2003 Annual Report

WG Name: Primary Care Informatics Working Group (PCIWG)

WG Chair: David R. Little, MD MS, Wright State University Department of Family Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
Chair-Elect: Sheila Teasdale, PRIMIS Service Director, http://www.primis.nhs.uk
Past Chair: John A. Zapp, MD, Director, Family Practice Residency, Mercy Medical Center, Redding, California

Treasurer: Alan E. Zuckerman, Georgetown University
Secretary: Thomas C. Thornton, Upper Sandusky, Ohio
Program: Sheila Teasdale
At-Large: Mark Weiner, University of Pennsylvania (Internal Medicine)

 Jacob Reider, Albany Medical Center (Family Practice)
 Kevin Johnson, Vanderbilt University  (Pediatrics)

Web Site: Thomas Thornton

Mission Statement: This Working Group serves all members involved in, and/or working with, the practice and teaching of Family Medicine or other primary care disciplines, including General Internal Medicine and General Pediatrics. The creation of this Working Group is the results of more than a decade of effort by individuals and groups from Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine, and General Pediatrics. These efforts have been directed at applications of, and research on, computer technology in practice and teaching.

The purpose of this Working Group is to promote and encourage the appropriate development and use of medical informatics in the practice and teaching of Family Medicine and other primary care disciplines. Objectives include: encouraging the use of clinical computing, electronic communications, standard medical vocabulary for primary care, representing primary care views to the AMIA Board of Directors, stimulating research in primary care informatics, providing information, and acting as a resource, developing a network of primary care informaticians, developing and testing products, and influencing informatics policy development as it affects primary care.

Activities for 2003:

• Published PCIWG Strategic Plan - Informatics in Primary Care 2003;11(2):89-94.
• Contributed to Spring Congress
• Conducted full-day workshop at Fall Symposium
• Conducted panel at Fall Symposium on AAFP Primary Care EHR project
• Co-sponsored panel at Fall Symposium on Informatics Education, along with Education WG, Dental Informatics WG, and Nursing Informatics WG
• Hosted a hospitality suite at Fall Symposium with demonstrations of four separate projects in informal setting
• Continued support for National Alliance for Primary Care Informatics (NAPCI)
• Initiated a study on the usability and value of SNOMED for coding of primary care problems

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