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 23(4):363-367 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 2019 Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians Go to Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians 2015 Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care Go to Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care 2019 The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care Go to The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care 2017 Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? Go to Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents?
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 23(4):363-367 Source Annals of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians Go to Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians 2015 Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care Go to Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care 2019 The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care Go to The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care 2017 Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? Go to Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents?
2019 Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians Go to Associations Between Burnout and Practice Organization in Family Physicians
2015 Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care Go to Solo practitioners remain important contributors to primary care
2019 The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care Go to The Primary Care Spend Model: a systems approach to measuring investment in primary care
2017 Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents? Go to Fellowship or Further Training for Family Medicine Residents?
