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Birthing-friendly hospitals in Ohio

81 birthing-friendly hospitals. Addresses, emergency services and Medicare ratings for each.

According to HospitalsInEachState.com's analysis of the October 2026 CMS release, Ohio has 81 birthing-friendly hospitals. 80 of 81 have an emergency room; among the 80 that report ER times, the middle typical ER visit lasts 2 hr 45 min.

CMS's Birthing-Friendly designation marks hospitals taking part in a maternal-care quality program; hospitals without it may also deliver babies.

Birthing-friendly hospitals by state · Maternity hospitals near me

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Birthing-friendly hospitals81in Ohio
With an ER80of 81
Median ER visit2 hr 45 minwhere reported
Medicare-rated79average 3.5 stars

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement program and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programs rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

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Every birthing-friendly hospital in Ohio

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Cleveland Clinic - Akron GeneralAkron Akron 2 hr 52 min 5 of 5
Summa Health System - Akron CampusAkron Akron 3 hr 16 min 3 of 5
O'Bleness Memorial HospitalAthens Athens 3 hr 19 min 3 of 5
Soin Medical CenterBeaver Creek Beaver Creek 2 hr 4 min 4 of 5
Mary Rutan HospitalBellefontaine Bellefontaine 2 hr 44 min 4 of 5
Bellevue HospitalBellevue Bellevue 2 hr 7 min 4 of 5
Wood County HospitalBowling Green Bowling Green 2 hr 39 min 4 of 5
Community Hospitals and Wellness CentersBryan Bryan 2 hr 5 min 3 of 5
Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical CenterCambridge Cambridge 3 hr 4 min 4 of 5
Aultman HospitalCanton Canton 3 hr 26 min 4 of 5
Mercy Medical CenterCanton Canton 4 hr 36 min 3 of 5
Adena Regional Medical CenterChillicothe Chillicothe 3 hr 22 min 3 of 5
Bethesda North HospitalCincinnati Cincinnati 2 hr 36 min 3 of 5
Christ HospitalCincinnati Cincinnati 3 hr 5 of 5
Good Samaritan HospitalCincinnati Cincinnati 2 hr 39 min 4 of 5
Mercy Hospital AndersonCincinnati Cincinnati 2 hr 48 min 4 of 5
University HospitalCincinnati Cincinnati 4 hr 15 min 3 of 5
Berger HospitalCircleville Circleville 3 hr 20 min 3 of 5
Cleveland Clinic - Main CampusCleveland Cleveland 3 hr 14 min 4 of 5
Fairview HospitalCleveland Cleveland 4 hr 3 min 5 of 5
MetroHealth SystemCleveland Cleveland 2 hr 42 min 3 of 5
University Hospitals of ClevelandCleveland Cleveland 3 hr 54 min 3 of 5
Mercer County Joint Township Community HospitalColdwater Coldwater 1 hr 58 min 3 of 5
Doctors HospitalColumbus Columbus 2 hr 52 min 4 of 5
Grant Medical CenterColumbus Columbus 2 hr 26 min 2 of 5
Mount Carmel HealthColumbus Columbus 2 hr 20 min 2 of 5
Ohio State University HospitalsColumbus Columbus 5 hr 20 min 3 of 5
Riverside Methodist HospitalColumbus Columbus 3 hr 49 min 4 of 5
Kettering Health DaytonDayton Dayton 2 hr 7 min 4 of 5
Miami Valley HospitalDayton Dayton 2 hr 33 min 3 of 5
Defiance Regional Medical CenterDefiance Defiance not reported 5 of 5
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware Delaware 2 hr 34 min 4 of 5
Union HospitalDover Dover 3 hr 52 min 3 of 5
Dublin Methodist HospitalDublin Dublin 3 hr 49 min 4 of 5
Blanchard Valley Health AssnFindlay Findlay 3 hr 9 min 3 of 5
Blanchard Valley HospitalFindlay Findlay 3 hr 9 min 3 of 5
Atrium Medical CenterFranklin Franklin 2 hr 44 min 4 of 5
Memorial HospitalFremont Fremont 2 hr 12 min 4 of 5
Galion Community HospitalGalion Galion 2 hr 16 min 3 of 5
Holzer Medical CenterGallipolis Gallipolis 2 hr 27 min 4 of 5
Wayne HospitalGreenville Greenville 2 hr 20 min —
Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial HospitalHamilton Hamilton 1 hr 54 min 3 of 5
Kettering Medical CenterKettering Kettering 2 hr 18 min 3 of 5
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster Lancaster 2 hr 22 min 2 of 5
Lima Memorial Health SystemLima Lima 2 hr 40 min 3 of 5
St Rita's Medical CenterLima Lima 2 hr 40 min 4 of 5
Mercy Regional Medical CenterLorain Lorain 2 hr 47 min 2 of 5
OhioHealth Mansfield HospitalMansfield Mansfield 2 hr 6 min 3 of 5
Marietta Memorial HospitalMarietta Marietta 2 hr 23 min 3 of 5
Marion General HospitalMarion Marion 3 hr 2 min 4 of 5
Memorial Hospital of Union CountyMarysville Marysville 2 hr 32 min 5 of 5
Hillcrest HospitalMayfield Heights Mayfield Heights 3 hr 26 min 5 of 5
Southwest General Health CenterMiddleburg Heights Middleburg Heights 3 hr 17 min 4 of 5
Atrium Medical CenterMiddletown Middletown 2 hr 44 min 4 of 5
Joel Pomerene Memorial HospitalMillersburg Millersburg 2 hr 48 min 3 of 5
Knox Community HospitalMt Vernon Mt Vernon 3 hr 14 min 3 of 5
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark Newark 3 hr 5 min 2 of 5
Fisher Titus Memorial HospitalNorwalk Norwalk 2 hr 4 min 4 of 5
Avita OntarioOntario Ontario 2 hr 25 min 4 of 5
Bay Park Community HospitalOregon Oregon 2 hr 10 min 3 of 5
Aultman Orrville HospitalOrrville Orrville 2 hr —
McCullough-Hyde Memorial HospitalOxford Oxford 2 hr 6 min 3 of 5
Southern Ohio Medical CenterPortsmouth Portsmouth 3 hr 33 min 4 of 5
UH Regional HospitalsRichmond Heights Richmond Heights 3 hr 10 min 4 of 5
Firelands Community HospitalSandusky Sandusky 2 hr 51 min 4 of 5
Firelands Regional Medical CenterSandusky Sandusky 2 hr 51 min 4 of 5
Wilson Memorial HospitalSidney Sidney 2 hr 42 min 2 of 5
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield Springfield 2 hr 34 min 4 of 5
Springfield Regional Medical CenterSpringfield Springfield 2 hr 34 min 4 of 5
Grand Lake Health SystemSt Marys St Marys 2 hr 29 min 4 of 5
Trinity Medical Center East&Trinity Medical Center WestSteubenville Steubenville 3 hr 12 min 2 of 5
Mercy Tiffin HospitalTiffin Tiffin 2 hr 20 min 3 of 5
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo Toledo 2 hr 39 min 3 of 5
The Toledo HospitalToledo Toledo 3 hr 6 min 4 of 5
St Joseph Health CenterWarren Warren 3 hr 21 min 3 of 5
West Chester Medical CenterWest Chester West Chester 3 hr 47 min 3 of 5
Mount Carmel St Ann's HospitalWesterville Westerville 2 hr 46 min 3 of 5
TriHealth Clinton Regional HospitalWilmington Wilmington 2 hr 34 min 2 of 5
Wooster Community HospitalWooster Wooster 2 hr 50 min 4 of 5
St Elizabeth Boardman Health CenterYoungstown Youngstown 4 hr 27 min 2 of 5
Genesis HospitalZanesville Zanesville 3 hr 32 min 5 of 5

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Questions about birthing-friendly hospitals in Ohio

How many birthing-friendly hospitals are there in Ohio?

Ohio has 81 birthing-friendly hospitals in the CMS data published October 2026.

What is a birthing-friendly hospital?

The birthing-friendly designation marks hospitals that have attested to taking part in a maternity care quality improvement program and to implementing recommended patient safety practices. It reflects participation in those programs rather than a measured birth outcome, so treat it as one signal among several when choosing where to give birth.

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Designation published by CMS alongside the Hospital General Information dataset. Data published October 2026. About the data.