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. 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. 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.
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