HCA Healthcare’s Patient Safety Organization partners with facility leaders and frontline colleagues to identify, prioritize and address safety risks that affect both patients and our workforce. We also use structured feedback from patients and care teams to identify safety risks, prioritize improvement efforts and drive actions to strengthen care delivery and patient outcomes across our facilities. Results from the 2025 Culture of Safety survey demonstrate continued progress across the organization, with safety culture scores improving in every region.

At HCA Healthcare, research is not just a function — it’s part of a strategy to drive innovation, improve patient outcomes and strengthen our position as a learning health system. In 2025, our research activity reinforced our shared focus and commitment to keeping patients at the center of everything we do while emphasizing four key areas that are at the core of research at HCA Healthcare:

• Our investment in our people
• Our commitment to learning
• The power of our strategic partnerships
• The scale of HCA Healthcare

In 2025, we established a cross-functional Research Subcommittee, as part of our Clinical Committee’s governance structure, to unite voices from every corner of the enterprise. By bringing together diverse expertise, the subcommittee serves as a catalyst for aligning research activities with the enterprise’s highest priorities.

Since the launch of our Workforce Development Center of Excellence (COE), HCA Healthcare has helped over 1,450 graduates advance their careers in healthcare through COE-led programs. The COE designs and implements strategic programs that address critical workforce needs both locally and for the enterprise. In 2025, we expanded our portfolio of offerings to 28 total programs with more than 1,005 participants who trained in imaging, sterile processing, nursing, patient care technician and other technical specialties needed in our facilities. Through public-private partnerships, the COE secures grant funding to expand the talent pipeline in alignment with the COE’s program offerings. In 2025, we secured $2.4 million in grants, with $1.9 million in the pipeline, for workforce training programs. Through these community partnerships, we’ve supported more than 560 program graduates in advancing their career pathways.

In 2025, HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Foundation announced $3.9 million in support as part of our ongoing collaboration with the American Heart Association to help better treat, beat and prevent stroke. Since 2022, hospitals that have participated in the Getting to the Heart of Stroke™ initiative have significantly improved identification of the cause of stroke by 33%.

For more than a decade, HCA Healthcare has also partnered with March of Dimes in communities nationwide — through volunteerism and team-based fundraising — to foster community connection and advance shared goals for healthier pregnancies and stronger beginnings for all families. In 2022, HCA Healthcare deepened this commitment by becoming a national partner for March for Babies, March of Dimes’ signature fundraising campaign. HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare Research Institute curate high-quality maternal and neonatal data from more than 200,000 annual deliveries across our network of hospitals as part of our efforts to learn from and continually improve patient outcomes. In 2025, we deepened our support of March of Dimes’ Low Dose, Big Benefits campaign through a new $1.5 million grant from the HCA Healthcare Foundation.

Read more about our impact by visiting the annual Impact Report.