 Best Places
to Work in IT again this year, and while it is the IT organization that
won the award, it is very much a reflection of and is attributed to the
HCA culture as a whole,” said Noel Williams, CIO of HCA IT&S. “What we
have here is truly a great place to work, not only for healthcare
information technology workers but for all of our employees.”
The HCA Hope Fund
After the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina on the Gulf Coast,
where HCA has several hospitals, the company was overwhelmed by offers
from HCA employees who wanted to help their co-workers affected by the
storm. The company established the HCA Hope Fund, an employee-run,
employee-supported 501(c)(3) charity that provides financial relief to
thousands of HCA employees every year. HCA employees’ generous gifts
have helped employees rebuild homes, pay mortgages and buy groceries.
Since its launch in 2005, the HCA Hope Fund has provided $9.7 million in
aid to more than 9,000 HCA families who have been affected by hardships,
including disasters, extended illness/injury and other special
situations. 2
Caring for the Community Hours
HCA provides Caring for the Community Hours as a benefit for corporate
office employees to encourage volunteerism during work hours. This
includes 16 hours of paid community support time for full-time employees
and eight paid hours for part-time employees each year. HCA also
sponsors regular blood drives, Habitat for Humanity builds, food drives
and Junior Achievement initiatives at facilities across the nation.
HCA’s annual corporate office “Caring for the Community” employee giving
campaign gives corporate office employees the opportunity to donate to
charities and volunteer at local non-profit organizations on company
time during two “Community Days.” During HCA’s 2009 “Caring for the
Community” campaign, employees helped raise $3.2 million to support
charities. In addition, about 1,600 HCA employees volunteered nearly
10,000 hours of company time to work on 108 projects at agencies
throughout Middle Tennessee. The number of employee volunteers and the
number of projects are campaign records.
Since 1994, Computerworld’s annual “Best Places to Work in IT”
feature has ranked the top 100 work environments for technology
professionals, based on a comprehensive questionnaire regarding company
offerings in categories such as benefits, diversity, career development,
training and retention. In addition, this year Computerworld surveyed
more than 27,000 IT workers for the list, and their responses factored
heavily in determining the rankings.
All references to “Company” and “HCA” as used throughout this
document refer to HCA Inc. and its affiliates.
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