Preferred Primary Care Physicians (PPCP) was founded in 1995 by ten primary care physicians in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. These physicians shared a common commitment to provide the highest quality care to the patients that it served. To that end, the group initiated quality improvement programs, participated in research studies to advance primary care practice, and implemented electronic medical records well before most other practices. Today, Preferred Primary Care Physicians consists of 34 board-certified physicians specializing in internal medicine and family practice. PPCP has 15 practice locations in the South Hills and two locations in Uniontown in Fayette County. In addition, PPCP offers state-of-the-art outpatient centers for cardiac testing, sleep disorders, and physical therapy. For inpatient hospital care, the physicians of Preferred Primary Care admit to one of the following area hospitals: