Birthing-friendly hospitals in Alabama

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Alabama

Alabama has 39 birthing-friendly hospitals. 39 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 52 min.

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement programme and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programmes rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

Hospital	City	ER wait	CMS rating
Russell Hospital	Alexander City	2 hr 18 min	3/5
Andalusia Regional Hospital	Andalusia	2 hr 52 min	2/5
Northeast Alabama Regional Med Center	Anniston	4 hr 4 min	1/5
Athens-Limestone Hospital	Athens	2 hr 58 min	2/5
North Baldwin Infirmary	Bay Minette	3 hr	3/5
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System	Bessemer	2 hr 27 min	3/5
Brookwood Medical Center	Birmingham	2 hr 38 min	3/5
Trinity Medical Center	Birmingham	2 hr 54 min	3/5
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	3 hr 31 min	2/5
St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	4 hr 3 min	3/5
Marshall Medical Center South	Boaz	2 hr 23 min	3/5
Marshall Medical Center South	Boaz	2 hr 23 min	3/5
D W McMillan Memorial Hospital	Brewton	2 hr 46 min	1/5
Bibb Medical Center	Centreville	2 hr 10 min	—
Cullman Regional Medical Center	Cullman	2 hr 32 min	2/5
Decatur General Hospital	Decatur	2 hr 40 min	3/5
Flowers Hospital	Dothan	3 hr 47 min	2/5
Southeast Alabama Medical Center	Dothan	3 hr 32 min	4/5
Medical Center Enterprise	Enterprise	2 hr 22 min	4/5
Thomas Hospital	Fairhope	3 hr 8 min	2/5
Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital	Florence	2 hr 27 min	2/5
South Baldwin Regional Medical Center	Foley	2 hr 20 min	4/5
Dekalb Regional Medical Center	Fort Payne	2 hr 44 min	2/5
Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	3 hr 21 min	2/5
Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville	2 hr 44 min	3/5
Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	3 hr 58 min	3/5
Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper	2 hr 35 min	3/5
Mobile Infirmary	Mobile	3 hr 5 min	2/5
Providence Hospital	Mobile	3 hr 32 min	3/5
Springhill Medical Center	Mobile	2 hr 27 min	3/5
Baptist Medical Center East	Montgomery	3 hr 59 min	4/5
Baptist Medical Center South	Montgomery	3 hr 40 min	2/5
Jackson Hospital & Clinic INC	Montgomery	2 hr 18 min	2/5
East Alabama Medical Center and Snf	Opelika	3 hr 20 min	3/5
Highlands Medical Center	Scottsboro	2 hr 56 min	3/5
Vaughan Reg Med Center Parkway Campus	Selma	2 hr 44 min	2/5
Helen Keller Memorial Hospital	Sheffield	3 hr 8 min	2/5
Coosa Valley Medical Center	Sylacauga	2 hr 4 min	3/5
D C H Regional Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	3 hr 57 min	2/5

Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Alabama, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.