Highlights of Moving Toward International Standards in Primary Care Informatics: Clinical Vocabulary Conference Summary Report New Orleans, November 1995The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the American Medical Informatics Association cosponsored an international conference aimed at moving toward vocabulary standards for coding primary care data.ContentsHighlightsConference InformationForewords Administrator's Foreword Program ForewordIntroduction Purpose Conference Objectives Format for Consensus Development and ReportingMoving Toward International Standards in Primary Care Informatics Classifications and Nomenclatures Information Exchange Confidentiality and CommitmentReferencesCoding and Nomenclatures: A Snapshot from Around the World Summary Methodology Results Conclusions References Other Works of Interest Internet ResourcesReport of Consensus General Statements Standards Statements and Critical Elements Strengths and Weaknesses of Examined Vocabularies ICPC (International Classification of Primary Care) Recommendations for Future Actions and DirectionsA View From the Consensus Panel Introduction Agenda, Participants, Structure, and Process Consensus Report Consensus Development Mississippi Model of Consensus Discussion ReferenceProcess Overview Overview of Conference Process Presentation Consensus Panel Conference Discussion Consensus Building After the MeetingConference Information Introductory Letters Key Personnel Agenda Participants Current as of November 1995 Internet Citation: Highlights of Moving Toward International Standards in Primary Care Informatics: Clinical Vocabulary: Conference Summary Report. November 1995. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/pcinform/index.html