Sharp HealthCare explained

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit regional health care group based in San Diego, California. Sharp includes four acute care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups, and a health plan. According to Sharp, it has approximately 2,700 affiliated physicians and 19,000 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 donation of $500,000 from a local rancher and radio communications pioneer, Thomas E. Sharp. This donation was made in memory of his son, US Army Air Corps Lt. Donald N. Sharp, who had been killed during 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.^[1]

Locations

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

Acute care hospitals

• Sharp Memorial Hospital, opened in 1955, is Sharp's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center. Located in Birdland/Serra Mesa, the hospital has 656 licensed beds.
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, affiliated since 1989, is located in Chula Vista. It has 449 licensed beds, including 100 skilled nursing beds and 9 neonatal intensive care beds.
• Sharp Grossmont Hospital, located in La Mesa, California, affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1991. The hospital holds 524 licensed beds,^[3] 24 of which are neonatal intensive care beds.^[4]
• Sharp Coronado Hospital, affiliated since 1994, is located in Coronado and holds 181 licensed beds. It was the first Planetree Alliance hospital in San Diego County.

Specialty hospitals

• Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, opened in 1992, is one of the first freestanding women's hospitals in the nation. The hospital holds 206 beds, 84 of which are neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) beds.
• Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital is the largest privately operated psychiatric hospital and provider of psychiatric and chemical dependency services in San Diego County. Sharp Mesa Vista joined Sharp in 1998, and currently holds 158 licensed and 154 maintained psychiatric beds.
• Sharp McDonald Center provides treatment for adults and their families, the only medically supervised chemical dependency recovery hospital in San Diego County to do so. The hospital became affiliated with Sharp HealthCare in 1998 and has 17 licensed beds.

Medical groups

• SharpCare Medical Group provides care for patients in San Diego.
• Sharp Community Medical Group (SCMG) is an association of physicians located throughout San Diego County. The group includes 222 primary care physicians and 826 specialists.
• Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group has 21 locations throughout San Diego County.^[5]

Health plan

• Sharp Health Plan provides health insurance coverage for individuals, families, businesses and people with Medicare in San Diego County.^[6]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. http://www.sharp.com/about/index.cfm?id=99 History of Sharp HealthCare
2. http://www.sharp.com/about/fact-sheet.cfm Facts About Sharp HealthCare
3. Web site: Sharp Grossmont Virtual Tour in la Mesa | Sharp HealthCare .
4. Web site: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in la Mesa | Sharp HealthCare .
5. Web site: Sharp Rees-Stealy in San Diego . October 11, 2022 . Sharp HealthCare.
6. Web site: Sharp Health Plan - GuideStar Profile . October 11, 2022 . GuideStar.