Awards and Recognitions

Sharp HealthCare is frequently recognized for its commitment to clinical excellence and high-quality patient care by local and national organizations. Following are details about current awards. For a complete list of awards, go to Awards History.

Sharp Memorial and Sharp Grossmont Achieve MAGNET® Designation for Nursing Excellence The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) awarded Sharp Memorial Hospital and Sharp Grossmont Hospital prestigious MAGNET designation for excellence in nursing practices and quality patient care.
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Sharp HealthCare received the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest presidential honor for quality and organizational performance excellence. Listen to Sharp's radio commercial.
Sharp Memorial and Sharp Grossmont Cancer Centers Designated as Breast Health Centers Sharp Memorial Hospital and Sharp Grossmont Hospital are two of only eight hospitals in California to receive a three-year designation as an accredited breast center, which distinguishes hospitals that provide comprehensive breast care services to patients.
Sharp Memorial Hospital Named Most Beautiful Hospital in America Sharp Memorial Hospital was named the "Most Beautiful Hospital in America" by voters in a contest run by Soliant Health. Sharp HospiceCare Receives Honor for Palliative and End-of-Life Care Program The American Hospital Association granted Sharp HospiceCare its Circle of Life Citation of Honor, recognizing the hospice provider for its strong management leadership, comprehensive services and programs, robust evaluation and improvement work and creative initiatives.
Sharp Coronado Hospital First in Nation Redesignated as Patient-Centered Hospital Sharp Coronado is the first hospital in the country to achieve redesignation by Planetree, Inc., as a Planetree Patient-Centered Hospital.
Sharp Memorial Hospital's Trauma Center Ranks Among Top in Nation Sharp Memorial Hospital's Trauma Center was ranked in the top 20 percent in the categories of mortality, complication rates and length of stay in the American College of Surgeons' Trauma Quality Improvement Program, an outcomes-based benchmarking program to improve patient care.
Sharp's Program Named Best at Reducing Traffic Congestion The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) named Sharp's transportation program as one of the top programs in San Diego County working to reduce traffic congestion and cut emissions.
Sharp Coronado Honored by State Quality Reporting Task Force Sharp Coronado Hospital was recognized with a prestigious Certificate of Excellence from the California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Task Force on performance ratings for clinical outcomes for services.
Sharp Grossmont Hospital's Critical Care Unit Recognized Nationally for Excellence Sharp Grossmont Hospital's Medical Intensive Care Unit received the Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence®, which recognizes units that demonstrate best practice methods.
Sharp HealthCare Hospitals Receive National Recognition for Heart and Stroke Quality Care Sharp's four acute-care hospitals earned awards from the American Heart Association's and American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines Program for quality care in treating patients.
Sharp Hospitals Designated as Blue Distinction Centers for Spine Surgery and Knee and Hip Replacement Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Sharp Grossmont Hospital and Sharp Memorial Hospital were designated Blue Distinction Centers for spine surgery and knee and hip replacement. Sharp Coronado Hospital was designated a Blue Distinction Center for knee and hip replacement.
Sharp HealthCare Rated Top Hospital Network in California and No. 6 in the Nation For the 12th year in a row, Sharp HealthCare has been named among the top integrated health care networks in the nation in an annual survey conducted by SDI, a leading health care data analyst. Sharp ranked No. 1 in California and No. 6 nationally.
Sharp Coronado Recognized by American Heart Association for Excellence in Treating Stroke Sharp Coronado Hospital received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines—Stroke Silver Performance Achievement Award for success in implementing a high standard of care for stroke patients.
Sharp Chula Vista Nationally Recognized for Superior Energy Efficiency Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top energy honor, the Energy Star, for outstanding efficiency.
Sharp HealthCare Hospitals Win Outstanding Physician Satisfaction Award Sharp Coronado Hospital and Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns were named 2009 Press Ganey Best Place to Practice award winners for outstanding physician satisfaction scores.
Sharp Grossmont Earns American Heart Association's Gold Performance Achievement Award Sharp Grossmont Hospital earned the Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines program for its quality care in treating heart failure patients.
Sharp HealthCare Medical Groups Recognized for "Elite" Care Sharp's two affiliated medical groups — Sharp Rees-Stealy and Sharp Community Medical Group — were awarded Elite Status, the highest possible designation for quality care given by the California Association of Physician Groups as part of its 2009 Standards of Excellence program.
Sharp Chula Vista Commended for Getting With The Guidelines Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center has been recognized with the Bronze Performance Achievement Award for implementing the American Heart Association's (AHA) Get With The Guidelines program.
Sharp Grossmont Recognized for Outstanding Financial Practices Sharp Grossmont Hospital was one of 11 hospitals in the nation to receive the Healthcare Financial Management Association's High Performance in the Revenue Cycle Award, which honors hospitals that practice proficient fiscal responsibility and receive positive patient experiences.
Greystone Best in Class Awards Sharp HealthCare won an award in each nominated category for the 7th annual Best in Class Awards given by Greystone.Net, which showcases the finest in hospital and health care system website content and functionality. Sharp was honored in the following categories: Best Overall Website, Best Redesigned Website, Best Use of Analytics, Best Method of Driving Traffic to Site and Best Use of Cross-Media Approaches.
Innovative User of Business Technology InformationWeek selected Sharp HealthCare as one of the nation’s 250 leading users of business technology for its 2009 InformationWeek 500 list. Sharp earned the rank of No. 189 overall and was the only California-based health care provider represented in the 500-member list.
Best Hospital in San Diego Readers of The San Diego Union-Tribune recognized Sharp HealthCare as San Diego's "Best Hospital" in the newspaper's "Best of San Diego" Readers' Poll for 2009. This is the third year in a row Sharp has been honored with this title. The issue was published on Aug. 2, 2009.