The mission of the Wonca International Classification Committee is to develop and maintain classifications that accommodate the complete domain of family/general practice, and to ensure that these classifications are interoperable to the highest degree possible with standard international health care terminologies and classifications, in order to contribute to equitable quality health care worldwide.
From this mission statement, we derive the following primary GOALS:
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To achieve widespread international use of ICPC
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To maintain and revise ICPC to accommodate expanded health care knowledge
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To develop productive working relationships with other international standards development organizations
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To support the work of WICC and Wonca through licensing of ICPC
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To create and disseminate additional classification tools as needed to capture and codify the complete domain of family/general practice
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These goals lead to the following core OBJECTIVES for the work of WICC:
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Stabilize ICPC-2 in electronic and print form (version control)
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Reconcile and maintain maps between ICPC and ICD, ICPC and SNOMED
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Complete licensing agreements for ICPC-2 in new countries, particularly developing areas
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Identify a stable and sustainable Web-based host for ICPC-2
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Develop a training program for ICPC
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Create and maintain a professional Web presence for WICC
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Promote additional translations of ICPC and other primary care classification tools
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Create a “primary care classification package” of ICPC-plus-other terminologies built in to simple open-source health IT intended for use in developing areas
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Build the conceptual foundation for ICPC-3 (the “primary care data model”)
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Complete collaborative agreements with WHO and IHTSDO
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Identify additional classification needs and develop new tools to fill those needs
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Build capacity for data analysis and field trials within WICC or Wonca
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Strengthen working relationships with Wonca Informatics Working Party
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Create an international “Primary Care Classification Consortium” to organize and fund our activities
Professor Michael S. Klinkman Chairman, WONCA International Classification Committee University of Michigan Health System Department of Family Medicine Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
In Memoriam
Robert Wesbury, past-president and funder
Jack Froom, past president
Charles Bridges Webb , past president
Bent Guttorm Bentsen, outstanding contributor (Norwegian) (English)
Henk Lamberts, outstanding contributor
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