Birthing-friendly hospitals in New Mexico
Birthing-friendly hospitals › New Mexico
New Mexico has 23 birthing-friendly hospitals. 23 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 3 hr 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRISTUS Southern New Mexico | Alamogordo | 3 hr 22 min | 3/5 |
| Lovelace Women's Hospital | Albuquerque | 3 hr 25 min | 4/5 |
| Presbyterian Hospital | Albuquerque | 4 hr 40 min | 2/5 |
| UNM Hospital | Albuquerque | 4 hr 33 min | 2/5 |
| Carlsbad Medical Center | Carlsbad | 3 hr 12 min | 1/5 |
| Plains Regional Medical Center | Clovis | 3 hr 12 min | 2/5 |
| Plains Regional Medical Center Clovis | Clovis | 3 hr 12 min | 2/5 |
| Espanola Hospital | Espanola | 2 hr 48 min | — |
| San Juan Regional Medical Center | Farmington | 3 hr 10 min | 2/5 |
| Gallup Indian Medical Center | Gallup | not reported | 2/5 |
| Gallup Indian Medical Center | Gallup | not reported | 2/5 |
| Memorial Medical Center INC | Las Cruces | 3 hr 26 min | 2/5 |
| Mountain View Regional Medical Center | Las Cruces | 2 hr 41 min | 2/5 |
| Los Alamos Medical Center | Los Alamos | 2 hr 48 min | — |
| Eastern New Mexico Medical Center | Roswell | 3 hr 8 min | 1/5 |
| Roswell Regional Hospital | Roswell | 2 hr 10 min | 2/5 |
| Lincoln County Medical Center | Ruidoso | 2 hr 26 min | 2/5 |
| St Vincent Hospital | Santa Fe | 2 hr 53 min | 4/5 |
| Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center | Santa Fe | 3 hr 45 min | 5/5 |
| Gila Regional Medical Center | Silver City | 3 hr 11 min | 2/5 |
| Socorro General Hospital | Socorro | 2 hr 19 min | — |
| Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems | Taos | 1 hr 32 min | 1/5 |
| Zuni Indian Hospital | Zuni Pueblo | not reported | — |
Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in New Mexico, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.