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Hospital Corporation of America Recognized by InformationWeek as One of
Nation's Most Innovative Users of Business Technology



NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital Corporation of America
(HCA) announced today that it has been named to the InformationWeek 500, which
lists the nation's most innovative users of business technology. HCA is ranked
No. 242.

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The 2009 InformationWeek 500 companies were revealed on September 14, 2009 at
an awards ceremony held during the InformationWeek 500 Conference at the St.
Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, California.

HCA, which has 163 hospitals and 105 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states
and England, was selected for its continued development and implementation of
hCare, the company's comprehensive program for advanced health information
technologies. HCA's hCare builds on foundational electronic health record
functions and will include computerized provider order entry and decision
support. HCA is already among the 15% of American hospitals that use bar-code
medication administration systems. HCA's hCare also integrates outpatient
treatment into the electronic health record, and will include patient health
records that capture health information from visits to doctors.

Earlier this year, HCA was selected as one of Computerworld's top workplaces
for information technology professionals. HCA is also listed among Fortune's
"Most Admired" healthcare companies.

The company's Information Technology & Services department (IT&S) employs more
than 3,000 employees across the U.S. and includes four 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. This includes
the full array of IT services, including business analysis, systems
development, integration, information security, customer support, education
services, technology infrastructure support and services. HCA IT&S provides
the opportunity for IT professionals to work on many advanced technology
projects.

HCA was founded in Nashville, Tenn. more than 40 years ago when Dr. Thomas F.
Frist, Jr., his father Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Sr., local businessman Henry
Hooker and entrepreneur Jack Massey set out to provide communities with better
quality healthcare. Today, HCA is a leading provider of healthcare services,
and its approximately 191,000 employees served approximately 18 million
patients in 2008. The company has developed industry-leading patient safety
initiatives to prevent healthcare-associated infections like MRSA and bar-code
systems to help improve medication safety.

InformationWeek identifies and honors the nation's most innovative users of
information technology with its annual 500 listing, now in its 21st year, and
also tracks the technology, strategies, investments and administrative
practices of America's best-known companies. Additional details on the
InformationWeek 500 can be found online at www.informationweek.com/iw500/.


All references to "Company" and "HCA" as used throughout this document refer
to HCA Inc. and its affiliates.