Hospitals & Nursing Homes in Massachusetts

Last updated: March 2026.

At a glance

84
Hospitals
341
Nursing homes

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Highlights

Top-performing facilities in Massachusetts based on official federal data.

Fastest emergency rooms

Hospitals with shortest typical ER wait times (lower is better):

Hospital City Wait
Nantucket Cottage Hospital Nantucket 1h 45m
Fairview Hospital Great Barrington 1h 55m
Boston Medical Center-Brighton Brighton 2h 29m
Martha's Vineyard Hospital Inc. Oak Bluffs 2h 29m
Falmouth Hospital Falmouth 2h 40m
North Adams Regional Hospital Corp.oration North Adams 2h 43m
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary - Boston 2h 53m
Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge 2h 56m
Athol Memorial Hospital Athol 2h 57m
Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport 3h 10m

Best Registered Nurse (RN) staffing

Nursing homes with most RN hours per resident per day (higher is better):

Nursing home City RN hrs
Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center - Brighton Boston 3.73
Brookhaven at Lexington Lexington 2.87
Campion Health & Wellness, Inc. Weston 2.07
Whittier Westborough Transitional Care Unit Westborough 2.02
The Commons Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Lincoln 1.99
The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea Chelsea 1.79
Rivercrest Long Term Care W Concord 1.58
Lasell House Newton 1.55
Whittier Bradford Transitional Care Unit Bradford 1.53
Windemere Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Oak Bluffs 1.44

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