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to the Community's Needs
1990's
High Point Regional had a new
building, yet the hospital continued to grow and change
in response to health care’s constantly changing landscape.
More outpatient services were needed; yet those patients
who were hospitalized needed more sophisticated care, so
High Point Regional added programs such as: High Point Surgery
Center, the MRI Center, the Pain Management Center, the
Cancer Registry, the Sleep Disorders Center, High Point
Behavioral Health, the Restorative Care Unit and reconfigured
inpatient units to provide more intensive and intermediate
care.
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 1991
The Hospital launched an open-heart
surgery program in 1991, a monumental step forward in the
quest for true "regional" health care. Meanwhile,
the hospital shaped its Centers of Excellence in cancer
care, emergency medicine, heart care, neuroscience, orthopaedics
and women’s health, as well.
1995
Not even 10 years after High Point Regional
opened its new facility, administrative and board leaders
realized that the hospital may once again need more room,
so research and planning began.
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 A
Health "System"
1996, 1997
By 1996, High Point Regional’s corporate structure evolved
into a "Health System," because hospital care had
become only a part of what the organization did. Outpatient
services for pain management, physical rehabilitation, diabetes
management, behavioral health, laboratory services, wound
care, urgent care – and much, much more – were
just the beginning of the organization’s diverse network
of healthcare resources.
Meanwhile, the Endowment Fund grows steadily, and with an
historic vote, the Endowment Board and Board of Trustees voted
to grant a portion of the growth of the Endowment Fund to
establish a Teen Resource Center in High Point. This vote
set the precedent for future Endowment grants now totaling
in excess of $4.5 million. The Endowment grants fund many
projects including the Millis Regional Health Education Center,
the Community Clinic and the Guilford School Health Alliance.
The Health System was also instrumental in the development
of Guilford Child Health, and later, Guilford Adult Health,
to care for the area’s medically indigent. |
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