\nThe Frist Humanitarian Award recognizes the highest achievements in serving others; the Innovators Award recognizes creative new ideas for enhancing quality of care and efficiency; and the Excellence in Nursing Award recognizes the highest levels of performance in the field of nursing.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cOur annual Awards of Distinction celebrate the talented and compassionate individuals throughout HCA Healthcare who truly live out our mission,\u201d said Sam Hazen, chief executive officer of HCA Healthcare. \u201cWe honor each of them as their selflessness continues to inspire us to raise the bar for patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frist Humanitarian Award Recipients<\/b><\/p>\n
\nThe Frist Humanitarian Award, created in honor of HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr. (1910-1998) in 1971, recognizes individuals whose work and lives embody the humanitarian principles upon which HCA Healthcare was founded. Those honored have demonstrated a level of commitment and care that goes beyond everyday acts of kindness and inspire others with their compassion, dedication and spirit.<\/p>\n
\nFrist Humanitarian Award employee and volunteer recipients receive a $10,000 cash gift and a $10,000 gift to a charity of their choice, while the physician recipient receives a $20,000 gift to the charity of their choice.<\/p>\n
\nRecipients of the annual Frist Humanitarian Award are: Faridah Nabukenya, RN, a senior staff nurse at The Harley Street Clinic in London, England, part of HCA Healthcare UK; S.M.A. Zaheed Hassan, MD, a burn surgeon at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital of Augusta; and Mark B. Holmgren, a volunteer supervisor at Medical City Heart & Spine Hospitals in Dallas, Texas.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe recipients of the Frist Humanitarian Award go above and beyond to serve others, both within and outside of our hospitals,\u201d said Hazen. \u201cTheir dedication to philanthropy, volunteerism and community service epitomize the humanitarian principles established by our founders.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nFaridah Nabukenya, RN, is a senior staff nurse at The Harley Street Clinic, part of HCA Healthcare UK. Since starting as an oncology nurse in 2016, Nabukenya has made a lasting impact on her patients, peers and community. After her son was diagnosed with colon cancer, Faridah orchestrated the delivery of medical equipment to the Ugandan hospital where her son received medical care. The supplies also provided ongoing use for future patients of the facility. To honor her late son’s dreams of being a teacher, Nabukenya opened a school for orphaned children in Uganda, providing dormitories, schoolbooks and uniforms to the students.<\/p>\n
\nS.M.A. Zaheed Hassan, MD, a burn surgeon at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital of Augusta, has touched hundreds of thousands of lives throughout his career. In addition to his role at Doctors Hospital of Augusta, Dr. Hassan holds leadership roles at multiple burn patient advocacy and research foundations. Dr. Hassan’s care for the psychosocial needs of burn patients extends across the globe, with more than 23 years of support through burn camps, burn survivor reunions, treatment of unfunded burn patients and the creation of much-needed skin banks and donor programs worldwide.<\/p>\n
\nMark B. Holmgren has given more than 5,900 hours of volunteer service over the past 14 years. From the start of his volunteering, Holmgren has excelled at providing immediate reassurance and anticipating patient needs. In his role as a volunteer supervisor, he is responsible for onboarding new volunteers and helping find opportunities to improve patient and guest experience. Outside of his role at Medical City Heart & Spine Hospitals, Holmgren serves as parliamentarian on the Medical City Dallas Auxiliary Board of Directors and volunteers alongside his family through their church and a non-profit organization that works with veterans to raise awareness of mental health issues.<\/p>\n
HCA Healthcare Innovators Award Recipient<\/b><\/p>\n
\nHCA Healthcare was founded with the goal of unlocking numerous possibilities for patients, colleagues and communities. Created in 2010, the HCA Healthcare Innovators Award recognizes innovative thinkers, like the organization\u2019s founders Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., Mr. Jack Massey and Dr. Thomas \u201cTommy\u201d Frist, Jr., who help to improve nursing operations, engage physicians and generate growth. The Innovators Award recipient receives a $10,000 cash gift and a $10,000 donation to the charity of the recipient\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n
\nThe 2023 Innovators Award recipient is Judy Kitchens, a perinatal quality manager at St. David\u2019s North Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Her unique use of technology has been critical to the success of St. David\u2019s Women\u2019s Center of Texas, a part of St. David\u2019s North Austin Medical Center. Using her diverse background in analytics and healthcare administration, Kitchens created the Women\u2019s Center Daily Dashboard, a customizable daily report that compiles important unit data and trends. The tool allows both clinical and non-clinical leaders to quickly assess throughput of the busy women\u2019s center, allowing for higher predictability of delivery volumes and a more informed use of clinical resources.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cLike many great companies, HCA Healthcare is consistently looking for ways to evolve and improve the experiences of our patients and colleagues,\u201d said Bill Rutherford, executive vice president and chief financial officer of HCA Healthcare. \u201cThrough Judy\u2019s work, her hospital has benefited from quicker, data-driven decision-making that helps improve patient care.\u201d<\/p>\n
HCA Healthcare Excellence in Nursing Award Recipients<\/b><\/p>\n
\nHCA Healthcare\u2019s more than 95,000 knowledgeable and compassionate nurses are on the front line of patient care, every day. Created in 2014, the Excellence in Nursing Award recognizes the intrinsic value of the nursing practice in accomplishing HCA Healthcare\u2019s goal of providing high quality of care to patients and communities. With categories for professional mentoring and compassionate care, the Excellence in Nursing Award recipients each receive a $10,000 cash gift and a $10,000 donation to the charity of the recipient\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n
\nThis year\u2019s recipients are: John Lee Stroud, MSN, RN, director of clinical operations at Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, South Carolina; and Jean Rendall, BSN, RN, an oncology nurse at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cNurses are the heart and soul of HCA Healthcare,\u201d said Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC, senior vice president and chief nurse executive of HCA Healthcare. \u201cIt is an honor to celebrate this year\u2019s recipients, who have shown extraordinary compassion and leadership to our hospitals, in addition to providing exceptional care every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nJohn \u201cLee\u201d Stroud, MSN, RN, received the Excellence in Nursing Award in the Professional Mentoring category. Stroud has been a leading advocate for nurse mentorship and development at Colleton Medical Center since 2011. Now director of clinical operations, Stroud has developed a mentorship program that provides additional support for nursing students, new nurses and patient care techs to help ensure the next generation of passionate and patient-centric nurses are more informed and better prepared to care for the specific needs of their patients. As a testament to his mentorship abilities, many of his nurse supervisors have moved to leadership positions.<\/p>\n
\nJean Rendall, BSN, RN, received the Excellence in Nursing Award in the Compassionate Care category. Often called \u201csunshine angel\u201d by her oncology patients and peers, Rendall shows positivity and compassion to all who come in contact with her at Sky Ridge Medical Center. A winner of multiple Daisy Awards, as well as the prestigious Daisy Team Award in 2022, Rendall puts patient care and comfort at the center of everything she does. From field trips within the hospital to celebrating special occasions by hosting parties, Rendall is committed to creating memorable, positive experiences for her patients and their families.<\/p>\n
About HCA Healthcare<\/b><\/p>\n
\nNashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation\u2019s leading providers of healthcare services comprising 182 hospitals and approximately 2,300 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics, in 20 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%. HCA Healthcare is a learning health system that uses its more than 37 million annual patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives.<\/p>\n
All references to \u201cCompany,\u201d \u201cHCA\u201d and \u201cHCA Healthcare\u201d as used throughout this document refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.<\/b><\/p>\n
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