9 WI Facilities Ranked Among America’s Best Maternity Hospitals

WISCONSIN — Nine facilities around Wisconsin were recently ranked among America’s best maternity hospitals in a new report from Newsweek.

For parents, deciding where their baby is born is one of the most important decisions to make. The quality of care from pregnancy through birth and into postpartum, alongside the selection of a doctor and birthing plan were at the top of concerns for the list, Newsweek said with the ranking release.

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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 Wisconsin included:

• Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
• Aurora Baycare Medical Center in Green Bay.

Four-ribbon status hospitals in Wisconsin included:

• Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee.
• Aurora West Allis Medical Center in West Allis.

See other Wisconsin hospitals that made the list.

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.

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