Birthing-friendly hospitals in New Jersey

Birthing-friendly hospitals › New Jersey

New Jersey has 51 birthing-friendly hospitals. 51 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 18 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
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Div	Atlantic City	2 hr 54 min	4/5
Clara Maass Medical Center	Belleville	2 hr 22 min	3/5
Virtua West Jersey Hospitals Berlin	Berlin	2 hr 25 min	3/5
Ocean Medical Center	Brick	2 hr 22 min	4/5
South Jersey Hospital	Bridgeton	3 hr 21 min	3/5
Cooper University Hospital	Camden	3 hr 25 min	2/5
Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center	Camden	2 hr 48 min	2/5
Kennedy Mem Hosps-Univ Med Ctr	Cherry Hill	3 hr 35 min	2/5
Saint Clare's Hospital	Denville	2 hr 46 min	2/5
Jfk Medical Center	Edison	3 hr 17 min	3/5
Trinitas Hospital	Elizabeth	3 hr 29 min	3/5
Trinitas Regional Medical Center	Elizabeth	3 hr 29 min	3/5
South Jersey Healthcare-Elmer Hospital	Elmer	3 hr 7 min	3/5
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center	Englewood	3 hr 3 min	4/5
Hunterdon Medical Center	Flemington	3 hr 50 min	4/5
Centrastate Medical Center	Freehold	3 hr 39 min	4/5
Mountainside Hospital	Glen Ridge	3 hr 49 min	4/5
Hackensack University Medical Center	Hackensack	3 hr 22 min	5/5
Hoboken University Medical Center	Hoboken	3 hr 42 min	1/5
Jersey City Medical Center	Jersey City	3 hr 7 min	3/5
Libertyhealth-Jersey City Medical Center Campus	Jersey City	3 hr 7 min	3/5
Saint Barnabas Medical Center	Livingston	2 hr 9 min	3/5
Monmouth Medical Center	Long Branch	2 hr 16 min	3/5
Southern Ocean Medical Center	Manahawkin	2 hr 43 min	4/5
Morristown Memorial Hospital	Morristown	4 hr 10 min	5/5
Virtua Memorial Hospital of Burlington County	Mt Holly	3 hr 18 min	3/5
Jersey Shore University Medical Center	Neptune City	3 hr 30 min	4/5
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital	New Brunswick	3 hr 26 min	2/5
Saint Peter's University Hospital	New Brunswick	3 hr 28 min	3/5
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center	Newark	2 hr 56 min	2/5
Umdnj University Hospital	Newark	5 hr 7 min	1/5
Newton Memorial Hospital	Newton	2 hr 48 min	4/5
Palisades Medical Ctr-Ny Presbyterian Healthcare S	North Bergen	3 hr 26 min	2/5
St Mary's Hospital	Passaic	3 hr 2 min	3/5
St Mary's Hospital, Passaic	Passaic	3 hr 2 min	3/5
St Joseph's Regional Medical Center	Paterson	3 hr 37 min	3/5
Raritan Bay Medical Center	Perth Amboy	2 hr 58 min	4/5
Chilton Hospital	Pompton Plains	3 hr 27 min	5/5
University Medical Center at Princeton	Princeton	3 hr 41 min	4/5
Riverview Medical Center	Red Bank	3 hr 22 min	3/5
Valley Hospital	Ridgewood	3 hr 47 min	4/5
Shore Memorial Hospital	Somers Point	2 hr 28 min	3/5
Somerset Medical Center	Somerville	3 hr 8 min	3/5
Kennedy University Hospital, INC (Stratford Divis	Stratford	3 hr 35 min	2/5
Overlook Hospital	Summit	3 hr 12 min	5/5
Holy Name Medical Center	Teaneck	3 hr 24 min	5/5
Community Medical Center	Toms River	3 hr	1/5
Capital Health System-Mercer Campus	Trenton	3 hr 29 min	2/5
South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center	Vineland	3 hr 21 min	3/5
Virtua West Jersey Hospital	Voorhees	2 hr 25 min	3/5
Hackensack Meridian Health Pascack Valley Medical	Westwood	2 hr 22 min	5/5

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