In collaboration with
PPRNet (Primary (Care) Practices Research network), and Recombinant Data, Inc., a data warehousing company
specializing in the secondary use of clinical data, we set out to create a diabetes patient registry; practice and
individual practitioner reports to identify opportunities for intervention in diabetic care and measure progress on
a variety of quality metrics from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Diabetes Physician
Recognition Program (DPRP) [6].