109 hospitals, health systems earn AMA’s Joy in Medicine distinction

The American Medical Association has honored 109 hospitals, health systems and medical groups through its 2025 Joy in Medicine program.

The Joy in Medicine program recognizes healthcare organizations for their commitment to  supporting physician well-being by reducing “system-level drivers of work-related burnout,” according to a Sept. 3 news release from the AMA.

There are three levels of recognition in the program, gold, silver and bronze, which are valid for two years.

Here are the 109 organizations that have earned AMA’s 2025-2026 Joy in Medicine distinction:

Gold

• Advocate Health (Charlotte, N.C.)

• Allegheny Health Network (Pittsburgh)

• Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital (Dallas)

• Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.)

• ChristianaCare (Newark, Del.)

• Confluence Health-Wenatchee (Wash.) Valley Medical Group

• Dayton (Ohio) Children’s Hospital

• Jefferson Health (Philadelphia)

• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.)

• Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor)

• Northwestern Medicine (Chicago)

• Ochsner Health (New Orleans)

• Palo Alto (Calif.) Foundation Medical Group

• Permanente Medical Group (Oakland, Calif.)

• Sanford Health (Sioux Falls, S.D.)

• Stanford (Calif.) Medicine 

• University of California San Francisco Health

• University of Chicago Medicine

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)

• WellSpan Health (York, Pa.)

Silver

• Ascension (St. Louis)

• Atrius Health (Newton, Mass.)

• Children’s Primary Care Medical Group (San Diego)

• Christus Health-Christus Trinity Clinic (San Antonio)

• Community Health Network (Indianapolis)

• Cook Children’s Physician Network (Fort Worth, Texas)

• Dignity Health Arizona Market (Phoenix)

• Geisinger (Danville, Pa.)

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York City)

• Lehigh Valley Health Network (Allentown, Pa.)

• Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (Rockville, Md.)

• Northwest Permanente P.C. (Portland, Ore.)

• Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus)

• Queen’s Health Systems (Honolulu)

• Rush University System for Health (Chicago)

• Southeast Permanente Medical Group (Atlanta)

• SUNY Upstate Medical University (Syracuse, N.Y.)

• University of Utah Health (Salt Lake City)

• UPMC (Pittsburgh)

• VA Boston Healthcare System

• Washington Permanente Medical Group (Seattle)

• Wellstar Health System (Marietta, Ga.)

Bronze

• Akron (Ohio) Children’s

• Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center and Albany Medical College

• Allied Physicians Group (Melville, N.Y.)

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

• Ballad Health Medical Associates (Johnson City, Tenn.)

• Banner Health (Phoenix)

• Baptist Health Medical Group (Louisville, Ky.)

• BayCare Medical Group (Tampa Bay, Fla.)

• Bon Secours-Richmond (Va.)

• Bristol (Conn.) Health

• Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines)

• Carilion Clinic (Roanoke, Va.)

• Cayuga Health (Ithaca, N.Y.)

• CenterWell Senior Primary Care (Louisville, Ky.)

• Central Ohio Primary Care (Westerville)

• Central Virginia VA Health Care System (Richmond, Va.)

• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

• Children’s Specialty Group (Norfolk, Va.)

• Connecticut Children’s (Hartford)

• Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston, N.J.)

• Corewell Health (Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.)

• CoxHealth (Springfield, Mo.)

• Duly Health and Care (Downers Grove, Ill.)

• Emory Healthcare (Atlanta)

• Eskenazi Medical Group (Indianapolis)

• EvergreenHealth (Kirkland, Wash.)

• Forefront Dermatology (Manitowoc, Wis.)

• Guthrie Clinic (Sayre, Pa.)

• Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)

• Holland (Mich.) Hospital

• Houston Methodist

• Huntington Health (Pasadena, Calif.)

• Kootenai Health (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho)

• Lahey Hospital Medical Center (Burlington, Mass.)

• MaineHealth (Portland)

• Mercy (Chesterfield, Mo.)

• Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center

• Minneapolis (Minn.) VA Health Care System

• MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Wash.)

• Onvida Health (Yuma, Ariz.)

• Parkland Health (Dallas)

• Phoenix VA Health Care System 

• Providence St. Joseph & St. Jude Heritage Medical Group (Fullerton and Orange, Calif.)

• Reid Health (Richmond, Ind.)

• Ridgecrest (Calif.) Regional Hospital 

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (New Brunswick, N.J.)

• SCP Health (Atlanta)

• Sea Mar Community Health Centers (Seattle)

• Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus (San Diego)

• South Shore Health (Weymouth, Mass.)

• Spectrum Healthcare Partners (South Portland, Maine)

• Thundermist Health Center (Woonsocket, R.I.)

• UC San Diego Health

• UCHealth (Aurora, Colo.)

• UNC Health (Chapel Hill, N.C.)

• University Health (Kansas City, Mo.)

• University of Kansas Health System (Kansas City, Kan.)

• University of Michigan Health-West (Wyoming)

• University of Missouri Health Care and University of Missouri School of Medicine (Columbia)

• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston)

• University of Vermont Health Network (Burlington)

• UW Medicine-University of Washington (Seattle)

• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 

• VA Palo Alto (Calif) Health Care System

• VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (Harlingen)

• Virtua Health (Marlton, N.J.)

• West Virginia University Hospitals (Morgantown)

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