Quality and Patient Safety

In order to deliver on the promise of putting patients and their families first in everything we do, SMDC Health System has adopted six guiding principles developed by the National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine.

These principles are considered the national standard for outstanding patient care:

• Safe
• Effective
• Patient-centered
• Timely
• Efficient
• Equitable

To learn how we implement these principles, click here.

Miller-Dwan Rehabilitation at SMDC Medical Center offers nine programs, including comprehensive medical rehabilitation, that have earned accreditation by the highly respected Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).

We have the Northland’s only CARF-accredited programs in:

• Brain Injury, both inpatient and outpatient, for adults, adolescents and children
• Spinal Cord System of Care for adults, adolescents and children
• Pediatric Family-Centered Care (Inpatient)
• Stroke Specialty Program