Sharp HealthCare is an integrated health care delivery system based in San Diego, operating as a not-for-profit organisation. The system comprises four acute-care hospitals, five specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups, and a comprehensive health plan, serving patients across the San Diego region with more than 20,000 employees and approximately 2,700 affiliated physicians.
The organisation structures itself around integrated care, combining hospital services, physician groups, and managed care within a single system. This architecture allows Sharp to coordinate patient care across multiple settings, from inpatient acute services to outpatient physician care to insurance coverage. The system emphasises high reliability and patient safety, with a stated commitment to achieving zero harm and zero defects.
Sharp's operational philosophy centres on what it calls The Sharp Experience - treating people rather than simply patients. The organisation frames its approach as combining medical science with attentiveness to patient needs and experience. Staff are recruited around the system's mission to be the best place to work, the best place to practice medicine, and the best place to receive care.
