Sharp Grossmont Hospital
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Sharp Grossmont Hospital is located in La Mesa
, California
, and is the largest health care facility in East San Diego County with a service area covering 750 square miles.. It has been owned and operated by Sharp HealthCare
since 1955.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital is the largest health care facility and trauma center in East San Diego County and is known for its outstanding programs in emergency and critical care, cardiac care, orthopedics, rehabilitation, behavioral health, neurology, women’s health, children’s health and hospice care. In addition, the hospital’s emergency room is one of the most technologically advanced emergency and intensive care facilities in the nation. Sharp Grossmont has also been recognized as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence and is committed to providing the highest quality care.
In September 2009, Sharp Grossmont Hospital added 90 patient beds in its recently completed Emergency and Critical Care Center. The Center includes private rooms equipped with showers and flat-screen TVs, as well as either a couch or reclining chair that converts to a bed. The expansion added 24 intensive care unit beds on the second level and 66 monitored (med/surge) beds on the 4th and 5th levels. More than two-thirds of the hospital's acute-care beds are private. This expansion will enable Sharp Grossmont to serve an estimated 100,000 emergency patients annually and will help reduce wait times in the emergency room.
• Cardiovascular Services
• David and Donna Long Center for Cancer Treatment
• Emergency and Critical Care Center
• Grossmont Plaza Surgery Center
• Hospice
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Massage and Healing Touch Therapies
• Orthopedic Services
• Outpatient Imaging Center
• Palliative Care Services
• Pre-Admissions Evaluation Services (PAES)
• Rehabilitation Services
• Robotic Surgery
(da Vinci Surgical System)
• Senior Services
• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Sleep Disorders Center
• Spiritual Care Services
• Stroke Center
• Women’s Health Center
The first hospital to convert to digital imaging.
Sharp Grossmont opened the first hospice house in San Diego, known as the LakeView Home, offering in-home end-of-life care.
First in San Diego County to have a computerized tomography (CT) scanner with three-dimensional radiation treatment capabilities and dose calculations.
In 1993, the first East [San Diego County] outpatient cardiovascular diagnosis center opened at Sharp Grossmont Hospital as part of the Cardiovascular Institute.
Also in 1993, Sharp Grossmont opened the David and Donna Long Center for Cancer Treatment, San Diego County’s first stand-alone cancer center offering comprehensive diagnoses, treatment (chemotherapy), drug trials and radiation therapy in one location.
/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines Program with the Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.
In 2010, Sharp Grossmont Hospital was recognized as one of San Diego's "Best Hospitals" in the San Diego Union-Tribune's San Diego's Best readers poll.
In 2010, Sharp Grossmont received two prestigious Beacon Awards for Critical Care Excellence.
In 2010, Sharp Grossmont was honored by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines Program with multiple 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. Sharp Grossmont Hospital is a part of Sharp HealthCare.
In 2006, Sharp Grossmont received the American Nurses Credentialing Center
’s prestigious Magnet designation for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.
La Mesa
La Mesa may refer to:* La Mesa, California, a city in California, USA* La Mesa, Cundinamarca, a town in Cundinamarca, Colombia* La Mesa, a town in the Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA* La Mesa, a town in the Veraguas Province, Panama...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, and is the largest health care facility in East San Diego County with a service area covering 750 square miles.. It has been owned and operated by Sharp HealthCare
Sharp Healthcare
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...
since 1955.
Overview
Sharp Grossmont Hospital, located in San Diego, is a 536-bed hospital that provides medical and surgical care, intensive care, sub-acute and long-term care, rehabilitation and emergency services in a peaceful setting.Sharp Grossmont Hospital is the largest health care facility and trauma center in East San Diego County and is known for its outstanding programs in emergency and critical care, cardiac care, orthopedics, rehabilitation, behavioral health, neurology, women’s health, children’s health and hospice care. In addition, the hospital’s emergency room is one of the most technologically advanced emergency and intensive care facilities in the nation. Sharp Grossmont has also been recognized as a Magnet hospital for nursing excellence and is committed to providing the highest quality care.
In September 2009, Sharp Grossmont Hospital added 90 patient beds in its recently completed Emergency and Critical Care Center. The Center includes private rooms equipped with showers and flat-screen TVs, as well as either a couch or reclining chair that converts to a bed. The expansion added 24 intensive care unit beds on the second level and 66 monitored (med/surge) beds on the 4th and 5th levels. More than two-thirds of the hospital's acute-care beds are private. This expansion will enable Sharp Grossmont to serve an estimated 100,000 emergency patients annually and will help reduce wait times in the emergency room.
Services
• Behavioral Health Services• Cardiovascular Services
• David and Donna Long Center for Cancer Treatment
• Emergency and Critical Care Center
• Grossmont Plaza Surgery Center
• Hospice
Hospice
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
• Massage and Healing Touch Therapies
• Orthopedic Services
• Outpatient Imaging Center
• Palliative Care Services
• Pre-Admissions Evaluation Services (PAES)
• Rehabilitation Services
• Robotic Surgery
Robotic surgery
Robotic surgery, computer-assisted surgery, and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures....
(da Vinci Surgical System)
• Senior Services
• Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Sleep Disorders Center
• Spiritual Care Services
• Stroke Center
• Women’s Health Center
Medical Firsts
The David and Donna Long Center at Sharp Grossmont is the first center in San Diego County to implement the TomoTherapy Hi-Art System, a radiation treatment device with a built-in computerized tomography (CT) scanner.The first hospital to convert to digital imaging.
Sharp Grossmont opened the first hospice house in San Diego, known as the LakeView Home, offering in-home end-of-life care.
First in San Diego County to have a computerized tomography (CT) scanner with three-dimensional radiation treatment capabilities and dose calculations.
In 1993, the first East [San Diego County] outpatient cardiovascular diagnosis center opened at Sharp Grossmont Hospital as part of the Cardiovascular Institute.
Also in 1993, Sharp Grossmont opened the David and Donna Long Center for Cancer Treatment, San Diego County’s first stand-alone cancer center offering comprehensive diagnoses, treatment (chemotherapy), drug trials and radiation therapy in one location.
Awards
In 2011, Sharp Grossmont Hospital was honored by the American Heart AssociationAmerican Heart Association
The American Heart Association is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas...
/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines Program with the Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award.
In 2010, Sharp Grossmont Hospital was recognized as one of San Diego's "Best Hospitals" in the San Diego Union-Tribune's San Diego's Best readers poll.
In 2010, Sharp Grossmont received two prestigious Beacon Awards for Critical Care Excellence.
In 2010, Sharp Grossmont was honored by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines Program with multiple awards.
In November 2007, Sharp HealthCare was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. The Baldrige Award is the only formal recognition of the performance excellence of both public and private U.S. organizations given by...
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. Sharp Grossmont Hospital is a part of Sharp HealthCare.
In 2006, Sharp Grossmont received the American Nurses Credentialing Center
American Nurses Credentialing Center
The American Nurses Credentialing Center , a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association , is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States , currently certifying over 75,000 APRNs...
’s prestigious Magnet designation for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.