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Cuts Would Cost San Diego County $17 million SANTEE, Calif., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Citing the real impact cutting the safety net would have on the most vulnerable residents, San Diego County Supervisors Greg Cox and Dianne Jacob joined with local hospital leaders today to call on the California Legislature and Governor Brown to spare hospital-based skilled-nursing facilities and other health care providers from devastating Medi-Cal cuts. Both Assembly Bill 900 by...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Daniel L. Gross, DNSc, RN, Executive Vice President of Hospital Operations for Sharp HealthCare, received the Award of Merit from the California Hospital Association (CHA), at the organization's board meeting today in Newport Beach. CHA, which is dedicated to advancing the interests of California hospitals, patients and communities, gives its highest honor to a CHA member executive for outstanding contributions to the California...
Chula Vista Seals the Deal for One Megawatt Solar Project with Sullivan Solar Power Chula Vista, CA (PRWEB) May 05, 2012 The City of Chula Vista has been a local and national leader in implementing programs aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enacting climate protection policies. Chula Vista, the second largest municipality in San Diego County, is one of the largest solar generators in our region. According to California Solar Initiative data, Chula Vista ranks second in...
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp HealthCare was recently designated as a Quintiles Prime Site, a distinction that gives Sharp's medical facilities an enhanced role in global clinical research and the development of new and more effective medicines. Sharp is one of a small group of elite sites spread across Europe, Africa and Asia. As a Prime Site, Sharp has the opportunity to be first in line for access to new industry-sponsored clinical trials available through...
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp HealthCare today announced it has been selected to participate in the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model, a new initiative sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center. Through the Pioneer ACO Model, the newly created Sharp HealthCare ACO will work with CMS to pilot a program for Medicare beneficiaries that enhances the engagement between patients and their medical...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp HealthCare's 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 (CAPG) as part of its 2011 Standards of Excellence program. CAPG is one of the nation's largest professional organizations of managed care physician groups. "We are grateful to be recognized for the exceptional...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- For the twelfth year in a row, Sharp HealthCare has been named among the top 100 integrated health care networks in the nation in an annual survey conducted by SDI, a leading health care data analyst. Sharp was ranked No. 6 in the nation and No. 1 in California. SDI's annual report, published annually by Modern Healthcare, is regarded as the nation's premier rating system for evaluating integrated health care networks on their performance and degree of...
High-tech facility designed to meet critical needs of patients, families and staff SAN DIEGO, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Memorial Hospital, the flagship facility of San Diego County's most comprehensive health care delivery system, has completed a multi-tiered expansion to become the premier referral care center and first-of-its-kind facility in the region. The new 315,000-square-foot, 334-bed structure, named the Stephen Birch Healthcare Center, is also the first hospital in San Diego...
Sharp HealthCare and the Premier healthcare alliance, both based in San Diego and both recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, are expanding their collaborative relationship. Five Sharp hospitals soon will deploy Premier SafetySurveillor(TM) infection control and pharmacy modules to track and prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and optimize antibiotic use, thereby increasing patient safety and reducing costs. "Healthcare professionals are acutely aware of the...
More Than 50 Hospitals Statewide Join Program to Save Lives and Money for Blue Shield of California Foundation Carri Cummings, 916-341-0472 carri@zieglerassociates.net Logo: http://www.blueshieldcafoundation.org/index.cfm Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced it is dramatically expanding a nine-hospital pilot to include more than 50 hospitals across the state that are committed to saving hundreds of patient lives and millions of healthcare dollars by reducing...
