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NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), a leading healthcare provider with 185
hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care in 21 states and the
United Kingdom, has been recognized for a 10th consecutive
year as one of Ethisphere Institute’s World’s Most Ethical Companies.
The Ethisphere Institute, a global leader in defining and advancing the
standards of ethical business practices, honors companies who
distinguish themselves through integrity, corporate character and
marketplace trust. HCA Healthcare is one of 29 companies worldwide to be
honored 10 times.
“To be recognized 10 years in a row reflects the culture we have built
here at HCA Healthcare,” said Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare. “We have
265,000 colleagues who share a strong sense of purpose to improve the
lives of our patients and to enrich the communities we serve.”
HCA Healthcare has a long history of investing in local communities. In
2018, HCA Healthcare donated more than $41 million to charitable
organizations and provided charity care, uninsured discounts and other
uncompensated care at a cost of $3.3 billion. Last year, HCA Healthcare
colleagues spent more than 150,000 hours volunteering in the communities
they serve. HCA Healthcare’s culture of inclusion continues to support
the delivery of culturally competent care, with affiliates using more
than 160 languages and dialects to communicate with their diverse
patient populations. As part of its sustainability plan, HCA Healthcare
seeks to protect and preserve the environment inside and outside of its
facilities by encouraging the reduction of energy usage throughout its
facilities and considering the environment in all new construction and
renovation projects.
Recognition by Ethisphere is in part affirmation of HCA Healthcare’s
robust ethics and compliance program, which includes numerous policies
and procedures, orientation and annual code of conduct training for all
colleagues, methods for reporting concerns, such as an Ethics Line that
is available 24 hours a day, and an innovative process for assessing the
effectiveness of compliance efforts in our hospitals. Essential to the
success of the program are corporate responsible executives, facility
ethics and compliance officers and corporate and facility ethics and
compliance committees.
“It is an honor to continue to be recognized as one of Ethisphere’s
World’s Most Ethical Companies and it speaks volumes about our
values-based ethics and compliance program, which is a vital part of the
way we care for people and conduct business,” said Kathi Whalen, HCA
Healthcare’s senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance
officer. “We believe in doing what is right for our patients and our
colleagues, and I’m proud of the positive impact we are having in the
communities we serve.”
The World's Most Ethical Companies assessment is based upon the
Ethisphere Institute’s Ethics Quotient® (EQ) framework, which offers a
quantitative way to assess a company’s performance in an objective,
consistent and standardized manner. The information collected provides a
comprehensive sampling of definitive criteria of core competencies
rather than all aspects of corporate governance, risk, sustainability,
compliance and ethics.
In 2019, Ethisphere Institute recognized 128 honorees spanning 21
countries and 50 industries. HCA Healthcare is one of only seven
healthcare providers honored on this year’s list. The full list of the
2019 World's Most Ethical Companies can be found at http://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees/.
The Ethisphere® Institute is the global leader in defining and advancing
the standards of ethical business practices that fuel corporate
character, marketplace trust and business success. Ethisphere has deep
expertise in measuring and defining core ethics standards using
data-driven insights that help companies enhance corporate character and
measure and improve culture. Ethisphere honors superior achievement
through its World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition program and
provides a community of industry experts with the Business Ethics
Leadership Alliance (BELA). More information about Ethisphere can be
found at: https://ethisphere.com.
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
here to connect with HCA Healthcare on social media.
All references to “Company,” “HCA” and “HCA Healthcare” as used
throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its
affiliates.
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615-344-2688
Media Contact:
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