Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, AL
Also known as Brookwood Medical Center
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About Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital is an acute care hospital in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. It reports its ownership to Medicare as for-profit. It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level III trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 3 out of 5. It has 595 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. CMS also lists an inpatient rehabilitation unit inside the hospital. It meets the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria for maternity care. Select Specialty Hospital - Birmingham is on the same campus or next door.
Quality ratings
How this hospital compares with the national rate on each measure group:
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information. How star ratings work.
Emergency room times
Lower times are better. Reporting period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Timely and Effective Care. What these numbers mean.
Infections and sepsis care
- MRSA bloodstream infectionsNo different · SIR 0.42
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 1.08
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.51
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.74
- Surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomyNo different · SIR 0.39
- Surgical site infections after colon surgeryNo different · SIR 0.63
48% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock received all the recommended early care steps (SEP-1). Higher is better.
SIR is the standardized infection ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than predicted for a hospital like this one. Period ending September 2025. Source: CMS Healthcare-Associated Infections and Timely and Effective Care.
What patients say
- Patient survey star rating
- Would definitely recommend57%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1059%
- Completed surveys988
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
33.46349, -86.77571
Nearby hospitals
- Select Specialty Hospital - Birmingham2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, 3rd Floor, Birmingham, ALLong-term care hospitalSame campus
- Encompass Health Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital3800 Ridgeway Drive, Birmingham, ALRehabilitation hospital0.7 mi
- UAB Hospital Highlands1201 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL · Emergency roomHospital2.8 mi
- UAB Callahan Eye Hospital1720 University Boulevard, Birmingham, ALHospital3.2 mi
- Noland Hospital Birmingham II, LLC810 St Vincents Drive 6th Floor, Birmingham, ALLong-term care hospital3.2 mi
- St Vincent's Birmingham810 St Vincent'S Drive, Birmingham, AL · Level III traumaAcute care hospital3.2 mi
- Birmingham VA Medical Center700 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL · Emergency roomVA medical center3.2 mi
- The Children's Hospital of Alabama1600 Seventh Avenue South, Birmingham, AL · Level I traumaChildren's hospital3.2 mi
- University of Alabama Hospital619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL · Level I traumaAcute care hospital3.3 mi
- Grandview Medical Center3690 Grandview Parkway, Birmingham, AL · Level III traumaAcute care hospital3.9 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital located?
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital is at 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Drive, Birmingham, AL 35209 in Jefferson County.
Does Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 158 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital?
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 3 out of 5. The rating combines measures of mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience and timely and effective care, compared with hospitals nationwide.
Is Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level III trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date April 2024). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Alabama EMS or trauma program. In an emergency, call 911: paramedics take seriously injured patients to the right trauma center.
What is the phone number of Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (205) 877-1000.
Would patients recommend Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (988 completed surveys), 57% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 59% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
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