Sharp Medical Center, San Diego is a hospital whose mission is to enhance the health of its clients through a commitment to excellence in all its operations. As part of its commitment to provide affordable and accessible health care services, the hospital applies the 10 rules for redesigning the healthcare system through: Patient-centered Care and Patients as the Source of Control:

According to the Institute of Medicine, some of the important rules for redesigning the 21st Century healthcare system include customization of care based on patients' values and needs and patients being regarded as the source of control over health care decisions affecting them ("Crossing the Quality Chasm," 2001). Sharp Medical Center has applied these rules through providing special services to patients and their families via online patient tools and information about visiting hours. Through the provided information, the hospital's patients and their families are able to make informed decisions when choosing clinical practice, treatment, and health plan as required through the transparency rule.

Through the programs, the hospital provides health screenings as part of needs anticipation and establishes community standards for exceptional care ("Sharp Contributes to Community Health Needs," n.d.). The health facility engages its entire staff in attempts to provide exceptional care and practice medicine.
Cooperation among the Staff:

With a broad range of health care providers like nurses and physicians, the medical center has adopted an integrated health care delivery system that is committed to an extraordinary caring level known as the Sharp Experience. The experience provides care based on ongoing healing relationships with patients, reduction of waste resources and patient time, the effective exchange of information, and harmonization of care. In…