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
- 200 Morris Street, 3rd Floor, Durham, NC 27701
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martha.adams@duke.edu
(919) 681-6491
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Chief Medical Resident, Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1979 - 1980
- Medical Resident, Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 1976 - 1979
- M.D., University of Virginia 1976
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Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 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, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 2006 - 2009
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Medicine 2006 - 2009
- Assistant Clinical Professor in Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 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, Family Medicine and Community Health, Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health 1999 - 2001
- Consulting Associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, Family Medicine and Community Health, Clinical Science Departments 1998 - 1999
- Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Clinical Science Departments 1995
- Recognition
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In the News
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SEP 14, 2022 Department of Medicine
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- Research
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Selected Grants
- Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) Study awarded by National Institutes of Health 2003 - 2010
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Academic Articles
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Kamal, Arif H., Janet Bull, Dio Kavalieratos, Jonathan M. Nicolla, Laura Roe, Martha Adams, and Amy P. Abernethy. “Development of the Quality Data Collection Tool for Prospective Quality Assessment and Reporting in Palliative Care.” J Palliat Med 19, no. 11 (November 2016): 1148–55. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2016.0036.Full Text Link to Item
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Cameron, Christian Blake, Vinay Nair, Manu Varma, Martha Adams, Kenar D. Jhaveri, and Matthew A. Sparks. “Does Academic Blogging Enhance Promotion and Tenure? A Survey of US and Canadian Medicine and Pediatric Department Chairs.” Jmir Med Educ 2, no. 1 (June 23, 2016): e10. https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.4867.Full Text Link to Item
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Schuts, Emelie C., Caroline M. van den Bosch, Inge C. Gyssens, Bart-Jan Kullberg, Maurine A. Leverstein-van Hall, Stephanie Natsch, Fre Sebens, Martha B. Adams, Richard Drew, and Jan M. Prins. “Adoption of a national antimicrobial guide (SWAB-ID) in the Netherlands.” Eur J Clin Pharmacol 72, no. 2 (February 2016): 249–52. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-015-1969-x.Full Text Link to Item
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Buchanan, Adam H., Santanu K. Datta, Celette Sugg Skinner, Gail P. Hollowell, Henry F. Beresford, Thomas Freeland, Benjamin Rogers, John Boling, P Kelly Marcom, and Martha B. Adams. “Randomized Trial of Telegenetics vs. In-Person Cancer Genetic Counseling: Cost, Patient Satisfaction and Attendance.” J Genet Couns 24, no. 6 (December 2015): 961–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10897-015-9836-6.Full Text Link to Item
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Ravvaz, Kourosh, Craig Kuziemsky, Ross Koppel, Bonnie Kaplan, Samantha A. Adams, and Martha B. Adams. “AMIA members' "vital signs": what the HIT implementation listserv says about goals for AMIA and for medical informatics.” Amia Annu Symp Proc 2015 (2015): 1067–75.Link to Item
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Adams, Martha B., Bonnie Kaplan, Heather J. Sobko, Craig Kuziemsky, Kourosh Ravvaz, and Ross Koppel. “Learning from colleagues about healthcare IT implementation and optimization: lessons from a medical informatics listserv.” J Med Syst 39, no. 1 (January 2015): 157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-014-0157-3.Full Text Link to Item
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Kuziemsky, Craig, Martha B. Adams, Bonnie Kaplan, Kourosh Ravvaz, and Ross Koppel. “What Medical Informaticians Do With and Think About an International Medical Informatics Listserv: Member Survey Preliminary Findings.” Stud Health Technol Inform 216 (2015): 1124.Link to Item
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Nagler, Alisa, Joanne Schlueter, Constance Johnson, Brian Griffith, Judy Prewitt, Richard Sloane, and Martha Adams. “Calling for collaboration: piloting smartphones to discover differences between users and devices.” Teach Learn Med 26, no. 3 (2014): 258–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2014.910461.Full Text Link to Item
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Perez, Bradford A., Megan A. von Isenburg, Miao Yu, Brandi D. Tuttle, and Martha B. Adams. “Exploring the impact of tablet computers on medical training at an academic medical center.” J Med Libr Assoc 101, no. 2 (April 2013): 154–57. https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.101.2.012.Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
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Shah, Bimal R., Martha Adams, Eric D. Peterson, Benjamin Powers, Eugene Z. Oddone, Kira Royal, Felicia McCant, Steven C. Grambow, Jennifer Lindquist, and Hayden B. Bosworth. “Secondary prevention risk interventions via telemedicine and tailored patient education (SPRITE): a randomized trial to improve postmyocardial infarction management.” Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 4, no. 2 (March 2011): 235–42. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.951160.Full Text Link to Item
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Reed, Shelby D., Yanhong Li, Eugene Z. Oddone, Alice M. Neary, Melinda M. Orr, Janet M. Grubber, Felicia L. Graham, et al. “Economic evaluation of home blood pressure monitoring with or without telephonic behavioral self-management in patients with hypertension.” Am J Hypertens 23, no. 2 (February 2010): 142–48. https://doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2009.215.Full Text Link to Item
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Goldschmidt-Clermont, Pascal J., Chunming Dong, Nancy M. Rhodes, Diana B. McNeill, Martha B. Adams, Catherine L. Gilliss, Michael S. Cuffe, Robert M. Califf, Eric D. Peterson, and David A. Lubarsky. “Perspective: Autonomic care systems for hospitalized patients.” Acad Med 84, no. 12 (December 2009): 1727–31. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bf9bfd.Full Text Link to Item
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Bosworth, Hayden B., Maren K. Olsen, Janet M. Grubber, Alice M. Neary, Melinda M. Orr, Benjamin J. Powers, Martha B. Adams, et al. “Two self-management interventions to improve hypertension control: a randomized trial.” Ann Intern Med 151, no. 10 (November 17, 2009): 687–95. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-151-10-200911170-00148.Full Text Link to Item
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Reed, S. D., Y. Li, E. Z. Oddone, A. M. Neary, M. M. Orr, J. M. Grubber, F. L. Graham, et al. “PCV58 TRIAL-BASED ECONOMIC EVALUATION ALONGSIDE THE TCYB (TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE) TRIAL.” Value in Health 12, no. 3 (May 2009): A152–A152. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1098-3015(10)73820-1.Full Text
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Tempelhof, Michael W., Katherine S. Garman, Matthew K. Langman, and Martha B. Adams. “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. https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v17i2.720.Full Text Link to Item
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Bosworth, Hayden B., Maren K. Olsen, Alice Neary, Melinda Orr, Janet Grubber, Laura Svetkey, Martha Adams, and Eugene Z. Oddone. “Take Control of Your Blood Pressure (TCYB) study: a multifactorial tailored behavioral and educational intervention for achieving blood pressure control.” Patient Educ Couns 70, no. 3 (March 2008): 338–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2007.11.014.Full Text Link to Item
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Schardt, Connie, Martha B. Adams, Thomas Owens, Sheri Keitz, and Paul Fontelo. “Utilization of the PICO framework to improve searching PubMed for clinical questions.” Bmc Med Inform Decis Mak 7 (June 15, 2007): 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-7-16.Full Text Link to Item
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Bosworth, Hayden B., Maren K. Olsen, Tara Dudley, Melinda Orr, Alice Neary, Mikeal Harrelson, Martha Adams, Laura P. Svetkey, Rowena J. Dolor, and Eugene Z. Oddone. “The Take Control of Your Blood pressure (TCYB) study: study design and methodology.” Contemp Clin Trials 28, no. 1 (January 2007): 33–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2006.08.006.Full Text Link to Item
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Drew, Richard H., Kensaku Kawamoto, and Martha B. Adams. “Information technology for optimizing the management of infectious diseases.” Am J Health Syst Pharm 63, no. 10 (May 15, 2006): 957–65. https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp050315.Full Text Link to Item
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Kosecki, Sheri M., Philip T. Rodgers, and Martha B. Adams. “Glycemic monitoring in diabetics with sickle cell plus beta-thalassemia hemoglobinopathy.” Ann Pharmacother 39, no. 9 (September 2005): 1557–60. https://doi.org/10.1345/aph.1G010.Full Text Link to Item
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Kim, Jennifer W., Hayden B. Bosworth, Corrine I. Voils, Maren Olsen, Tara Dudley, Matthew Gribbin, Martha Adams, and Eugene Z. Oddone. “How well do clinic-based blood pressure measurements agree with the mercury standard?” J Gen Intern Med 20, no. 7 (July 2005): 647–49. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0105.x.Full Text Link to Item
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Adams, Martha, and rc mccormack. “Urine sediment as an indicator of urinary tract infection.” Virginia Medical Monthly 102 (November 1, 1975).
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