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March 4, 2010 | Volume 4, Issue 3 | www.sdchamber.org | contact us
Q: What is your history at Sharp HealthCare?
A: I began my career at Sharp in 1979 as a critical care nurse at Sharp Memorial Hospital. In the following years I served as clinical nurse IV, director of patient care services, regional director of critical care, regional director of patient care services, and system vice president of clinical services. Prior to my role as executive vice president, I was CEO of the Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus where I oversaw five hospitals, an outpatient surgery center, home care services, and two senior centers.
Q: What sets Sharp apart from other hospitals?
AOur health care system is truly unique and stands out as a leader in our industry. Sharp HealthCare hospitals are the market share leader in San Diego County, providing care to approximately 28 percent of the local market. Our hospitals include the largest freestanding women’s hospital west of the Mississippi, which delivers more than 8,500 babies each year and has San Diego’s largest neonatal intensive care unit, the largest non-state operated behavioral health facility in California, a Level II trauma center, an active multiorgan transplant program, the largest and busiest robotic surgical program in San Diego County, as well as the largest provider of subacute services. We were also recently honored as a Top 100 Integrated Health Network, ranked No. 1 in California and No. 6 in the nation, in a survey reported annually in Modern Healthcare magazine. In 2008, Sharp was ranked as the 5th Best Place to Work in California by the Employers Group, and from 2007 to 2009, Sharp had the honor of being voted Best Hospital in The San Diego Union-Tribune readers’ poll.
Q: What are the biggest challenges you see facing the ever-changing health care industry?
A: Health care is being challenged on numerous fronts. We continue to see access to care and the growing number of uninsured threaten the health of our community. Employers, businesses, and health care providers are challenged with continuing increases in health care costs. Our federal and state budget crises put at risk the viability of health care programs and services. Unfunded legislative mandates are ever increasing and impacting the financial bottom lines of health care systems. Eroding health care operating margins limit investment in new technology, aging infrastructure, and our human capital. Physician and workforce shortages remain throughout San Diego County. Lastly, the uncertainty of health care reform remains an ever-present concern. We need to do all we can as a business community to advocate for legislation that supports a fair and affordable health care system for all.
As Executive Vice President of Hospital Operations, Daniel Gross oversees four acute care hospitals - Sharp Memorial Hospital, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center and Sharp Coronado Hospital and Healthcare Center; and three specialty hospitals - Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns, Sharp Mesa Vista Hospital and Sharp Vista Pacifica Hospital. Gross received his B.S.N. from Wichita State University, his M.S. in nursing administration from SDSU, and his DNSc from the University of San Diego. He is past chair of the board of directors for the California Hospital Association; past chair and chair-elect of the Hospital Association of San Diego and Imperial Counties Board; and a member of the board for the American Heart Association, San Diego Chapter. Gross serves on numerous other community, health care, and academic boards.
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Executive Profile: Daniel L. Gross, DNSc, RN