DCHS wins excellence award in patient safety

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Healthcare System (DCHS) earned a 2018 Excellence Award in patient safety from the Economic Alliance for Michigan (EAM).

DCHS was among eight hospitals statewide to win award, and the only hospital in the Upper Peninsula to do so. It is one of only three statewide hospitals to have earned the award for all three years.

DCHS CEO John Schon said the the award is a result of “a strong and coordinated effort between our physicians and hospital staff to consistently provide the best care we can for our loyal patients that utilize our health care services.”