Sharp Healthcare

Infobox_Company
company_name = Sharp HealthCare

company_type = Not-for-profit hospital system
company_
foundation = San Diego, California (1955)
location_city = San Diego
location_country = USA
key_people = Michael Murphy, President
num_employees = 14,000
revenue = (Fiscal year ended September 30, 2007)
industry = Health Care
homepage = [http://www.sharp.com/ Sharp.com]
company_slogan = Sharp is San Diego's health care leader. |

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit integrated regional health care delivery system located in San Diego. Sharp includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two affiliated medical groups and a health plan. Sharp operates 1,870 beds, has approximately 2,600 physicians on medical staffs, more than 1,000 physicians in affiliated medical groups, more than 14,000 employees and represents $1.2 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in revenue.

Awards

In November 2007, Sharp HealthCare was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Sharp was one of five organizations to receive the award, which is the nation’s highest Presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence.

Sharp was the first health care provider in California and the eighth in the nation to receive this recognition.

History

The first Sharp hospital opened in 1955 as Donald N. Sharp Memorial Community Hospital, a nonprofit facility in San Diego. Funding for the facility included a 1950 donation of $500,000 from a rancher and radio communications pioneer named Thomas E. Sharp, in memory of his son, US Army Air Corps Lt. Donald N. Sharp, who had been killed in World War II. By 1952, more than $2.5 million had been donated by 1,300 individuals, families, and businesses. The groundbreaking for Donald N. Sharp Memorial Community Hospital took place in 1953 [http://www.sharp.com/about/index.cfm?id=99 History of Sharp HealthCare] ] .

Locations

Sharp HealthCare includes four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two medical groups and a health plan. Sharp's facilities operate 1,870 beds [http://www.sharp.com/about/index.cfm?id=98 Facts About Sharp HealthCare] ] .

Acute-Care Hospitals

harp Chula Vista Medical Center

Affiliated with Sharp HealthCare since 1989, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center is located in Chula Vista. It has 342 beds, including 100 skilled nursing beds.

The cancer treatment program at Sharp Chula Vista is certified by the American College of Surgeons.

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center employs 400 physicians and 1,200 health care professionals, and treats more than 80,000 patients each year.

harp Coronado Hospital

Sharp Coronado Hospital affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1994. Located in Coronado, the facility holds 204 beds, 145 of which are skilled nursing beds and 59 of which are acute-care beds. Sharp Coronado Hospital is the only Planetree Alliance hospital in San Diego County and, as such, focuses on patient empowerment, patient and family education and complementary therapies, including Healing Touch, clinical aromatherapy, acupuncture and massage therapy.

harp Grossmont Hospital

Located in La Mesa, California, Sharp Grossmont Hospital affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1991. Sharp Grossmont Hospital holds 481 beds, 30 of which are skilled nursing beds.

In November 2006, Sharp Grossmont Hospital received Magnet designation for excellence in patient care and nursing practices. As the highest level of honor awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Magnet Recognition Program is accepted nationally as the gold standard in nursing excellence.

harp Memorial Hospital

Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial Hospital is Sharp's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center. Located in Serra Mesa, the hospital has 341 beds, 76 of which are skilled nursing beds.

In January 2008, Sharp Memorial became the second Sharp hospital to receive the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet recognition for nursing excellence, making Sharp HealthCare the first health system in California with two Magnet-designated hospitals.

pecialty Hospitals

harp Mary Birch Hospital for Women

Opened in 1992, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women is one of the first of only 17 freestanding women's hospitals in the nation. More than 8,000 babies are born at Sharp Mary Birch each year, more than any other hospital in California. The hospital holds 169 beds, 61 of which are neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds.

harp Mesa Vista Hospital

Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital is the largest privately operated psychiatric hospital and premier provider of psychiatric and chemical dependency services in San Diego County. Sharp Mesa Vista joined Sharp in 1998 and currently holds 149 beds.

harp Vista Pacifica

Sharp Vista Pacifica provides state-of-the-art treatment for adults and their families, the only medically supervised chemical dependency recovery hospital in San Diego County to do so. The hospital affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1998 and has 16 beds.

Medical Groups

harp Community Medical Group

Sharp Community Medical Group is an association of private practice primary care physicians and specialists who practice in their own private offices located conveniently throughout San Diego County. The medical group network includes 235 primary care physicians and 530 specialists who currently provide care to more than 165,000 patients.

harp Rees-Stealy Medical Group

The Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group has 18 locations throughout San Diego County. The medical group has 336 physicians, 103 primary care physicians and 233 specialists that represent virtually every field of medicine.

References

External links

* [http://www.sharp.com/ Official site of Sharp HealthCare]

* [http://www.sharp.com/generalinfo/index.cfm?id=7570 Sharp Documentary]
* [http://www.quality.nist.gov/ Baldrige National Quality Program]