Birthing-friendly hospitals in Hawaii

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Hawaii

Hawaii has 10 birthing-friendly hospitals. 10 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 36 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
Hilo Medical Center	Hilo	2 hr 28 min	3/5
Kaiser Foundation Hospital	Honolulu	not reported	4/5
The Queens Medical Center	Honolulu	3 hr 11 min	3/5
Castle Medical Center	Kailua	2 hr 36 min	4/5
North Hawaii Community Hospital	Kamuela	2 hr 15 min	3/5
Kona Community Hospital	Kealakekua	2 hr 59 min	2/5
Kona Community Hospital	Kealakekua	2 hr 59 min	2/5
Wilcox Memorial Hospital	Lihue	2 hr 36 min	2/5
Maui Memorial Medical Center	Wailuku	2 hr 20 min	2/5
Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital	Waimea	1 hr 19 min	—

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