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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 2012 Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline Go to Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline 2013 Working together in the best interest of patients Go to Working together in the best interest of patients 2018 Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians Go to Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians 2019 Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings Go to Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings
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 2012 Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline Go to Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline 2013 Working together in the best interest of patients Go to Working together in the best interest of patients 2018 Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians Go to Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians 2019 Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings Go to Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings
2012 Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline Go to Proportion of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline
2013 Working together in the best interest of patients Go to Working together in the best interest of patients
2018 Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians Go to Buprenorphrine Provision by Early Career Family Physicians
2019 Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings Go to Accountable Care Organizations Serving Deprived Communities Are Less Likely to Share in Savings
