Birthing-friendly hospitals in Georgia
Birthing-friendly hospitals › Georgia
Georgia has 70 birthing-friendly hospitals. 68 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital | Albany | 5 hr 30 min | 2/5 |
| Phoebe Sumter Medical Center | Americus | 3 hr 36 min | 3/5 |
| Sumter Regional Hospital | Americus | 3 hr 36 min | 3/5 |
| Athens Regional Medical Center | Athens | 3 hr 3 min | 4/5 |
| St Mary's Hospital | Athens | 2 hr 10 min | 1/5 |
| Emory University Hospital Midtown | Atlanta | 4 hr 49 min | 2/5 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | Atlanta | 5 hr 57 min | 2/5 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | Atlanta | 5 hr 57 min | 2/5 |
| Northside Hospital | Atlanta | 3 hr 48 min | 3/5 |
| Piedmont Hospital | Atlanta | 4 hr 14 min | 4/5 |
| Doctors Hospital | Augusta | 2 hr 54 min | 3/5 |
| Medical College of Ga Hospitals and Clinics | Augusta | 4 hr 11 min | 1/5 |
| University Hospital | Augusta | 3 hr 24 min | 2/5 |
| Wellstar Cobb Hospital | Austell | 4 hr 22 min | 3/5 |
| Memorial Hospital and Manor | Bainbridge | 2 hr 42 min | 1/5 |
| Union General Hospital | Blairsville | 2 hr 45 min | 3/5 |
| Grady General Hospital | Cairo | 2 hr 24 min | — |
| Gordon Hospital | Calhoun | 2 hr 55 min | 3/5 |
| Northside Hospital Cherokee | Canton | 3 hr 28 min | 4/5 |
| Tanner Medical Center - Carrollton | Carrollton | 3 hr | 2/5 |
| Cartersville Medical Center | Cartersville | 2 hr 49 min | 3/5 |
| Medical Center, the | Columbus | 2 hr 37 min | 2/5 |
| St Francis Hospital, INC | Columbus | 3 hr 46 min | 3/5 |
| The Medical Center | Columbus | 2 hr 37 min | 2/5 |
| Rockdale Medical Center | Conyers | 3 hr 42 min | 3/5 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | Cordele | 3 hr 14 min | 2/5 |
| Crisp Regional Hospital | Cordele | 3 hr 14 min | 2/5 |
| Newton Medical Center | Covington | 3 hr 37 min | 3/5 |
| Baptist Medical Center | Cumming | 2 hr 50 min | 4/5 |
| Northside Hospital Forsyth | Cumming | 2 hr 50 min | 4/5 |
| Hamilton Medical Center | Dalton | 3 hr 1 min | 3/5 |
| Dekalb Medical Center | Decatur | 3 hr 42 min | 2/5 |
| Habersham County Med Center | Demorest | 2 hr 31 min | 3/5 |
| Habersham County Medical Ctr | Demorest | 2 hr 31 min | 3/5 |
| Coffee Regional Medical Center | Douglas | 3 hr 35 min | 3/5 |
| Wellstar Douglas Hospital | Douglasville | 3 hr 12 min | 3/5 |
| Fairview Park Hospital | Dublin | 2 hr 18 min | 4/5 |
| Northside Hospital Duluth | Duluth | 3 hr 27 min | 4/5 |
| Piedmont Fayette Hospital | Fayetteville | 4 hr 46 min | 3/5 |
| Northeast Georgia Medical Center, INC | Gainesville | 3 hr 52 min | 3/5 |
| Spalding Regional Medical Center | Griffin | 3 hr 12 min | 2/5 |
| Piedmont Mountainside Hospital INC | Jasper | 2 hr 33 min | 4/5 |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital | Jesup | 3 hr 8 min | 3/5 |
| Emory Johns Creek Hospital | Johns Creek | 3 hr 30 min | 4/5 |
| West Georgia Medical Center | Lagrange | 2 hr 31 min | 5/5 |
| Gwinnett Medical Center | Lawrenceville | 4 hr 32 min | 3/5 |
| Coliseum Medical Center | Macon | 3 hr 52 min | 3/5 |
| Medical Center of Central Georgia | Macon | 3 hr 2 min | 2/5 |
| Wellstar Kennestone Hospital | Marietta | 4 hr 22 min | 4/5 |
| Oconee Regional Medical Center | Milledgeville | 3 hr 23 min | 2/5 |
| Oconee Regional Medical Center | Milledgeville | 3 hr 23 min | 2/5 |
| Walton Regional Medical Center | Monroe | 2 hr 22 min | 4/5 |
| Colquitt Reg Medical Center | Moultrie | 2 hr 53 min | 4/5 |
| Colquitt Regional Medical Center | Moultrie | 2 hr 53 min | 4/5 |
| Piedmont Newnan Hospital, INC | Newnan | 3 hr 24 min | 4/5 |
| Floyd Medical Center | Rome | 2 hr 26 min | 2/5 |
| North Fulton Regional Hospital | Roswell | 2 hr 56 min | 2/5 |
| Cobb Memorial Hospital | Royston | 1 hr 44 min | 3/5 |
| Candler Hospital | Savannah | 3 hr 16 min | 2/5 |
| Memorial Health Univ Med Cen, INC | Savannah | 2 hr 42 min | 1/5 |
| Emory Eastside Medical Center | Snellville | 3 hr 4 min | 2/5 |
| East Georgia Regional Medical Center | Statesboro | 2 hr 10 min | 3/5 |
| Henry Medical Center, INC | Stockbridge | 3 hr 59 min | 2/5 |
| Upson Regional Medical Center | Thomaston | 2 hr 54 min | 1/5 |
| John D Archbold Memorial Hospital | Thomasville | 3 hr 53 min | 2/5 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | Tifton | 4 hr 15 min | 3/5 |
| Tift Regional Medical Center | Tifton | 4 hr 15 min | 3/5 |
| South Georgia Medical Center | Valdosta | 3 hr 24 min | 2/5 |
| Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica | Villa Rica | 2 hr 26 min | 3/5 |
| Houston Medical Center | Warner Robins | 4 hr | 2/5 |
Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Georgia, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.