CMS certification 010139
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital
2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. 57% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on none. Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min).
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What patients said
Answers from patients who stayed here, collected by CMS in the national HCAHPS survey: 988 completed surveys, 14% response rate, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
Emergency department
How long emergency patients spent here and how some time-critical care went, from CMS's timely and effective care measures, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025. CMS classes this emergency department's patient volume as medium; busier departments tend to have longer times, so the national median for departments of the same volume is shown too. These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.
| Measure | This hospital | AL | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median time in the emergency department before leaving Lower is better · 426 visits sampled · US median for EDs of the same volume: 2 h 45 min | 2 h 38 min | 2 h 29 min | 2 h 42 min |
| Median time for psychiatric and mental health patients Lower is better · 13 visits sampled | 3 h 32 min | 3 h 32 min | 4 h 17 min |
| Left before being seen Lower is better · 34,319 patients | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Severe sepsis and septic shock: all recommended care given Higher is better · 79 patients | 48% | 64% | 65% |
How Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital compares with nearby hospitals
The closest hospitals of the same kind that CMS rates or surveys - the same city first, then the same county and ZIP area. Every figure is CMS's: the overall star rating, the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital, the median time emergency patients spent before leaving, and how many death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS found better or worse than the national rate.
| Hospital | CMS stars | Would recommend | ER median time | Vs the nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalThis hospital | 3/5 | 57% | 2 h 38 min | 3 better |
| Princeton Baptist Medical CenterSame city | 3/5 | 62% | 2 h 44 min | 5 better 1 worse |
| St Vincent's BirminghamSame city | 3/5 | 70% | 4 h 3 min | 2 better 2 worse |
| Birmingham VA Medical CenterSame city | 4/5 | 73% | — | 2 better |
| University of Alabama HospitalSame city | 2/5 | 78% | 3 h 31 min | 4 better 4 worse |
| St. Vincent's EastSame city | 3/5 | 69% | 2 h 38 min | 2 better 2 worse |
Hospitals differ in size and in how sick their patients are. CMS adjusts its outcome measures for that, but a star or a percentage is a starting point for questions, not a verdict. All hospitals in Birmingham.
Deaths
How many patients died within 30 days of admission, adjusted by CMS for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| All patients, hospital-wide 2,195 cases | Too few cases | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Heart attack 81 cases | Too few cases | 12.5% | 11.9% |
| Heart failure 133 cases | Too few cases | 11.8% | 11.1% |
| Pneumonia 183 cases | Too few cases | 17.6% | 15.2% |
| Stroke 376 cases | Too few cases | 12.8% | 11.9% |
| COPD 29 cases | Too few cases | 7.3% | 8.6% |
| Heart bypass surgery (CABG) 32 cases | Too few cases | 3% | 2.4% |
Complications
How often patients had serious complications, most of them after surgery, adjusted for how sick they were. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2022 – Jun 2024.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serious complications, combined measure | No different | 0.95 likely 0.54 – 1.35 | 1 |
| After hip or knee replacement 48 cases | Too few cases | 3.3% | 4.1% |
| Deaths after a serious but treatable surgical complication 50 cases | No different | 162.11 per 1,000 likely 111.69 per 1,000 – 212.54 per 1,000 | 173.3 per 1,000 |
| Pressure ulcers (bed sores) 2,439 cases | No different | 0.47 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.25 per 1,000 | 0.63 per 1,000 |
| Collapsed lung caused by a procedure 2,947 cases | No different | 0.17 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 0.38 per 1,000 | 0.21 per 1,000 |
| Broken bones from falls in the hospital 3,016 cases | No different | 0.24 per 1,000 likely 0.03 per 1,000 – 0.44 per 1,000 | 0.27 per 1,000 |
| Bleeding or hematoma after surgery 781 cases | No different | 2.15 per 1,000 likely 0.59 per 1,000 – 3.7 per 1,000 | 2.34 per 1,000 |
| Blood clots in the lungs or legs after surgery 771 cases | No different | 3.69 per 1,000 likely 1.43 per 1,000 – 5.94 per 1,000 | 3.52 per 1,000 |
| Surgical wound splitting open 215 cases | No different | 2.33 per 1,000 likely 0.84 per 1,000 – 3.82 per 1,000 | 1.77 per 1,000 |
| Accidental cut or tear during abdominal surgery 611 cases | No different | 0.88 per 1,000 likely 0 per 1,000 – 1.87 per 1,000 | 1.06 per 1,000 |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Infections caught in the hospital
Standardized infection ratio: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one. Lower is better. Data from Oct 2024 – Sep 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloodstream infections from central lines (CLABSI) | No different | 0.75 likely 0.24 – 1.8 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infections from catheters (CAUTI) | No different | 1.08 likely 0.5 – 2.04 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after colon surgery | No different | 0.63 likely 0.16 – 1.71 | 1 |
| Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy | No different | 0.39 likely 0.1 – 1.06 | 1 |
| MRSA bloodstream infections | No different | 0.42 likely 0.07 – 1.38 | 1 |
| C. diff intestinal infections | Better | 0.51 likely 0.31 – 0.8 | 1 |
Readmissions and return visits
How often patients had to come back to a hospital after going home. Lower is better. Data from Jul 2023 – Jun 2025.
| Measure | CMS comparison | This hospital | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| Readmitted after a heart attack 162 cases | Too few cases | 14.2% | 14.4% |
| Readmitted after heart failure 285 cases | Too few cases | 22.4% | 21.3% |
| Readmitted after pneumonia 338 cases | Too few cases | 17.7% | 17.3% |
| Readmitted after COPD 79 cases | Too few cases | 19.7% | 20% |
| Readmitted after heart bypass surgery 65 cases | Too few cases | 10.8% | 11% |
| Readmitted after hip or knee replacement 52 cases | Too few cases | 5.2% | 5.8% |
| Days back in hospital after a heart attack 91 cases | Too few cases | -25.4 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after heart failure 152 cases | Too few cases | 18.2 days per 100 | — |
| Days back in hospital after pneumonia 177 cases | Too few cases | -2.9 days per 100 | — |
| Unplanned visits after an outpatient colonoscopy 110 cases | No different | 13.2 per 1,000 likely 9.8 per 1,000 – 17.7 per 1,000 | 13 per 1,000 |
| Unplanned visits after outpatient surgery 413 cases | No different | 0.9 likely 0.7 – 1.2 | — |
3 more measures had too few cases here to report.
Clinicians registered at this address
196 clinicians give this hospital's street address as their practice location in NPPES, the federal provider registry, plus 10 residents and trainees. The same address can take in offices and clinics in the building, and a listing does not prove admitting privileges or current employment.
| Specialty | Clinicians |
|---|---|
| Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Registered | 91 |
| Anesthesiology | 18 |
| Internal Medicine | 10 |
| Registered Nurse | 8 |
| Diagnostic Radiology | 7 |
| Emergency Medicine | 7 |
| Acute Care | 6 |
| Neonatal, Critical Care | 5 |
| Physician Assistant | 5 |
| Family | 4 |
| Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine | 4 |
| Hospitalist | 3 |
First 12 alphabetically
How to read this page
- Everything here is published by CMS on Care Compare. We arrange it and explain it; the star ratings and the better / worse verdicts are CMS's, not ours.
- “No different” is the most common result on most measures at most hospitals. CMS only calls a result better or worse when the difference from the national rate is statistically clear.
- Death, complication and readmission rates are adjusted by CMS for how sick patients were, so hospitals that treat sicker patients can be compared fairly.
- Infection results are ratios: 1.0 means as many infections as CMS predicted for a hospital like this one, below 1.0 is fewer.
- These are hospital-wide results. They do not rate an individual doctor, nurse or department, and they are not medical advice.
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Common questions about Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital
Is Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital a good hospital?
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital has a CMS overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars. Of the 23 death, complication, infection and readmission measures CMS could compare, it does better than the nation on 3 and worse on none. These are hospital-wide results published by CMS; they do not rate individual doctors or departments.
Would patients recommend Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital?
57% of patients who answered CMS's national survey would definitely recommend it, against a US average of 71%. The figure comes from 988 completed HCAHPS surveys.
How long is the wait in the Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital emergency room?
Emergency patients spend a median of 2 h 38 min in its emergency department before leaving (US median 2 h 42 min). Among US emergency departments with medium patient volume, like this one, the median is 2 h 45 min. 2% of emergency patients left before being seen (US 2%). These are medians over a year of visits, not a live wait time.