Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Hospitals Directory

Gaston Memorial Hospital

2525 Court Drive
Gastonia, NC 28054-2142
(704) 834-2000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Gaston Memorial Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 398
Administrator: WAYNE F SHOVELIN, PRES
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO);

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Cardiac intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Obstetrics
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Birthing room
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 21,880
Inpatient surgeries: 4,222
Outpatient visits: 364,320
Outpatient surgeries: 12,915
Emergency room visits: 83,341
Births: 2,811
Number of beds: 398

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 464
Part-time registered nurses: 110
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 2
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 1
Total full-time faculty personnel: 1,926
Total part-time faculty personnel: 315

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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