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SEIU-UHW: Healthcare Workers at Five HCA Hospitals Vote to Strike Over Management's Threats, Initimidation, Other Unfair Labor Practices

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Friday, May 12, 2023

RIVERSIDE, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Thousands of healthcare workers at five HCA facilities in California have voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike to demand their employer stop the threats and intimidation, and bargain in good faith with them over short-staffing, low-wages, and worker safety concerns. Caregivers at HCA hospitals fear that the company's profit focus is endangering worker and patient safety.

Key Points: 
  • Caregivers at HCA hospitals fear that the company's profit focus is endangering worker and patient safety.
  • This chronic short staffing has allowed HCA Healthcare to rake in billions of dollars , resulting in huge payouts for executives and shareholders.
  • The strike also follows a national report released by SEIU , the nation's largest union of healthcare workers, revealing a dangerous pattern of understaffing at HCA hospitals.
  • SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is a healthcare justice union of more than 100,000 healthcare workers, patients, and healthcare activists united to ensure affordable, accessible, high-quality care for all Californians, provided by valued and respected healthcare workers.

HCA Healthcare Presents 2022 HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction

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Tuesday, September 20, 2022

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nations leading healthcare providers, today presented its annual HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction to recipients at a ceremony in Nashville.

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  • HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: HCA), one of the nations leading healthcare providers, today presented its annual HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction to recipients at a ceremony in Nashville.
  • The HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinctionwhich include the Frist Humanitarian Awards, the Innovators Award and the Excellence in Nursing Awardsare the highest honors HCA Healthcare bestows on employees, physicians and volunteers.
  • The HCA Healthcare Awards of Distinction celebrate the colleagues, physicians and volunteers who inspire us all, said Sam Hazen, chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare.
  • All references to Company, HCA and HCA Healthcare as used throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake Earns Texas’ First Rectal Cancer Program Accreditation

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Houston, Oct. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake has become the first Texas hospital, and only the 14th in the nation, to earn a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC).

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  • Houston, Oct. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake has become the first Texas hospital, and only the 14th in the nation, to earn a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC).
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is the first program in Texas to be accredited in all three awarded by The Joint Commission, the National Institutes of Health, and theAmerican College of Surgeons (ACS).
  • Located at 500 W. Medical Center Boulevard in Webster, HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake has provided comprehensive healthcare to the Bay Area since 1972.
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, formerly Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, is a 532-bed, full-service hospital offering inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and specialty services to Houstons growing Bay Area.