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Sharp Healthcare
Sharp HealthCare is an integrated regional healthcare delivery system based in San Diego, California. Sharp includes four acute-care hospitals, five specialty hospitals and three medical groups plus a full spectrum of other facilities and services. Serving a population of approximately 3 million in San Diego County, Sharp operates 1,867 beds, has approximately 2,600 physicians on medical staffs, 1,587 physicians in medical groups, more than 14,000 employees and represents $1 billion in assets and $1.4 billion in revenue.

SPECIALTIES AND RESEARCH

Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women has a commitment to service, using the latest technology and medical treatments as well as hotel-like rooms with room-service meals. Sharp Mary Birch delivered more babies in 2005 than any other hospital in California, offering specialty womens services such as genetic counseling, ultrasonography including 3-D, biophysical profiles, fetal well-being assessments and therapy to diagnose and manage patients with highrisk pregnancies. Sharp Mary Birch also has an 18- bed Perinatal Special Care Unitone of only a few in the nation and the only one in San Diegofor premature babies or complicated pregnancies.

Sharp Memorial Hospital Cancer Institute is now treating prostate cancer patients with the new da Vinci Surgical System to provide a less invasive, more accurate surgery. The new system, the first in San Diego, is a $1.3 million technology and is part of a $5 million investment toward the improvement, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Ranked the No. 1 integrated healthcare provider in California by Modern Healthcare magazine for the sixth consecutive year.  Selected the best company to work for in the large employer category by the San Diego Business Journal for the second year in a row.  Named one of the 100 Most Wired health systems by Hospital and Health Networks.  Sharp Grossmont Hospital earned the Gold Seal of Approval for stroke care from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. It was awarded the Primary Stoke Center Certification in January of 2006.  Fit Pregnancy named Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women one of the top 10 places in the United States to have a baby.  The Sharp Mary Birch NICU has been named a Center for Excellence in Infection Control by the Vermont Oxford Network, an organization specializing in providing benchmarking services to more than 400 neonatal intensive care units in the country.

CONTACT INFORMATION

800-82-SHARP sharp.com