Martha Bennett Adams | Scholars@Duke

Martha Bennett Adams
Professor Emerita of Medicine

My focus has been at the interface of clinical research in medicine, a special emphasis on the impact of emerging technologies on information management, for example, developing a framework for clinical decision support in antimicrobial stewardship, creating an enterprise-wide solution for research data security management, and leading studies of mobile technology adoption and telegenetics.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emerita of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2012

Contact Information

1101B Hospital North, Box 3703, Durham, NC 27710
411 West Chapel Hill Street, Suite 600, Durham, NC 27701
martha.adams@duke.edu (919) 668-0300

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Chief Medical Resident, Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1979 - 1980
- Medical Resident, Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1976 - 1979
- M.D., University of Virginia 1976
Duke Appointment History
- Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2010 - 2012
- Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2010 - 2012
- Director, Credentialing and Legal Affairs in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2010 - 2012
- Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 2005 - 2010
- Assistant Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2006 - 2009
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2006 - 2009
- Assistant Clinical Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 2001 - 2006
- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2004 - 2006
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2001 - 2004
- Consulting Associate in the Department of Medicine, Duke University 1995 - 2001
- Consulting Associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine 1999 - 2001
- Consulting Associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Community and Family Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 1998 - 1999
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 1995
Research
Selected Grants
- Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2010
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
  - Kamal, AH, Bull, J, Kavalieratos, D, Nicolla, JM, Roe, L, Adams, M, and Abernethy, AP. "Development of the Quality Data Collection Tool for Prospective Quality Assessment and Reporting in Palliative Care." Journal of Palliative Medicine 19, no. 11 (November 2016): 1148-1155. Full Text
  - Cameron, CB, Nair, V, Varma, M, Adams, M, Jhaveri, KD, and Sparks, MA. "Does Academic Blogging Enhance Promotion and Tenure? A Survey of US and Canadian Medicine and Pediatric Department Chairs." Jmir Medical Education 2, no. 1 (June 23, 2016): e10-null. Full Text
  - Schuts, EC, van den Bosch, CM, Gyssens, IC, Kullberg, B-J, Leverstein-van Hall, MA, Natsch, S, Sebens, F, Adams, MB, Drew, R, and Prins, JM. "Adoption of a national antimicrobial guide (SWAB-ID) in the Netherlands." European journal of clinical pharmacology 72, no. 2 (February 2016): 249-252. (Letter) Full Text
  - Buchanan, AH, Datta, SK, Skinner, CS, Hollowell, GP, Beresford, HF, Freeland, T, Rogers, B, Boling, J, Marcom, PK, and Adams, MB. "Randomized Trial of Telegenetics vs. In-Person Cancer Genetic Counseling: Cost, Patient Satisfaction and Attendance." Journal of Genetic Counseling 24, no. 6 (December 2015): 961-970. Full Text
  - Adams, MB, Kaplan, B, Sobko, HJ, Kuziemsky, C, Ravvaz, K, and Koppel, R. "Learning from colleagues about healthcare IT implementation and optimization: lessons from a medical informatics listserv." Journal of medical systems 39, no. 1 (January 2015): 157-. Full Text
  - Kuziemsky, C, Adams, MB, Kaplan, B, Ravvaz, K, and Koppel, R. "What Medical Informaticians Do With and Think About an International Medical Informatics Listserv: Member Survey Preliminary Findings." Studies in health technology and informatics 216 (January 2015): 1124-.
  - Ravvaz, K, Kuziemsky, C, Koppel, R, Kaplan, B, Adams, SA, and Adams, MB. "AMIA members' "vital signs": what the HIT implementation listserv says about goals for AMIA and for medical informatics." AMIA .. Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium 2015 (January 2015): 1067-1075.
  - Nagler, A, Schlueter, J, Johnson, C, Griffith, B, Prewitt, J, Sloane, R, and Adams, M. "Calling for collaboration: piloting smartphones to discover differences between users and devices." Teaching and learning in medicine 26, no. 3 (July 2014): 258-265. Full Text
  - Perez, BA, von Isenburg, MA, Yu, M, Tuttle, BD, and Adams, MB. "Exploring the impact of tablet computers on medical training at an academic medical center." Journal of the Medical Library Association : Jmla 101, no. 2 (April 2013): 154-157. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Shah, BR, Adams, M, Peterson, ED, Powers, B, Oddone, EZ, Royal, K, McCant, F, Grambow, SC, Lindquist, J, and Bosworth, HB. "Secondary prevention risk interventions via telemedicine and tailored patient education (SPRITE): a randomized trial to improve postmyocardial infarction management." Circulation. Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes 4, no. 2 (March 2011): 235-242. Full Text
  - Reed, SD, Li, Y, Oddone, EZ, Neary, AM, Orr, MM, Grubber, JM, Graham, FL, Olsen, MK, Svetkey, LP, Dolor, RJ, Powers, BJ, Adams, MB, and Bosworth, HB. "Economic evaluation of home blood pressure monitoring with or without telephonic behavioral self-management in patients with hypertension." American Journal of Hypertension 23, no. 2 (February 2010): 142-148. Full Text
  - Goldschmidt-Clermont, PJ, Dong, C, Rhodes, NM, McNeill, DB, Adams, MB, Gilliss, CL, Cuffe, MS, Califf, RM, Peterson, ED, and Lubarsky, DA. "Perspective: Autonomic care systems for hospitalized patients." Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 84, no. 12 (December 2009): 1727-1731. Full Text
  - Bosworth, HB, Olsen, MK, Grubber, JM, Neary, AM, Orr, MM, Powers, BJ, Adams, MB, Svetkey, LP, Reed, SD, Li, Y, Dolor, RJ, and Oddone, EZ. "Two self-management interventions to improve hypertension control: a randomized trial." Annals of Internal Medicine 151, no. 10 (November 2009): 687-695. Full Text
  - Tempelhof, MW, Garman, KS, Langman, MK, and Adams, MB. "Leveraging time and learning style, iPod vs. realtime attendance at a series of medicine residents conferences: a randomised controlled trial." Inform Prim Care 17, no. 2 (2009): 87-94. Link to Item
  - Bosworth, HB, Olsen, MK, Neary, A, Orr, M, Grubber, J, Svetkey, L, Adams, M, and Oddone, EZ. "Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) study: a multifactorial tailored behavioral and educational intervention for achieving blood pressure control." Patient Education and Counseling 70, no. 3 (March 2008): 338-347. Full Text
  - Bosworth, HB, Olsen, MK, Dudley, T, Orr, M, Neary, A, Harrelson, M, Adams, M, Svetkey, LP, Dolor, RJ, and Oddone, EZ. "The Take Control of Your Blood pressure (TCYB) study: study design and methodology." Contemporary Clinical Trials 28, no. 1 (January 2007): 33-47. Full Text
  - Schardt, C, Adams, MB, Owens, T, Keitz, S, and Fontelo, P. "Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions." Bmc Medical Informatics and Decision Making 7 (January 2007): 16-null. Full Text
  - Drew, RH, Kawamoto, K, and Adams, MB. "Information technology for optimizing the management of infectious diseases." Am J Health Syst Pharm 63, no. 10 (May 15, 2006): 957-965. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - Kosecki, SM, Rodgers, PT, and Adams, MB. "Glycemic monitoring in diabetics with sickle cell plus beta-thalassemia hemoglobinopathy." The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 39, no. 9 (September 2005): 1557-1560. Full Text
  - Kim, JW, Bosworth, HB, Voils, CI, Olsen, M, Dudley, T, Gribbin, M, Adams, M, and Oddone, EZ. "How well do clinic-based blood pressure measurements agree with the mercury standard?." Journal of General Internal Medicine 20, no. 7 (July 2005): 647-649. Full Text

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Journal Articles