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Joy in Medicine™: Recognized organizations

UPDATED Nov 14, 2024 | 4 Min Read
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Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program
  • Overview
  • Program criteria
  • What recognition means
  • Recognized organizations
  • Impact
Contents
  1. Recognizing health systems that care for the caregivers
  2. Currently recognized organizations by state
  3. 2024 currently recognized organizations
  4. 2023 currently recognized organizations
  5. 2024 Joy in Medicine video celebration
  6. Previously recognized organizations
  7. Contact
Recognizing health systems that care for the caregivers

Recognizing health systems that care for the caregivers

Each year, the Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program recognizes organizations from across the country for their dedication to building well-being and reducing physician burnout in their organization.

There are three levels of recognition in the Joy in Medicine program: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Recognition levels are valid for two years. Listed below are the recognition years, levels and locations for all currently recognized organizations. This list is up to date as of October 2024.

Is your health system on the list?

See if your organization is part of this prestigious group currently recognized for their dedication to physician well-being.

Currently recognized organizations by state

Currently recognized organizations by state

Review the currently recognized organizations per state (PDF). Organizations are listed by most recent recognition level and year.

Joy in Medicine recognized organizations map (with logo)

 

Following are the organizations with current recognition from the Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program.

2024 currently recognized organizations

Gold

El Rio Health

Silver

AMA Health System Program Group Member Partners

Bayhealth

Sutter Independent Physicians

 

Dayton Children's Hospital

Endeavor Health Edward Hospital & Endeavor Health Elmhurst Hospital

Jefferson Health

Medical College of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital and Children's Wisconsin

MyMichigan Health

Northwell Health

Oak Street Health

Samaritan Health Services

St. Luke's Health System

UMass Memorial Health

Bronze

AMA Health System Program Group Member Partners

Atlantic Health System

Hattiesburg Clinic

Henry Ford Health

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group

Northwest Permanente

Sutter Health

Texas Children's Pediatrics

 

Bellin and Gundersen Health System

Bryan Medical Center

Catholic Health

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

The Christ Hospital Health Network

Columbus Regional Health

CommonSpirit Mountain Region

Community Health Network

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Denver Health

Gillette Children's

Hartford HealthCare

HealthPartners

Intermountain Health

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Kansas City Veterans Medical Center

Memorial Healthcare System

MemorialCare Medical Group

Moffitt Cancer Center

Naples Comprehensive Health

Nemours Children's Health

Novant Health

Nuvance Health

NYC Health + Hospitals

Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Owensboro Health

Pediatric Physicians’ Organization at Children’s (PPOC)

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health

Roper St. Francis Healthcare

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Stamford Health

TMCOne

Trinity Health Hospital-Ann Arbor/Trinity Health IHA Medical Group

UCI Health

UK College of Medicine

UMass Chan Medical School Baystate and Baystate Health

The University of Chicago Medicine

University of Mississippi Medical Center

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

VA Illiana Health Care System

Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 12

AMA Health System Partners that have earned recognition are linked with additional information and stories about their work supporting the well-being of physicians.

2023 currently recognized organizations

Gold

AMA Health System Program Group Member Partners

Ochsner Health

The Permanente Medical Group

Sanford Health

 

Atrium Health

ChristianaCare

Northwestern Medicine

Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Stanford Medicine

UCHealth

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Silver

AMA Health System Program Group Member Partners

Confluence Health

RUSH University Medical Center

 

Allegheny Health Network

Ascension Medical Group

Atrius Health

Baylor Scott & White Health

Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospitals - Denton, McKinney, Plano

Centra

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Children's Primary Care Medical Group

CHRISTUS Health, CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic

Corewell Health

El Rio Health

Hackensack Meridian Health

HonorHealth

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

LCMC Health

Mayo Clinic

Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan

MultiCare Health System

Orlando Health

Sea Mar Community Health Centers

Thundermist Health Center

University of Utah Health

UPMC

Upstate Medical University 

Bronze

AMA Health System Program Group Member Partners

Geisinger

The Southeast Permanente Medical Group

Sutter Independent Physicians

Washington Permanente Medical Group

 

Banner Health

Boston Medical Center

ChenMed

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Connecticut Children's

Cook Children’s

Dignity Health Arizona Market

EvergreenHealth

Family Health Centers of San Diego

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Kootenai Health

Massachusetts General Physicians Organization

Mercy

MyMichigan Health

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group

Parkland Health

Providence Medical Foundation: St. Joseph Heritage Medical Group, St. Jude Heritage Medical Group

Providence Oregon

The Queen's Health System

Reid Health

Ridgecrest Regional Hospital

Rogers Behavioral Health

Spectrum Healthcare Partners

St. Luke's Health System

Sturdy Health

UNC Health

University of Michigan Health-West

US Acute Care Solutions

UW Medicine

WellSpan Health

Wellstar Health System

AMA Health System Partners that have earned recognition are linked with additional information and stories about their work supporting the well-being of physicians.

2024 Joy in Medicine video celebration

2024 Joy in Medicine video celebration

Watch as AMA President Bruce A. Scott, MD, reveals which health systems, hospitals and medical groups have earned recognition from the 2024 AMA Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program—and hear from three currently recognized organizations about their well-being endeavors.

Previously recognized organizations

Bassett Healthcare Network

BJC Medical Group

Bozeman Health

Centura Health

Cleveland Clinic

Cooper University Health Care

Gould Medical Group

Heartland Health Centers

MedStar Health

Mercy Medical Group

National Capital Region Military Health System

South Georgia Medical Center

St. Vincent Medical Group

Temple University Health System

Tulane University School of Medicine

The University of New Mexico School of Medicine

University of Rochester Medical Center

Virginia Mason Medical Center

Wake Forest Baptist Health/Wake Forest School of Medicine

AMA Health System Partners that have earned recognition are linked with additional information and stories about their work supporting the well-being of physicians.

Joy in Medicine Intent to Apply

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Contact

If you have any questions about the Joy in Medicine Health System Recognition Program, please contact us.

AMA Health System Partner Program

Learn more about AMA resources to help advance your organization’s recognition.

Download the Well-being Toolkit to read how health systems have partnered with the AMA.

Received Joy in Medicine recognition? Contact us to learn how to amplify it with a national audience.

Table of Contents

  1. Recognizing health systems that care for the caregivers
  2. Currently recognized organizations by state
  3. 2024 Joy in Medicine video celebration
  4. Contact
 
  • Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program
  • Physician Well-being & Burnout
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  • Bayhealth
  • Confluence Health
  • Geisinger Health System
  • Hattiesburg Clinic
  • Henry Ford Health
  • Lehigh Valley Health System
  • Catalog of Topics

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