Sharp Rees-Stealy Named San Diego’s Best Medical Group for the Second Year in a Row

SAN DIEGO — Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group has been recognized by the readers of U-T San Diego as San Diego’s “Best Medical Group” for 2012. This marks the second consecutive year the group has received this recognition.

“We are honored again to be named San Diego’s ‘Best Medical Group’,” said Dr. Donald Balfour, president and medical director of Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group. “This accolade has special meaning to Sharp Rees-Stealy because the residents of San Diego – the people who turn to us for care each day – voted for us, demonstrating their confidence in our extraordinary level of care we like to call The Sharp Experience.”

For six years in a row, readers of the U-T San Diego have recognized Sharp facilities as the best health care providers in San Diego through the newspaper’s annual survey.

About Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
Consistently recognized for superior patient care, Sharp Rees-Stealy was awarded Elite Status, the highest designation for quality care given by the California Association of Physician Groups as part of its 2012 Standards of Excellence. The group was also named the American Medical Group Association’s prestigious Acclaim Award Honoree for 2010 and is certified by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory health Care, an industry benchmark for quality. Sharp Rees-Stealy was named one of California’s top medical groups in 2012 by the California State Office of the Patient Advocate and, for the fifth year, by the Integrated Healthcare Association.

About Sharp HealthCare
Sharp Memorial and Sharp Rees-Stealy are part of Sharp HealthCare, the region’s largest health care provider and a 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient.  To learn more about Sharp Rees-Stealy, visit www.sharp.com/srs or call 1-800-82-SHARP (1-800-827-4277).