Our new team-based approach helps you with your health and wellness, as well chronic conditions. Your primary care doctor coordinates your care — and our Expanded Care Team provides specialized support tailored to your physical and mental health needs.
A certified diabetes educator (CDE) helps patients living with diabetes to better understand and manage their condition.
Your CDE is trained in prediabetes and diabetes prevention, and will help you:
A registered dietitian (RD) is a food and nutrition expert who helps pre-diabetic individuals and other patients with nutrition concerns. Your RD translates the science of nutrition into practical solutions for a healthier lifestyle.
Wellness guides are extensively trained medical assistants who teach self-management support to patients with new or uncontrolled chronic disease.
Your wellness guide can help you achieve health care goals recommended by your doctor, such as:
Your medical social worker can help assess your social, emotional, environmental, financial, and support needs.
He or she will also work with you, your family, and your doctor to create a coordinated plan of care, including helping patients with:
Your behavioral health counselor, or licensed clinical social worker, is highly trained in psychotherapy, assessment, diagnosis, substance abuse treatment, and crisis management.
He or she will provide you with short-term assessment and counseling and will help patients with concerns such as:
Should you need longer-term or complex treatment, you also can be connected to the appropriate resources.
Your health information, right at your fingertips. Select MyUPMC to access your UPMC health information. For patients of UPMC-affiliated doctors in Central Pa, select UPMC Central Pa Portal. Patients of UPMC Cole should select the UPMC Cole Connect Patient Portal.
The portal for all UPMC patients EXCEPT those in Central Pa.
The portal for UPMC patients in Central Pa.
The portal for UPMC Cole patients receiving inpatient care.
