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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is also located on this campus. Although it engages in many collaborative efforts with Penn Medicine, CHOP is not part of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. [citation needed] The Chester County Hospital and Health System joined Penn Medicine in 2013. [3]
The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) is a major multi-hospital health system headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. UPHS and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania together comprise Penn Medicine , a clinical and research entity of the University of Pennsylvania .
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, sometimes called Presby, is a hospital located in the University City section of West Philadelphia. It was founded by Reverend Ephraim D. Saunders in 1871 and formally joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System in 1995.
Lancaster General Health uses EPIC as its electronic medical record (EMR) system. [8] [circular reference] Lancaster General Health is also home to the Lancaster General Health Family Medicine Residency Program, consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top family medicine residency programs in the United States. [9]
The Perelman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) comprise "Penn Medicine". Penn Medicine is an organizational structure designed to integrate Penn's clinical, educational, and research functions. Penn Medicine is governed by a board of trustees which in turn reports to the trustees of the university.
Since 1970, the campus has grown from 318 to 550 acres (2.2 km 2). Many additions have been made to the academic and patient-care facilities. The center also serves nursing students from Penn State College of Nursing B.S. degree program and students from other Penn State health-related programs.
Atkinson Pavilion of the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. The hospital was previously located in Princeton at 253 Witherspoon Street, [4] until May 22, 2012, when the new location opened off of U.S. Route 1. [5] The new hospital was designed by a joint venture between HOK and RMJM Hiller. [6] [7]
Chester County Hospital operated independently until it joined the University of Pennsylvania Health System in 2013. [1] [8] The Fern Hill Medical Campus, located in West Goshen, opened in 2000, and Penn Medicine Southern Chester County, located in Jennersville, opened in 2015. [4] The hospital celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2017. [7]