HCA Healthcare is a collaborative and innovative healthcare network dedicated to giving people a healthier tomorrow. Our founders envisioned an organization that would bring together hospitals to improve the practice of medicine. What began as a single hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, has grown into a network of more than 180 hospitals and approximately 2,400 ambulatory sites of care across the United States and United Kingdom.
HCA Healthcare was recognized as one of the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. HCA Healthcare has been recognized 14 times.
At HCA Healthcare, we are driven by a single mission:
Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
In pursuit of our mission, we stand by the following value statements:
- We recognize and affirm the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual.
- We treat all we serve with compassion and kindness.
- We trust our colleagues as valuable members of our healthcare team and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect and dignity.
- We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness in the way we conduct our business and the way we live our lives.
Many things set HCA Healthcare apart from other healthcare organizations; however, at our core, our greatest strength is our people. Every day, more than 300,000 colleagues around the world go to work with a collective focus: our patients. This focus guides our work to develop comprehensive, local healthcare networks that deliver high-quality and convenient care, as well as our investments in solutions to aid the overall well-being of our colleagues.
As a learning health system, HCA Healthcare analyzes data from more than 43 million patient encounters annually. We use this data to develop technologies and best practices that help improve patient care. We also share our learnings with the larger healthcare community and government agencies to help improve care everywhere.
We believe there are many ways to champion health, and we embrace our responsibility to support the attributes of a healthy community through employment, investment and charitable giving. In 2023, we spent $4.7 billion on capital investment in property and equipment. We also provided charity care, uninsured discounts and other uncompensated care at an estimated cost of $3.7 billion and gave more than $43 million to community organizations.
HCA Healthcare was ranked first overall in our industry by Fortune on their 2024 World’s Most Admired Companies list. Companies were rated on nine criteria: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment, quality of products and services, and global competitiveness.
At HCA Healthcare, we are excited about the future of medicine and believe we are uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the transformation of care. We continually look for ways to enhance our capabilities to improve patient care and, with this in mind, look forward to launching our newest location in Hyderabad, India, in 2024. Hyderabad is home to incredible talent and well-established infrastructure that will support our ability to drive operational excellence and innovation for our patients and colleagues.
Learn more about information technology at HCA Healthcare. To read more about how we make a positive impact on our patients, our colleagues and our communities, please view our Impact Report.