10 VA Facilities Ranked Among America’s Best Maternity Hospitals

VIRGINIA — Ten facilities in Virginia are among America’s best maternity hospitals, according to a recent ranking from Newsweek.

Where their baby will be born is one of the most important decisions parents can make, with the quality of care from pregnancy through birth through postpartum and the selection of a doctor and birthing plan at the top of their concerns, Newsweek said with the release of the ranking.

The list of 384 hospitals and maternity care centers are divided into two categories, with 159 institutions earning five-ribbon status and 225 with four-ribbon status.

Five-ribbon institutions in Virginia are:

• Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital, Lynchburg
• Inova Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg
• UVA University Hospital, Charlottesville

These hospitals were given four-ribbon status:

• Bon Secours St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond
• Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke
• Henrico Doctors' Hospital, Richmond
• Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria
• Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church
• Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville
• VHC - Main Hospital, Arlington

Newsweek partnered with the global research and consumer data company Statistica to rank the hospitals. The ranking is based on a nationwide online survey of hospital managers and health care professionals, including neonatal specialists and OB/GYNs asking their recommendations for maternity care; key performance data on maternity care, including cesarean birth rates; and patient satisfaction data.