58 CA Facilities Ranked Among America's Best Maternity Hospitals

CALIFORNIA — 58 facilities in California 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 California are:

• El Camino Health - Mountain View Hospital, Mountain View
• Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena
• Kaiser Permanente - Fontana Medical Center & Ontario Medical Center, Fontana
• Kaiser Permanente - Orange County - Anaheim Medical Center & Irvine Medical Center, Anaheim
• Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center, Moreno Valley
• Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center, Riverside
• Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center, Roseville
• Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center & Zion Medical Center, San Diego
• Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, Santa Clara
• Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center, Santa Rosa
• Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles
• Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo, Mission Viejo
• Scripps Memorial Hospital - Encinitas, Encinitas
• Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla
• Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego
• Stanford Health Care - Tri-Valley, Pleasanton
• Sutter Davis Hospital, Davis
• Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz
• Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, Sacramento
• UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego
• UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento
• UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco

These hospitals were given four-ribbon status:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
• CPMC Van Ness Campus, San Francisco
• Dignity Health - St. Mary Medical Center, Long Beach
• Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz
• Enloe Medical Center, Chico
• French Hospital Medical Center, San Luis Obispo
• Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, Newport Beach
• John Muir Health - Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek
• Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center, Antioch
• Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center, Baldwin Park
• Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center, Downey
• Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center, Fresno
• Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center, Panorama City
• Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center, Redwood City
• Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center, San Jose
• Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center, San Leandro
• Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, Harbor City
• Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento
• Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek
• Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center, Woodland Hills
• Loma Linda University Children's Hospital, Loma Linda
• Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta, Murrieta
• Mercy San Juan Medical Center, Carmichael
• Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, Burlingame
• Palomar Medical Center, Escondido
• PIH Health Whittier Hospital, Whittier
• Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance, Torrance
• Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange, Orange
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara
• Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego
• Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista
• Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance
• UCI Medical Center, Orange
• UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, Santa Monica

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.