HCA Healthcare is a collaborative healthcare network, driven by physicians, nurses and colleagues helping each other champion the practice of medicine to give people a healthier tomorrow. With a comprehensive network of more than 270,000 people across approximately 1,800 care facilities, our scale enables us to deliver great outcomes for our patients, provide superior nursing care and be a preferred place for physicians to practice medicine. We never stop in our pursuit of insights and care advances based on the knowledge and data we gain from approximately 30 million patient encounters a year. Every day, we raise the bar to improve the way healthcare is delivered, not just in our facilities, but everywhere. We're committed to improving more lives in more ways, and above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
As the nation's largest private provider of healthcare, HCA Healthcare's scale enables us to deliver great outcomes for our patients, provide superior nursing care and be a preferred place for physicians to practice medicine in 43 distinct markets. Our pursuit of insights and care advances based on the knowledge and data we gain from approximately 30 million patient encounters a year enables us to move healthcare forward. In recent years, our proprietary research and trials have enhanced our clinical capabilities to drive down incidences of blood stream infections (including MRSA), maternal mortality, infant mortality and NICU admission, just to name a few.
Did you know? One out of every 18 emergency room visits occurs at an HCA Healthcare facility and our hospitals welcome to the world about one out of every 17 babies born each day in the U.S. These are big numbers, and they are important to understanding HCA Healthcare. But for HCA Healthcare, size is not an end, but a means. What's more important is how we harness our unmatched knowledge and resources in pursuit of our mission: Above all else, we are committed to the care and improvement of human life.
HCA Healthcare by the numbers
- 186 hospitals**
- 124 surgery centers**
- 136 urgent care centers**
- More than 270,000 colleagues**
- 94,000 registered nurses**
- 38,000 active physicians**
- 30 million patient encounters annually*
- 8.8 million ER visits annually*
- 84 freestanding ERs*
- 1,120 physician practices*
- 359 telehealth facilities*
*As of December 31, 2018
**As of February 1, 2019