Nestled in the western Piedmont wine country of North Carolina in Elkin, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital (HCMH) has provided high-quality medical care for residents over a distinguished 84-year history. A private, not-for-profit hospital, HCMH employs more than 700 people, and is served by more than 70 physicians representing 26 specialties and subspecialties. In a recent national patient satisfaction survey, the hospital's patients gave the outpatient department a 99 percent excellent rating, the emergency department a 94 percent rating and OB-GYN services 98 percent. Most recently the hospital received an "A" grade for patient safety, and is only one of four hospitals in northwestern North Carolina receiving this grade.