Ochsner Health System (New Orleans). Ochsner Health System serves more than 600,000 patients per year from 80-plus countries around the world. The system's 2,700 affiliated physicians also are active in 1,000-plus clinical trials each year to advance the medical field. Five physicians founded the health system in 1942, and since then it has grown into a large independent academic system and one of the state's biggest nonprofit health systems. The system includes 29 owned, managed and affiliated hospitals and more than 60 health centers. The AMGA Foundation honored Ochsner Health System with the 2017 Foundation Star Award.
