The Penn State Diabetes Center is a collaborative effort, utilizing resources from within the various disciplines at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, within Penn State and through partners outside the Penn State system. With a commitment to improving the lives of those with diabetes through patient care, research and education, the center uses a variety of unique tools, including the Diabetes Registry.

The Diabetes Registry is an electronic database used at Penn State University Physician Group family practices, internal medicine and endocrinology offices, as well as for a research project at Reading Hospital. Basically a list of patients with diabetes that attend those clinics, the registry is secure, Web-based and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)-privacy compliant. It can be used to retrieve data specific to an individual, specific to a clinical indicator across a group of patients or specific to a practitioner. It also creates an invaluable resource for researchers seeking to identify potential candidates for participation in research studies.

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