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Website Getting a New Look

The JUP Electronic Medical Record Website is getting a new and exciting make-over. The new site will help you keep track of the EMR Project with Updates, Events and Articles.


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The influence of EMR usage on nonverbal communication in the medical interview.

This study examined nonverbal communication in relation to EMR use during the medical interview. Six physicians were videotaped...


EHRs Fix Everything and Nine Other Myths

Two physician groups implement the same electronic health record (EHR) system.


EHR - Tips for Docs

Electronic health records (EHRs) are clearly part of family...


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The empower™ Initiative
Innovating EMR, Empowering Physicians, Improving Care

As a leading academic medical center, Jefferson continually pioneers new applications for technology to keep it delivering the highest level of care. Our mission: to create the ideal patient experience not only drives our advancement of medicine, but also our clinical transformation initiative, aptly named empower™.

Through strategic customization of Electronic Medical Records (EMR), empowerBeta Tests are proving that JUP physicians and staff can obtain more timely and comprehensive information about their patients (including data from JUH labs, imaging, op notes, discharge summaries and more) viewable as “paperless charts” on computer monitors in clinical settings.

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EMR News:  Alpha Test Results In, Beta Test In Progress

April’s EMR Alpha Test set an aggressive goal: uncover the glitches that inherently exist in new software introduced to clinical settings. Volunteering for JUP’s two-week test, the Department of Otolaryngology, which daily sees 350-550 patients, trained on the software before simultaneously launching all eight modules. Read more…