GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - GASTONIA, NC

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GASTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
2525 COURT DR
GASTONIA, NC, 28052

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (704) 834-2000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Government - Local
Emergency Services: Yes
Type: Psychiatric Units

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Services
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Services
Chemotherapy Services
Child/Adolescent Psychiatric Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Dedicated Emergency Department Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Psychiatric Services
Emergency Services
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
ICU - Neonatal Services
ICU - Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Neurosurgical Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Opthalmic Surgery Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Rehabilitation Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Positron Emission Tomography (Pet) Scan Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Psychiatric Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 4.70
Registered Professional Nurses : 437.30
Other Salaried Personnel : 1410.80
Dieticians : 3.50
Occupational Therapists : 3.00
Physical Therapists : 7.90
Registered Pharmacists : 22.50
Respiratory Therapists : 30.80
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 2.20
Physicians : 5.00
Medical Social Workers : 15.60
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 39.20
Nuclear Medicine Technicians : 8.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 36.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 442
Total Certified: 442
Psychiatric Unit Beds: 68

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
North Carolina:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.0%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.9%

Percent of Patients Given Fibrinolytic Medication Within 30 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	100.0%
State:	50.0%

Percent of Patients Given PCI Within 90 Minutes Of Arrival

Here:	100.0%
North Carolina:	94.5%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	99.0%
North Carolina:	94.8%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	94.0%
North Carolina:	88.9%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.3%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Here:	99.0%
State:	95.3%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

Here:	100.0%
State:	96.1%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	91.7%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	92.6%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	100.0%
State:	94.8%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

Here:	99.0%
North Carolina:	97.7%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

This Hospital:	100.0%
North Carolina:	96.0%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	98.2%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

Here:	99.0%
State:	93.0%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

This Hospital:	99.0%
North Carolina:	94.8%

Percent of all Heart Surgery Patients whose blood sugar is kept under good control in the days right after surgery

Here:	97.0%
North Carolina:	93.8%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	99.7%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery

This Hospital:	100.0%
North Carolina:	91.0%

Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them

Here:	100.0%
State:	93.8%

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

This Hospital:	99.0%
State:	94.3%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

This Hospital:	97.0%
North Carolina:	94.7%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	15.5%
North Carolina:	15.8%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	11.6%
State:	11.1%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	11.4%
North Carolina:	12.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

Here:	17.6%
North Carolina:	19.6%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

Here:	21.3%
State:	24.3%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	18.6%
North Carolina:	18.7%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

Here:	24.600%
State:	30.827%

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

Here:	9.000%
State:	8.078%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.046%
North Carolina:	0.120%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.008%
State:	0.037%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 29%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	4%
North Carolina:	5%

Usually

Here:	16%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	80%
North Carolina:	79%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	4%
State:	4%

Usually

Here:	14%
State:	13%

Always

Here:	82%
North Carolina:	83%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

Here:	8%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	23%
State:	23%

Always

This Hospital:	69%
North Carolina:	67%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	7%
North Carolina:	7%

Usually

Here:	21%
North Carolina:	22%

Always

Here:	72%
State:	71%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	20%
State:	20%

Usually

This Hospital:	18%
State:	17%

Always

This Hospital:	62%
North Carolina:	63%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:	10%
State:	10%

Usually

Here:	22%
State:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	68%
State:	70%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

Here:	13%
North Carolina:	9%

Usually

Here:	31%
North Carolina:	29%

Always

This Hospital:	56%
North Carolina:	62%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

This Hospital:	83%
State:	83%

This Hospital:	17%
State:	17%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

This Hospital:	7%
North Carolina:	8%

7 or 8

Here:	25%
North Carolina:	23%

9 or 10

Here:	68%
State:	69%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

Here:	3%
State:	5%

Yes, probably

This Hospital:	25%
North Carolina:	24%

Yes, definitely

This Hospital:	72%
State:	71%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Falls And Trauma

This Hospital:	0.233%
State:	0.550%

Vascular Catheter-Associated Infection

Here:	0.349%
State:	0.360%

Catheter-Associated UTI

Here:	0.872%
North Carolina:	0.371%

Manifestations Of Poor Glycemic Control

Here:	0.058%
State:	0.060%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,348

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,934

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,512

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,441

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,980

Heart failure and shock w CC: $6,170

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,462

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $8,014

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $6,001

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,812

Diabetes w MCC: $8,362

Chest Pain: $3,268

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w MCC: $44,205

Cardiac valve and oth maj cardiothoracic proc w/o card cath w CC: $32,474

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $31,208

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $30,728

Cardiac defibrillator implant w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $41,280

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w/o MCC: $36,291

Cardiac defib implant w cardiac cath w/o AMI/HF/shock w MCC: $48,909

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $6,154

Extracranial procedures w CC: $9,514

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w/o MCC: $1,068

Coronary bypass w/o cardiac cath w MCC: $34,753

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $12,337

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,922

Perc cardiovasc proc w drug-eluting stent w/o MCC: $11,764

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,928

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $15,232

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $10,153

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $21,917

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $5,934

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w MCC: $15,289

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,623

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,978

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $15,738

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $31,777

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $5,565

Cervical spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $11,772

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $27,137

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $16,043

Spinal fusion except cervical w/o MCC: $21,900

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $35,135

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w/o CC/MCC: $5,771

Back and neck proc exc spinal fusion w CC/MCC or disc device/neurostim: $11,648

Bilateral or multiple major joint procs of lower extremity w/o MCC: $19,336

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $12,348

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $14,663

Revision of hip or knee replacement w/o CC/MCC: $15,014

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $15,699

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $9,067

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $20,125

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $1,068

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $17,694

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $8,466

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $20,162

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $11,456

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $11,862

Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm w MCC: $14,065

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,770

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $11,394

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $17,039

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w CC: $14,089

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $3,876

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,878

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $5,020

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $5,189

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