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Home Research Research Library Data Transformation to Advance AI/ML Research and Implementation in Primary Care Data Transformation to Advance AI/ML Research and Implementation in Primary Care 2025 Author(s) Tsai, Timothy, Lee, Julie J, Phillips, Robert L, and Lin, Steven Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT), and Practice Innovations Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) in health care is accelerating at a breathtaking pace. As the largest health care delivery platform, primary care is where the power, opportunity, and future of AI/ML are most likely to be realized in the broadest and most ambitious scale. However, there is a relative lack of organized, open, large-scale primary care datasets to attract industry and academia in primary care–focused research and development. This article proposes a set of high-level considerations around the data transformation that is needed to enable the growth of AI/ML applications in primary care. These considerations call for automation of data collection, organization of fragmented data, identification of primary care–specific use cases, integration of AI/ML into human workflows, and surveillance for unintended consequences. By unlocking the power of its data, primary care can play a leading role in advancing health care AI/ML to support patients, clinicians, and the health of the nation. ABFM Research Read all 2021 Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Go to Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2022 Multinational primary health care experiences from the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis Go to Multinational primary health care experiences from the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis 2019 Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach Go to Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach 2015 Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice Go to Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice
Author(s) Tsai, Timothy, Lee, Julie J, Phillips, Robert L, and Lin, Steven Topic(s) Role of Primary Care, Achieving Health System Goals, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT), and Practice Innovations Volume Annals of Family Medicine Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2021 Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Go to Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning 2022 Multinational primary health care experiences from the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis Go to Multinational primary health care experiences from the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis 2019 Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach Go to Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach 2015 Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice Go to Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice
2021 Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Go to Advancing primary care with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
2022 Multinational primary health care experiences from the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis Go to Multinational primary health care experiences from the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis
2019 Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach Go to Research gaps in the organisation of primary healthcare in low-income and middle-income countries and ways to address them: a mixed-methods approach
2015 Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice Go to Family Medicine Department Chairs’ Opinions Regarding Scope of Practice
