Specialty Hospital of Washington The Specialty Hospital of Washington specializes in long-term intensive care and is licensed as a specialty hospital and a skilled nursing facility, respectively. Though the concept of long-term acute care has been in existence throughout the nation for several years, SHW was the first of its type to operate in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. SHW was established in the District of Columbia in July, 1995 to provide a comprehensive, cost-effective alternative to long term stays in an intensive care or critical care units of a short-term general acute care hospital. Specialty Hospitals of America, LCC, acquired and assumed management of SHW, formally MedLINK Hospital and Nursing Center at Capital Hill, in late 2005. read more...

Specialty Hospitals of America manages, operates and develops focused - high acuity long and short term acute care hospitals and nursing facilities. Recently founded, the company's vision is to provide focused centers of medical excellence (FCME's) in its managed and owned hospitals and nursing facilities.

Only through the bringing of "Best Clinical Practices" can the most contemporary applications of CQI (Continuous Quality Improvement) be brought to the health care market place.

The realization of the goal of high-volume, high-quality, low-cost service provision in hospitals and healthcare facilities can only be achieved by the use of top-notch hospital administrative expertise at all levels of institutional and non-institutional healthcare. Specialty Hospitals of America utilizes this expertise to improve medical outcomes and financial performance of our local healthcare facilities.

The leadership team at Specialty Hospitals of America has created an operational standard where high-quality and respect are the hallmarks of the patient and employee experience within a financially viable and sustainable business model and environment.