Pros
"Above all else, we are commited to the care and improvement of human life." I see this commitment, the opening line from HCA's mission and values statement, lived out by virtually all the employees I come in contact with. In addition, I've been impressed with how fully the people I meet in the company live up to this value: "We trust our colleagues as valuable members of our healthcare team and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect and dignity,"
Cons
HCA is a large company, but it is not doing as good a job as it should at providing the infrastructure needed to support its size or of leveraging the economies of scale that should help make it successful. While there are many symptoms of this, perhaps the clearest is the difficulty even those of us within the company have in finding a clear picture of the organization and the way its different parts relate to one another and work together. While there is an intranet, it is next to impossible to find a current listing of all HCA facilities, up-to-date org charts, applicable policies and procedures, effective tools, or other information that enables a large organization to run smoothly and be greater than the sum of its parts.