{{multiple issues| {{Primary sources|date=July 2009}} {{more footnotes needed|date=April 2014}} }} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox hospital <!-- Instructions: All fields and invisible comments should be left intact for future editors, even if currently unused. --> <!-- If copying to another article, please copy the entire template. --> <!-- Full template and instructions at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_hospital --> | name = Sharp Memorial Hospital | org_group = Sharp HealthCare<!-- optional --> | image = SharpMemorial.jpg | image_alt = <!-- optional --> | caption = <!-- optional --> | pushpin_map = | logo = Sharp HealthCare official company logo.jpg | logo_size = <!-- optional --> | location = | region = San Diego | state = California | country = US | coordinates = | healthcare = <!-- UK:NHS. AU/CA: Medicare. ELSE freetext, eg Private --> | funding = Non-profit | type = General<!-- Community, District, General, District General, Teaching, Specialist --> | speciality = <!-- if devoted to a speciality (ie not a broad spectrum of specialities) and Type=Specialist/Teaching --> | standards = <!-- optional if no national standards --> | emergency = II<!-- UK/IR/HK/SG: Yes/No, CA/US: I/II/III/IV/V for Trauma certification level --> | helipad = {{Airport codes|||CL36|p=n}}<!-- Optional, use Yes, No, or use Template:Airport codes. Only list if verifiable, leave blank if unknown. --> | affiliation = <!-- 'None' or Medical School and University affiliations (medical or paramedical) --> | patron = <!-- 'None' or the individual who acts as the hospital patron --> | network = | beds = 656 | founded = 1955 | closed = | website = {{URL|http://www.sharp.com/memorial/index.cfm}} }}
'''Sharp Memorial Hospital''' is a hospital in San Diego, California. Opened in 1955, Sharp Memorial is Sharp HealthCare's largest hospital and the system's only designated Level II trauma center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facs.org/search/trauma-centers?name=sharp%20memorial|title=Trauma Centers|website=American College of Surgeons|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> Located in Serra Mesa, the hospital has 656 beds,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ahd.com/free_profile.php?hcfa_id=b739057ec8f9a2066ede8eaea9b18eae&ek=69217563269a86882827256c7ff18623|title=American Hospital Directory – Sharp Memorial Hospital (050100) |website=www.ahd.com|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> including 48 for intensive-care services.
In January 2009, the new expansion of Sharp Memorial Hospital opened. The new Stephen Birch Healthcare Center at Sharp Memorial Hospital is {{convert|315621|sqft}} and holds 670 beds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2009/jan/14/new-stephen-birch-healthcare-center-unveiled/|title=New Stephen Birch Healthcare Center Unveiled|last=Raney|first=Chris|date=January 14, 2009|website=www.sandiegoreader.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nurse.com/blog/2009/01/12/sharp-memorial-hospital-opens-stephen-birch-healthcare-center-2/|title=Sharp Memorial Hospital Opens Stephen Birch Healthcare Center|first=J|last=Green|date=2009-01-12|website=Nurse.com Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref>
==Awards== In June 2010, Sharp Memorial was named "The Most Beautiful Hospital in America" by Soliant Health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soliant.com/most-beautiful-hospital-contest/|title=Top Most Beautiful USA Hospital Contest of 2019|website=Soliant}}</ref>
In January 2008, Sharp Memorial became the second Sharp hospital to receive the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet recognition for nursing excellence, making Sharp HealthCare the first health system in California with two Magnet-designated hospitals.<ref>Sounart, A. [https://www.amnhealthcare.com/News/news-details.aspx?Id=3980 Sharp Memorial Hospital Achieves Magnet Status.] AMN Healthcare.</ref>
Sharp Memorial Hospital was named the 72nd best hospital in the United States according to Newsweek's World's Best Hospitals 2024.<ref>{{cite web | title=World's Best Hospitals 2024 | website=Newsweek | date=2024-02-28 | url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2024/united-states | access-date=2024-12-27}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.sharp.com/ Official site of Sharp HealthCare] * [http://www.sharp.com/memorial Official site of Sharp Memorial Hospital] * [http://gis.oshpd.ca.gov/atlas/places/facility/106370694 This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas] A project by OSHPD
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Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1955 Category:Hospitals in San Diego Category:Hospitals established in 1955 Category:1955 establishments in California Category:Hospital buildings completed in 2009 Category:Trauma centers