Hospital Corporation of America Named to Computerworld's Annual List of Best Places to Work in Information Technology

Nashville, Tenn., June 21, 2010 – Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) announced today that it has been selected as one of Computerworld’s top workplaces for information technology professionals for the second year in a row. HCA is ranked No. 42 on the publication’s top 100 list.

HCA, which is also listed among Fortune’s “Most Admired” healthcare companies, has 162 hospitals and 106 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England. Its Information Technology & Services department (IT&S) employs more than 3,000 employees across the U.S. and includes five data centers and fourteen division support centers responsible for delivering IT services to HCA as well as more than 145 non-HCA hospitals and facilities.

The IT department provides a full array of IT services, including business analysis, systems development, systems integration, information security, customer support, training and education, and infrastructure support. HCA’s IT department is fully engaged in the design and implementation of hCare, the company’s new electronic health record, and several other large scale technology projects. The department provides the opportunity for IT professionals to work on a wide range of advanced technology projects. While HCA IT employees have a broad range of responsibilities and commitments, they are still encouraged to participate in giving back to their communities through organized food drives, volunteerism and through company sponsored time off for employees to help out local charities.

“We are very pleased to be named among the Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT again this year, and while it is the IT organization that won the award, it is very much a reflection of and is attributed to the HCA culture as a whole,” said Noel Williams, CIO of HCA IT&S. “What we have here is truly a great place to work, not only for healthcare information technology workers but for all of our employees.”