HCA Healthcare Sets Record by Collecting 19,423 Pounds of Medication During Fourth Annual Crush the Crisis
22 November 2022 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
HCA Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:HCA), one of the nation’s leading
healthcare providers, today announced that it collected 19,423
pounds of unused or expired medications during its fourth annual
“Crush the Crisis” national opioid take back day on October 29,
2022. It is the most HCA Healthcare has collected in this annual
event, eclipsing the 15,566 pounds it collected last year. HCA
Healthcare has now collected approximately 54,644 pounds of
medication since launching “Crush the Crisis” in 2017.
“We are proud to announce the remarkable success of this year’s
‘Crush the Crisis’ events,” said Dr. Randy Fagin, chief medical
officer of HCA Healthcare’s National Group. “Thanks to the
participation of our colleagues and communities, alongside local
law enforcement, we have helped to eliminate a record-breaking
number of medications before they fall into the wrong hands.”
This year, all 15 HCA Healthcare U.S. divisions participated
alongside local law enforcement in a “Crush the Crisis” opioid take
back day to raise awareness about the dangers of opioid misuse and
the importance of proper disposal of unused or expired medications.
An estimated 13.4 million doses of medication were collected at
more than 100 collection sites across 17 states. HCA Healthcare’s
“Crush the Crisis” events were held in alignment with the Drug
Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take
Back Day, which collected 647,163 pounds of medication.
HCA Healthcare facility events with the greatest amount of
medication collected this year include:
- The Medical Center of Aurora in Aurora, Colorado collected 770
pounds
- Medical City McKinney in McKinney, Texas collected 664
pounds
- Chippenham Hospital and Johnston-Willis Hospital in Richmond,
Virginia collected 633 pounds
- Methodist ER Legacy Trails in San Antonio, Texas collected 608
pounds
- St. David’s Healthcare in Austin, Texas collected 564
pounds
As a learning health system, HCA Healthcare uses data from
approximately 35 million annual patient encounters to help
continuously improve care. The organization uses the science of
“big data” to reduce opioid misuse and transform pain management,
with initiatives in surgical, emergency and other care settings,
including:
- Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR): a multi-modal approach
to pain management using pre, intra and post-operative
interventions to optimize outcomes. HCA Healthcare’s ESR programs
have demonstrated significant improvements in surgical recovery and
patient satisfaction, including up to a 44 percent decrease in
opioid usage for targeted complex surgeries.
- Electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS):
aims to stem increasing rates of opioid-related addiction, misuse
diversion and death by making it more difficult for
medication-seekers to doctor-shop and alter prescriptions.
Physicians have access to aggregated electronic health records,
providing data that will allow them to prescribe opioids
judiciously.
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation’s 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 35 million annual patient
encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives.
Please click here to connect with HCA Healthcare on social
media.
All references to “Company,” “HCA” and “HCA
Healthcare” as used throughout this document refer to HCA
Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates.
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