Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, MA
Also known as BWFH
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About Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital is an acute care hospital in Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It reports its ownership to Medicare as nonprofit (private). It provides emergency services. It is listed as a Level I trauma center. Its CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating is 5 out of 5. It has 171 licensed beds, according to state license data via HIFLD. The nearest other listed hospital is Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, about 0.4 mi away.
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 0.39
- Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)No different · SIR 1.20
- Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infectionsBetter than national · SIR 0.43
- Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)No different · SIR 0.23
59% 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 recommend74%
- Rated the hospital 9 or 1071%
- Completed surveys606
Survey period ending September 2025. Source: CMS HCAHPS Patient Survey.
Map
42.30148, -71.12668
Nearby hospitals
- Hebrew Rehabilitation Center1200 Centre Street, Boston, MALong-term care hospital0.4 mi
- Lemuel Shattuck Hospital170 Morton Street, Jamaica Plain, MALong-term care hospital1.2 mi
- Arbour Hospital49 Robinwood Avenue, Boston, MAPsychiatric hospital1.3 mi
- Bournewood Hospital300 South Street, Brookline, MAPsychiatric hospital1.3 mi
- VA Boston Healthcare System - Jamaica Plain150 S. Huntington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, MA · Emergency roomVA medical center2.0 mi
- New England Baptist Hospital125 Parker Hill Avenue, Boston, MAAcute care hospital2.2 mi
- Brigham and Women's Hospital75 Francis Street, Boston, MA · Level I traumaAcute care hospital2.5 mi
- Boston Children's Hospital300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA · Emergency roomChildren's hospital2.7 mi
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA · Level I traumaAcute care hospital2.8 mi
- Arbour Human Resource Institute227 Babcock Street, Brookline, MAPsychiatric hospital3.4 mi
Frequently asked questions
Where is Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital located?
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital is at 1153 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 in Suffolk County.
Does Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital have an emergency room?
Yes. Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital reports emergency services to Medicare, and patients spent a median of 256 minutes in its emergency department before leaving. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
What is the CMS star rating of Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital?
Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital has a CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating of 5 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 Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital a trauma center?
Yes. It is listed as a Level I trauma center in the HIFLD hospitals data, which is compiled from state trauma registries (source date November 2023). Trauma designations are renewed periodically, so confirm with the Massachusetts 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 Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital?
The main phone number on record with Medicare is (617) 983-7000.
Would patients recommend Brigham and Women Faulkner Hospital?
In the most recent HCAHPS patient survey (606 completed surveys), 74% of patients said they would definitely recommend the hospital, and 71% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10.
Related guides
- How CMS Hospital Star Ratings WorkThe five measure groups behind the 1 to 5 star Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating, how it is calculated and what it leaves out.
- How to Choose a HospitalA practical checklist for planned care: insurance networks, procedure volume, quality ratings, certifications and cost estimates.
- ER Wait Times ExplainedHow triage and the Emergency Severity Index decide who is seen first, why emergency rooms get crowded and where to find timing data.
- What Is a Trauma Center? Levels I to V ExplainedWhat each trauma center level provides, who designates and verifies them, pediatric trauma centers and how trauma systems route patients.