Birthing-friendly hospitals in Massachusetts
Birthing-friendly hospitals › Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 44 birthing-friendly hospitals. 44 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturdy Memorial Hospital | Attleboro | 3 hr 14 min | 3/5 |
| Beverly Hospital Corporation | Beverly | 3 hr 10 min | 3/5 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Boston | 5 hr 36 min | 3/5 |
| Boston Medical Center Corporation | Boston | 3 hr 47 min | 3/5 |
| Brigham and Women's Hosptial | Boston | 5 hr | 5/5 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | 4 hr 48 min | 5/5 |
| New England Medical Center | Boston | 3 hr 28 min | 2/5 |
| Tufts Medical Center | Boston | 3 hr 28 min | 2/5 |
| St Elizabeth's Medical Center, a Caritas Family Ho | Brighton | 2 hr 26 min | 3/5 |
| Brockton Hospital | Brockton | 3 hr 28 min | 3/5 |
| Good Samaritan Medical Center, a Caritas Family Ho | Brockton | 4 hr 24 min | 2/5 |
| Cambridge Health Alliance | Cambridge | 2 hr 33 min | 3/5 |
| Mount Auburn Hospital | Cambridge | 3 hr 25 min | 4/5 |
| Emerson Hospital | Concord | 3 hr 28 min | 5/5 |
| Emerson Hospital | Concord | 3 hr 28 min | 5/5 |
| Southcoast Hospital Group, INC | Fall River | 3 hr 10 min | 4/5 |
| Metrowest Medical Center | Framingham | 3 hr 25 min | 1/5 |
| Heywood Hospital | Gardner | 3 hr 12 min | 2/5 |
| Fairview Hospital | Great Barrington | 1 hr 53 min | 5/5 |
| Baystate Franklin Medical Center | Greenfield | 3 hr 14 min | 3/5 |
| Cape Cod Hospital | Hyannis | 3 hr 21 min | 2/5 |
| Cape Cod Hospital | Hyannis | 3 hr 21 min | 2/5 |
| Lawrence General Hospital | Lawrence | 4 hr 1 min | 2/5 |
| Lowell General Hospital | Lowell | 4 hr 27 min | 2/5 |
| Union Hospital | Lynn | 4 hr 31 min | 5/5 |
| Hallmark Health System | Melrose | 3 hr 10 min | 3/5 |
| Holy Family Hospital, a Caritas Family Hospital | Methuen | 3 hr 58 min | 2/5 |
| Milford Regional Medical Center | Milford | 4 hr 34 min | 4/5 |
| Nantucket Cottage Hospital | Nantucket | 2 hr | 3/5 |
| Anna Jaques Hospital | Newburyport | 3 hr 8 min | 3/5 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital | Newton | 4 hr 25 min | 5/5 |
| Newton-Wellesley Hospital | Newton Lower Falls | 4 hr 25 min | 5/5 |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital Inc,The | Northampton | 4 hr 21 min | 2/5 |
| Berkshire Medical Center INC | Pittsfield | 4 hr 14 min | 4/5 |
| Jordan Hospital INC | Plymouth | 3 hr 57 min | 4/5 |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital | Randolph | 3 hr 28 min | 3/5 |
| North Shore Medical Center | Salem | 4 hr 31 min | 5/5 |
| South Shore Hospital | South Weymouth | 3 hr 53 min | 2/5 |
| Baystate Medical Center | Springfield | 4 hr 46 min | 2/5 |
| Mercy Medical Center | Springfield | 4 hr 35 min | 2/5 |
| Martha's Vineyard Hospital INC | Vineyard Haven | 2 hr 37 min | 4/5 |
| Winchester Hospital | Winchester | 3 hr 53 min | 3/5 |
| St Vincent Hospital | Worcester | 3 hr 26 min | 2/5 |
| Umass Memorial Medical Center INC | Worcester | 4 hr 51 min | 3/5 |
Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Massachusetts, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.