Birthing-friendly hospitals in Ohio
Birthing-friendly hospitals › Ohio
Ohio has 87 birthing-friendly hospitals. 84 of them have an emergency department. Across those that report it, the median emergency department visit lasts 2 hr 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic - Akron General | Akron | 2 hr 46 min | 5/5 |
| Summa Health System - Akron Campus | Akron | 3 hr 6 min | 3/5 |
| O'bleness Memorial Hospital | Athens | 3 hr 22 min | 3/5 |
| Soin Medical Center | Beaver Creek | 2 hr 8 min | 4/5 |
| Mary Rutan Hospital | Bellefontaine | 2 hr 49 min | 4/5 |
| Bellevue Hospital | Bellevue | 2 hr 7 min | 4/5 |
| Bellevue Hospital | Bellevue | 2 hr 7 min | 4/5 |
| Wood County Hospital | Bowling Green | 2 hr 38 min | 4/5 |
| Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers | Bryan | 2 hr 4 min | 3/5 |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center | Cambridge | 3 hr 4 min | 4/5 |
| Aultman Hospital | Canton | 3 hr 40 min | 4/5 |
| Mercy Medical Center | Canton | 4 hr 25 min | 3/5 |
| Adena Regional Medical Center | Chillicothe | 3 hr 19 min | 3/5 |
| Bethesda North Hospital | Cincinnati | 2 hr 35 min | 3/5 |
| Christ Hospital | Cincinnati | 2 hr 52 min | 5/5 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital | Cincinnati | 2 hr 37 min | 4/5 |
| Mercy Franciscan Hospital - Mt Airy | Cincinnati | 2 hr 22 min | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Anderson | Cincinnati | 2 hr 39 min | 4/5 |
| University Hospital, INC | Cincinnati | 4 hr 10 min | 3/5 |
| Berger Hospital | Circleville | 3 hr 21 min | 3/5 |
| Cleveland Clinic - Main Campus | Cleveland | 3 hr 9 min | 4/5 |
| Fairview Hospital | Cleveland | 4 hr 2 min | 5/5 |
| Hillcrest Hospital | Cleveland | 3 hr 20 min | 5/5 |
| Metro Health Medical Center | Cleveland | 2 hr 36 min | 3/5 |
| University Hospitals of Cleveland | Cleveland | 4 hr 1 min | 3/5 |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital | Coldwater | 1 hr 55 min | 3/5 |
| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | 2 hr 58 min | 4/5 |
| Doctors Hospital | Columbus | 2 hr 58 min | 4/5 |
| Grant Medical Center | Columbus | 2 hr 38 min | 2/5 |
| Mount Carmel Health | Columbus | 2 hr 27 min | 2/5 |
| Ohio State University Hospitals | Columbus | 5 hr 17 min | 3/5 |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital | Columbus | 3 hr 50 min | 4/5 |
| Grandview Hospital & Medical Center | Dayton | 2 hr 7 min | 4/5 |
| Miami Valley Hospital | Dayton | 2 hr 39 min | 3/5 |
| Defiance Regional Medical Center | Defiance | not reported | 5/5 |
| Grady Memorial Hospital | Delaware | 2 hr 34 min | 4/5 |
| Union Hospital | Dover | 3 hr 36 min | 3/5 |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital | Dublin | 3 hr 49 min | 4/5 |
| Mercy Hospital Fairfield | Fairfield | 2 hr 42 min | 3/5 |
| Blanchard Valley Health Assn | Findlay | 3 hr 7 min | 3/5 |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital | Findlay | 3 hr 7 min | 3/5 |
| Atrium Medical Center | Franklin | 2 hr 43 min | 4/5 |
| Memorial Hospital | Fremont | 2 hr 8 min | 4/5 |
| Galion Community Hospital | Galion | 2 hr 11 min | 3/5 |
| Holzer Medical Center | Gallipolis | 2 hr 19 min | 4/5 |
| Wayne Hospital | Greenville | 2 hr 16 min | — |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital | Hamilton | 2 hr 2 min | 3/5 |
| Kettering Medical Center | Kettering | 2 hr 24 min | 3/5 |
| Fairfield Medical Center | Lancaster | 2 hr 25 min | 2/5 |
| Lima Memorial Health System | Lima | 2 hr 44 min | 3/5 |
| St Rita's Medical Center | Lima | 2 hr 39 min | 4/5 |
| Community Regional Medical Center | Lorain | 2 hr 35 min | 2/5 |
| Medcentral Health System | Mansfield | 2 hr 10 min | 3/5 |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital | Marietta | 2 hr 29 min | 3/5 |
| Marion General Hospital | Marion | 3 hr 7 min | 4/5 |
| Memorial Hospital of Union County | Marysville | 2 hr 29 min | 5/5 |
| Hillcrest Hospital | Mayfield Heights | 3 hr 20 min | 5/5 |
| Southwest General Health Center | Middleburg Heights | 3 hr 19 min | 4/5 |
| Middletown Regional Hospital | Middletown | 2 hr 43 min | 4/5 |
| Joel Pomerene Memorial Hospital | Millersburg | 2 hr 58 min | 3/5 |
| Knox Community Hospital | Mt Vernon | 3 hr 18 min | 3/5 |
| Licking Memorial Hospital | Newark | 3 hr 5 min | 2/5 |
| Fisher Titus Memorial Hospital | Norwalk | 2 hr 4 min | 4/5 |
| Avita Ontario | Ontario | 2 hr 28 min | 4/5 |
| Bay Park Community Hospital | Oregon | 2 hr 11 min | 3/5 |
| Dunlap Memorial Hospital | Orrville | 1 hr 59 min | — |
| McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital | Oxford | 2 hr 12 min | 3/5 |
| Southern Ohio Medical Center | Portsmouth | 3 hr 46 min | 4/5 |
| Uhhs Richmond Heights Hospital | Richmond Heights | 3 hr 7 min | 4/5 |
| Firelands Community Hospital | Sandusky | 2 hr 57 min | 4/5 |
| Firelands Regional Medical Center | Sandusky | 2 hr 57 min | 4/5 |
| Wilson Memorial Hospital | Sidney | 2 hr 42 min | 2/5 |
| Mercy Medical Center | Springfield | 2 hr 26 min | 4/5 |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center | Springfield | 2 hr 26 min | 4/5 |
| Joint Township District Memorial Hospital | St Marys | 2 hr 29 min | 4/5 |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East&Trinity Medical Ctr West | Steubenville | 3 hr 32 min | 2/5 |
| Mercy Hospital of Tiffin | Tiffin | 2 hr 8 min | 3/5 |
| Mercy Tiffin Hospital | Tiffin | 2 hr 8 min | 3/5 |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center | Toledo | 2 hr 36 min | 3/5 |
| Toledo Hospital the | Toledo | 3 hr | 4/5 |
| St Joseph Health Center | Warren | 3 hr 7 min | 3/5 |
| West Chester Medical Center | West Chester | 3 hr 39 min | 3/5 |
| Mount Carmel St Ann's Hospital | Westerville | 2 hr 47 min | 3/5 |
| Cmh Regional Health System | Wilmington | 2 hr 35 min | 2/5 |
| Wooster Community Hospital | Wooster | 2 hr 46 min | 4/5 |
| St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center | Youngstown | 4 hr 34 min | 2/5 |
| Genesis Healthcare System | Zanesville | 3 hr 30 min | 5/5 |
Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published July 2026. See all hospitals in Ohio, or Birthing-friendly hospitals in other states. How this data works.