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Research

Through employed and affiliated healthcare providers and strategic partnerships, our team of experts approaches research through a multidisciplinary lens. We are proud to connect our patients to the most innovative practices in medicine; allowing us to build healthier tomorrows.

Our strategic partnerships

Collaborating with our research partners allow us access to clinical trials, new therapies and other opportunities to advance cancer research.

HCA Healthcare, one of the largest acute healthcare providers, is host to a vast clinical research network. Our expansive offering focuses on patient-centered research that is based on advancing therapies through drug development, clinical trials and integrated learning systems.

Our research partners

Our partnerships allow our patients to have access to over 1,500 clinical trials at 290 plus locations.

Sarah Cannon Research Institute

Our pursuit of excellent patient care in collaboration with Sarah Cannon Research Institute’s (SCRI) dedication to advancing oncology research provides exceptional cancer care for patients across the United States. ​The two organizations aim to provide people facing cancer with superior, specialized treatment options as well as access to the latest therapies in clinical research close to home.

SCRI is one of the world’s leading oncology research organizations conducting community-based clinical trials. In 2022, McKesson Corporation and HCA Healthcare formed a joint venture combining McKesson’s US Oncology Research and HCA Healthcare’s SCRI to enhance clinical trial access and availability across the country. Focused on advancing therapies for patients over the last three decades, SCRI is a leader in drug development. It has conducted more than 850 first-in-human clinical trials since its inception and contributed to pivotal research that has led to the majority of new cancer therapies approved by the FDA in the past decade. The combined research network brings together physicians who are actively connecting patients to clinical trials at more than 200 locations across the US.

HCA Healthcare Research Institute

HCA Healthcare Research Institute is the multispecialty clinical research arm of HCA Healthcare committed to advancing care for every individual through our affiliated network of providers and sites. The Research Institute is a connector, bringing together trusted pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners with community-based providers to impact more people in more places.