Birthing-friendly hospitals in Kentucky

Birthing-friendly hospitals › Kentucky

Kentucky has 49 birthing-friendly hospitals. 49 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 51 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
King's Daughters' Medical Center	Ashland	3 hr 52 min	3/5
Flaget Memorial Hospital	Bardstown	2 hr 29 min	3/5
Flaget Memorial Hospital (Member of Saint Joseph H	Bardstown	2 hr 29 min	3/5
The Medical Center at Bowling Green	Bowling Green	3 hr 35 min	2/5
Taylor Regional Hospital	Campbellsville	2 hr 18 min	2/5
Baptist Regional Medical Ctr	Corbin	3 hr 26 min	3/5
St Elizabeth Medical Center North	Covington	2 hr 12 min	5/5
Harrison Memorial Hospital	Cynthiana	2 hr 51 min	3/5
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center	Danville	2 hr 19 min	3/5
St Elizabeth Med Center-South	Edgewood	2 hr 12 min	5/5
Georgetown Community Hospital	Georgetown	2 hr 19 min	3/5
T J Samson Community Hospital	Glasgow	3 hr 14 min	3/5
Harlan Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospital	Harlan	3 hr 16 min	2/5
The James B Haggin Memorial Hospital	Harrodsburg	1 hr 39 min	—
Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center	Hazard	2 hr 54 min	2/5
Methodist Hospital	Henderson	2 hr 7 min	2/5
Jennie Stuart Medical Center	Hopkinsville	2 hr 47 min	1/5
Baptist Hospital Northeast	La Grange	2 hr 18 min	5/5
Spring View Hospital	Lebanon	2 hr 34 min	5/5
Twin Lakes Regional Medical Center	Leitchfield	1 hr 55 min	3/5
Central Baptist Hospital	Lexington	3 hr 3 min	4/5
Saint Joseph East	Lexington	2 hr 11 min	2/5
University of Kentucky Hosp	Lexington	3 hr 38 min	4/5
University of Kentucky Hospital	Lexington	3 hr 38 min	4/5
Marymount Medical Center	London	3 hr 5 min	3/5
Saint Joseph Hospital London	London	3 hr 5 min	3/5
Baptist Hospital East	Louisville	3 hr 11 min	4/5
Norton Healthcare Pavilion	Louisville	3 hr 12 min	2/5
Norton Hospitals, INC	Louisville	3 hr 12 min	2/5
University of Louisville Hospital	Louisville	3 hr 18 min	1/5
Regional Medical Center of Hopkins County	Madisonville	3 hr 10 min	2/5
Memorial Hospital	Manchester	2 hr 10 min	3/5
Memorial Hospital	Manchester	2 hr 10 min	3/5
Jackson Purchase Medical Center	Mayfield	2 hr 12 min	1/5
Meadowview Regional Medical Center	Maysville	2 hr 29 min	4/5
Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospit	Middlesboro	2 hr 46 min	1/5
St Claire Regional Medical Center	Morehead	2 hr 58 min	2/5
Gateway Regional Health System	Mt Sterling	2 hr 14 min	4/5
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling	Mt Sterling	2 hr 14 min	4/5
Murray-Calloway County Hospital	Murray	2 hr 39 min	3/5
Owensboro Medical Health System	Owensboro	3 hr 28 min	2/5
Lourdes Hospital	Paducah	2 hr 53 min	3/5
Western Baptist Hospital	Paducah	3 hr 4 min	4/5
Pikeville Medical Center	Pikeville	3 hr 46 min	1/5
Highlands Regional Medical Center	Prestonsburg	3 hr 10 min	2/5
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital	Somerset	3 hr	2/5
Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital	Stanford	1 hr 41 min	—
Whitesburg Arh Hospital	Whitesburg	2 hr 40 min	3/5
Clark Regional Medical Center	Winchester	2 hr 59 min	3/5

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