Crush the Crisis
HCA Healthcare’s Crush the Crisis initiative promotes safe medication disposal and raises awareness about prescription drug misuse, aligning with the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
As part of our sixth annual Crush the Crisis event, CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia collected
99 pounds of medication,
the most of any location across the enterprise.
Above: St. Mark’s Hospital participated in HCA Healthcare’s annual Crush the Crisis on Oct. 26, 2024, contributing to the organization’s record-breaking year.
Above (left to right): Brittany Speed, PharmD, BCPS, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Chippenham Hospital; Rebecca Perkins, Director of Revenue Integrity, Capital Division; Amy Cuenin, PharmD, Director of Pharmacy, Johnston-Willis Hospital; Laura Cwengros, PharmD, BCIDP, Infectious Diseases Clinical Manager, CJW Medical Center; Ashish Sethi, MD, MHA, Chief Medical Officer, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital; Amber Powell, PharmD, BCCCP, Clinical Manager, CJW Medical Center; Debra Anderson, PharmD, BCPS, Director of Pharmacy, Chippenham Hospital
In 2024, HCA Healthcare facilities partnered with local law enforcement to collect a record-breaking 21,137 pounds of unused or expired medications during our sixth annual Crush the Crisis prescription drug take back day. Across the nation, an estimated 14.5 million doses of medication were collected at more than 125 collection sites. HCA Healthcare has now collected more than 88,600 pounds of medication since launching Crush the Crisis as an enterprise initiative in 2019.