NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) today announced that its board of directors
has appointed Meg Crofton as an independent director, effective March 1,
2019. With her addition, HCA Healthcare’s board of directors increases
from 12 to 13 members. Ms. Crofton will also serve as a member of HCA
Healthcare’s compensation committee and patient safety and quality of
care committee.
Ms. Crofton spent the majority of her professional career at The Walt
Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (“Disney”) until her retirement in 2015.
During her tenure at Disney, Ms. Crofton held positions of increasing
responsibility, most recently as president of Disney’s parks and resorts
operations, U.S. and France. From 2006 to 2013, Ms. Crofton also served
as president of Walt Disney World, the largest site in Disney’s parks
and resorts division.
“Meg Crofton’s career-long commitment to exceptional customer service is
reflected in her more than three decades of experience at one of the
world’s leading hospitality corporations,” said Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA
Healthcare. “Meg’s experience and expertise will greatly complement HCA
Healthcare’s patient-centered focus on the care and improvement of human
life. We could not be more excited to announce her decision to join our
Board.”
Ms. Crofton holds a B.A. in marketing and an M.B.A. from Florida State
University.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading providers
of healthcare services, comprising 185 hospitals and approximately 1,800
sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care
centers, and physician clinics, in 21 states and the United Kingdom.
With its founding in 1968, HCA Healthcare created a new model for
hospital care in the United States, using combined resources to
strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and improve the
practice of medicine. HCA Healthcare has conducted a number of clinical
studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in
ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA Healthcare is a learning healthcare
system that uses its more than 31 million annual patient encounters to
advance science, improve patient care and save lives. Please click
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throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its
affiliates.
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