Case Study
Gaston Memorial Streamlines MPI Integrity
Gaston Me Morial s trea Mlines MPi i nte Grity Gaston Memorial Hospital is a 435-bed acute care facility in Gastonia, North Carolina. The hospital includes off-site radiology facilities, a pain center and a wound center, and processes an average of 318,300 registrations annually. Challenge: The HIM staff and MPI performance improvement teams at Gaston Memorial identified a continuing problem with duplicate medical records. In 2002, the