Sharp HealthCare

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Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit regional health care group located in San Diego. Sharp includes four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups, and a health plan. Sharp has approximately 2,600 physicians, and more than 18,000 employees.

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 began in 1950, with a

Locations

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Sharp HealthCare includes four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three medical groups and a health plan.[2]

Acute care Hospitals

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center

Affiliated with Sharp HealthCare since 1989,

The cancer treatment program at Sharp Chula Vista is certified by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center. The breast cancer treatment program at Sharp Chula Vista is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.^{[citation needed]}

Sharp Coronado Hospital

Located in La Mesa, California, Sharp Grossmont Hospital affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1991. Sharp Grossmont Hospital holds 524 licensed beds,^[3] 24 of which are neonatal intensive care beds.^[4]

Sharp Grossmont Hospital is recognized in 2022 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet Hospital for excellence in patient care and nursing practices.^[5]

The cancer treatment program at Sharp Grossmont is certified by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center.^{[citation needed]} The breast cancer treatment program at Sharp Grossmont is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.^{[citation needed]}

Sharp Memorial Hospital

Opened in 1955,

In January 2012, Sharp Memorial was formally designated as a Planetree Designated Patient-Centered Hospital, joining Sharp Coronado as the only other hospital in California to receive the designation. 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.^{[citation needed]}

The cancer treatment program at Sharp Memorial is certified by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer as a Comprehensive Community Cancer Center.^{[citation needed]} The breast cancer treatment program at Sharp Memorial is accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.^{[citation needed]}

Specialty hospitals

Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns

Opened in 1992, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns is one of the first freestanding women's hospitals in the nation. More than 9,400 babies are born at Sharp Mary Birch each year, more than any other hospital in California.^{[citation needed]} The hospital holds 206 beds, 84 of which are neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds.^{[citation needed]}

Sharp Mary Birch has been designated a "Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery" by the American Academy of Gynecologic Laparoscopists.^{[citation needed]}

Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital

Sharp Community Medical Group (SCMG) is an association of physicians who practice in their own private offices located throughout San Diego County. Sharp Community Medical Group includes 222 primary care physicians and 826 specialists.^[citation needed]

Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group

Sharp Rees-Stealy has 21 locations throughout San Diego County.^[6] The medical group has 592 physicians - 195 primary care physicians and 397 specialists that represent virtually every field of medicine.^{[citation needed]}

Health plan

Sharp Health Plan

Sharp Health Plan provides health insurance coverage for individuals, families, businesses and people with Medicare in San Diego County.^[7]

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