Sharp Healthcare
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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.
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.
Other awards bestowed on Sharp HealthCare include:
• In 2011, Sharp was named among top integrated health care networks in California and the nation in an annual survey conducted by SDI, a leading health care data analyst. Sharp ranked No. 1 in California and No. 13 nationally.
• Sharp HealthCare ranked in 5th place in the large company-size category of California's Best Places to Work program
• Sharp HealthCare named one of the nation's "Most Wired" health care systems by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine for the 11th consecutive year
• Readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune named Sharp as San Diego's "Best Hospital" for 2011, the fifth year in a row Sharp has received this honor
• Sharp HealthCare is named one of Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare
• In 2011, Morehead Associates named Sharp HealthCare the 2010 Apex Award Winner for Workplace of Excellence for outstanding commitment to employee engagement
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.
• Created first home monitoring program for high-risk cardiac patients
• First cardiac catheterization
• First electronic pacemaker
west of Saint Louis
• First heart-kidney, heart, and lung transplants in San Diego
• First hospital-based program designed for the young children of alcoholics and other chemically dependent parents
• First major long-term rehabilitation center specializing in care for patients with spinal cord, stroke and brain injuries
• First private employer-sponsored child care center
• First use of the vented-electric left ventricular assist system (LVAS), which enables mobility for cardiac patients awaiting transplant surgery
• Opened the first hospice house in San Diego, offering in-home end-of-life care
• San Diego's first hospital-based alcohol and drug treatment program
• San Diego's first open-heart surgery
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital
is the first hospital to convert to digital imaging
• Sharp Memorial Hospital
, along with the San Diego Cardiac Center, participates in the first-ever human gene transfer therapy clinical trial in patients with heart failure
• Alcohol and Drug Dependency
• Bloodless Medicine
• Cancer Care
• Diabetes
• Endoscopy
• Heart and Vascular Care
• Home Care
• Hospice
• Mental Health
• Neurology and Stroke
• Orthopedics
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
• Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy
• Robotic-Assisted Surgery
• Transplant
• Weight-Loss (Bariatric) Surgery
• Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Affiliated with Sharp HealthCare since 1989, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
is located in Chula Vista. It has 343 beds, including 100 skilled nursing beds.
The cancer treatment program at Sharp Chula Vista is certified by the American College of Surgeons
. The Breast Program at Sharp Chula Vista is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
employs 400 physicians and 1,200 health care professionals, and treats more than 80,000 patients each year.
Sharp 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.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Located in La Mesa, California
, Sharp Grossmont Hospital
affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1991. Sharp Grossmont Hospital
holds 536 beds, 30 of which are skilled nursing beds.
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.
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.
Sharp 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 Birdland/Serra Mesa, the hospital has 341 beds, 76 of which are skilled nursing beds. Sharp Memorial Hospital is home to many specialized medical programs and departments, and houses the only heart transplant center in San Diego.
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.
In January 2009, the new expansion of Sharp Memorial Hospital
http://www.sharpmemorial.com opened. The new hospital, called the Stephen Birch Healthcare Center at Sharp Memorial Hospital
, continues Sharp's long-held commitment of offering clinical excellence with the latest technology and patient-focused care. As San Diego's first new hospital in more than 15 years, the new Sharp Memorial is 315621 square feet (29,322.2 m²) and holds 334 beds. A unique feature of the hospital is that every room is a private room with its own bathroom, at no extra cost to the patient, and with sleeping space for a family member or loved one to stay the night. The hospital will also include 48 private intensive-care rooms, a Jade Garden for meditation and reflection, family resource centers on each floor, a larger Emergency and Trauma Center with 37 emergency treatment bays and 10 emergency observation beds and a new surgery center with 10 state-of-the-art, high-tech surgery suites.
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
Opened in 1992, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
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.
Sharp 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.
Awards
In November 2007, Sharp HealthCare was awarded the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality AwardMalcolm 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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
National Institute of Standards and Technology
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The National Institute of Standards and Technology , known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards , is a measurement standards laboratory, otherwise known as a National Metrological Institute , which is a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce...
. 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.
Other awards bestowed on Sharp HealthCare include:
• In 2011, Sharp was named among top integrated health care networks in California and the nation in an annual survey conducted by SDI, a leading health care data analyst. Sharp ranked No. 1 in California and No. 13 nationally.
• Sharp HealthCare ranked in 5th place in the large company-size category of California's Best Places to Work program
• Sharp HealthCare named one of the nation's "Most Wired" health care systems by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine for the 11th consecutive year
• Readers of the San Diego Union-Tribune named Sharp as San Diego's "Best Hospital" for 2011, the fifth year in a row Sharp has received this honor
• Sharp HealthCare is named one of Modern Healthcare's Best Places to Work in Healthcare
• In 2011, Morehead Associates named Sharp HealthCare the 2010 Apex Award Winner for Workplace of Excellence for outstanding commitment to employee engagement
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 donationDonation
A donation is a gift given by physical or legal persons, typically for charitable purposes and/or to benefit a cause. A donation may take various forms, including cash, services, new or used goods including clothing, toys, food, and vehicles...
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
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. 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.
Medical Firsts
Sharp HealthCare has pioneered many medical firsts. Some of these include:• Created first home monitoring program for high-risk cardiac patients
• First cardiac catheterization
Cardiac catheterization
Cardiac catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart. This is done for both investigational and interventional purposes...
• First electronic pacemaker
Pacemaker
An artificial pacemaker is a medical device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the beating of the heart.Pacemaker may also refer to:-Medicine:...
west of Saint Louis
• First heart-kidney, heart, and lung transplants in San Diego
• First hospital-based program designed for the young children of alcoholics and other chemically dependent parents
• First major long-term rehabilitation center specializing in care for patients with spinal cord, stroke and brain injuries
• First private employer-sponsored child care center
• First use of the vented-electric left ventricular assist system (LVAS), which enables mobility for cardiac patients awaiting transplant surgery
• Opened the first hospice house in San Diego, offering in-home end-of-life care
• San Diego's first hospital-based alcohol and drug treatment program
• San Diego's first open-heart surgery
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
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....
is the first hospital to convert to digital imaging
• Sharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital is a hospital in San Diego, California, in the United States. Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial is Sharp HealthCare's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center...
, along with the San Diego Cardiac Center, participates in the first-ever human gene transfer therapy clinical trial in patients with heart failure
Services
Sharp HealthCare provides the following services at various hospitals within the Sharp system.• Alcohol and Drug Dependency
• Bloodless Medicine
• Cancer Care
• Diabetes
• Endoscopy
• Heart and Vascular Care
• Home Care
• Hospice
• Mental Health
• Neurology and Stroke
• Orthopedics
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
• Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging
• Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy
• Robotic-Assisted Surgery
• Transplant
• Weight-Loss (Bariatric) Surgery
• Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
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.Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterSharp Chula Vista Medical CenterSharp Chula Vista Medical Center is part of Sharp HealthCare and hosts the largest array of health care services in San Diego's South Bay.-History:...
Affiliated with Sharp HealthCare since 1989, Sharp Chula Vista Medical CenterSharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center is part of Sharp HealthCare and hosts the largest array of health care services in San Diego's South Bay.-History:...
is located in Chula Vista. It has 343 beds, including 100 skilled nursing beds.
The cancer treatment program at Sharp Chula Vista is certified by the American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice.-Membership:...
. The Breast Program at Sharp Chula Vista is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center is part of Sharp HealthCare and hosts the largest array of health care services in San Diego's South Bay.-History:...
employs 400 physicians and 1,200 health care professionals, and treats more than 80,000 patients each year.
Sharp Coronado HospitalSharp Coronado HospitalSharp Coronado Hospital is a part of Sharp HealthCare and is committed to providing patient-centered care to San Diegans.-History:Coronado Hospital was built in 1926 and began as a privately owned, 12-bed emergency hospital. It later grew and was established as a nonprofit, community-owned facility...
Sharp Coronado HospitalSharp Coronado Hospital
Sharp Coronado Hospital is a part of Sharp HealthCare and is committed to providing patient-centered care to San Diegans.-History:Coronado Hospital was built in 1926 and began as a privately owned, 12-bed emergency hospital. It later grew and was established as a nonprofit, community-owned facility...
affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1994. Located in Coronado
Coronado
Coronado may refer to:* Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, a Spanish explorer* Rodney Coronado, a US activist* Coronado, California* Coronado, Chihuahua* Coronado, Kansas* Coronado * Coronado Yachts* Coronado 15...
, the facility holds 204 beds, 145 of which are skilled nursing beds and 59 of which are acute-care beds. Sharp Coronado Hospital
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Sharp Coronado Hospital is a part of Sharp HealthCare and is committed to providing patient-centered care to San Diegans.-History:Coronado Hospital was built in 1926 and began as a privately owned, 12-bed emergency hospital. It later grew and was established as a nonprofit, community-owned facility...
is the only Planetree Alliance
Planetree Alliance
Planetree is a nonprofit organization of hospitals and other health care organizations founded in 1978 and headquartered in Derby, Connecticut, in the United States. It aims to provide more personal and human care in hospitals. The organization was founded by Anna Jaques after her frustration at...
hospital in San Diego County and, as such, focuses on patient empowerment, patient and family education and complementary therapies, including Healing Touch, clinical aromatherapy
Aromatherapy
Aromatherapy is a form of alternative medicine that uses volatile plant materials, known as essential oils, and other aromatic compounds for the purpose of altering a person's mind, mood, cognitive function or health....
, acupuncture
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a type of alternative medicine that treats patients by insertion and manipulation of solid, generally thin needles in the body....
and massage therapy.
Sharp Grossmont HospitalSharp Grossmont HospitalSharp 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....
Located in La Mesa, CaliforniaLa Mesa, California
La Mesa is a city in San Diego County, California. The population was 57,065 at the 2010 census, up from 54,749 at the 2000 census. It was founded in 1869 and officially incorporated as a city on February 16, 1912. Its official flower is the bougainvillea....
, Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
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....
affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1991. Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
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....
holds 536 beds, 30 of which are skilled nursing beds.
In September 2009, Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
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....
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.
In November 2006, Sharp Grossmont Hospital
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
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....
received Magnet designation for excellence in patient care and nursing practices. As the highest level of honor awarded by 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...
(ANCC), the Magnet Recognition Program is accepted nationally as the gold standard in nursing excellence.
Sharp Memorial HospitalSharp Memorial HospitalSharp Memorial Hospital is a hospital in San Diego, California, in the United States. Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial is Sharp HealthCare's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center...
Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial HospitalSharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital is a hospital in San Diego, California, in the United States. Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial is Sharp HealthCare's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center...
is Sharp's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center. Located in Birdland/Serra Mesa, the hospital has 341 beds, 76 of which are skilled nursing beds. Sharp Memorial Hospital is home to many specialized medical programs and departments, and houses the only heart transplant center in San Diego.
In January 2008, Sharp Memorial became the second Sharp hospital to receive 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...
Magnet recognition for nursing excellence, making Sharp HealthCare the first health system in 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...
with two Magnet-designated hospitals.
In January 2009, the new expansion of Sharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital is a hospital in San Diego, California, in the United States. Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial is Sharp HealthCare's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center...
http://www.sharpmemorial.com opened. The new hospital, called the Stephen Birch Healthcare Center at Sharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital
Sharp Memorial Hospital is a hospital in San Diego, California, in the United States. Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial is Sharp HealthCare's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center...
, continues Sharp's long-held commitment of offering clinical excellence with the latest technology and patient-focused care. As San Diego's first new hospital in more than 15 years, the new Sharp Memorial is 315621 square feet (29,322.2 m²) and holds 334 beds. A unique feature of the hospital is that every room is a private room with its own bathroom, at no extra cost to the patient, and with sleeping space for a family member or loved one to stay the night. The hospital will also include 48 private intensive-care rooms, a Jade Garden for meditation and reflection, family resource centers on each floor, a larger Emergency and Trauma Center with 37 emergency treatment bays and 10 emergency observation beds and a new surgery center with 10 state-of-the-art, high-tech surgery suites.
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & NewbornsSharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & NewbornsSharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns is a part of Sharp HealthCare and welcomes more newborns than any other hospital in California.-History:...
Opened in 1992, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & NewbornsSharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns
Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns is a part of Sharp HealthCare and welcomes more newborns than any other hospital in California.-History:...
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
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...
. The hospital holds 169 beds, 61 of which are neonatal intensive care unit
Neonatal intensive care unit
A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit —also called a Special Care Nursery, newborn intensive care unit, intensive care nursery , and special care baby unit —is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants.The problem of premature and congenitally ill infants is not a...
(NICU) beds.
Sharp Mesa Vista HospitalSharp Mesa Vista Hospital-History:Sharp Mesa Vista has been a part of Sharp HealthCare since 1998. The psychiatric facility holds 149 licensed beds.-Hospital Features:...
Sharp Mesa Vista HospitalSharp Mesa Vista Hospital
-History:Sharp Mesa Vista has been a part of Sharp HealthCare since 1998. The psychiatric facility holds 149 licensed beds.-Hospital Features:...
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.