About Saint Anne's Hospital

Founded by the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in 1906, Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts, is a full-service, acute care Catholic hospital with 196 beds and satellites in Fall River, Attleboro, Swansea, and Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The hospital provides nationally recognized patient- and family-centered inpatient and outpatient clinical services to patients from surrounding Massachusetts and Rhode Island communities.

In addition to comprehensive diagnostic, medical, surgical, and emergency services, specialty services include our Joint Commission-certified Center for Orthopedic Excellence; Saint Anne’s Hospital Regional Cancer Center in Fall River and Dartmouth; the Center for Pain Management; multi-disciplinary Spine Center; and inpatient geriatric psychiatry services.

Awards, Accreditations, Achievements

• The Joint Commission has awarded Saint Anne's Hospital the Gold Seal of Approval® for Health Care Equity, honoring the hospital's dedication to ensuring all patients receive safe, high-quality care across every hospital setting.
• Leapfrog's "Straight A" Hospital Safety Award. Saint Anne's is one of just 12 US hospitals to earn Straight A's for hospital safety since the program's inception - 2012-2025.
• Saint Anne’s Hospital ranked ‘high-performing’ in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospitals in Four Specialty Areas – Back Surgery Spinal Fusion, COPD, Diabetes, Kidney Failure
• Saint Anne's Environmental Services Has Earned a 'CMS 5-Star Rating' for Cleanliness from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
• Healthgrades Patient Experience Award - 2017-2023
• Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award - 2022, 2024
• American Heart Association: Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award - 2024, 2025
• The Coverdell Stroke Systems of Care Partnership Award - 2025
• Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program Award - 2025
• Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons Accreditation: Saint Anne’s Hospital Regional Cancer Center
• Bariatric Surgery Program: Accreditation as a comprehensive center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program, a joint program of the American College of Surgeons and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
• Women's Choice Award: America's Best Hospitals for Bariatric Surgery
• The Joint Commission: Certification for Spine Surgery
• The Joint Commission: Advanced Certification for Knee and Hip Replacement
• Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
• Blue Distinction Center+ for Spine Surgery

Saint Anne’s medical staff includes more than 750 physicians and advanced practice providers, including primary care and specialty providers.

Get the Facts

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