Terrence J. Adam, RPh, PhD, MD

Clinical Informatics

• Development of Clinical Databases for Clinical Care Quality and Outcomes Assessment
• Data Driven Decision Support
• Development and Assessment of Clinical Documentation
• Qualitative Evaluation

Preoperative/ Perioperative Medicine

• Patient Driven Clinical Risk Assessment
• Point of Care Clinical Decision Support Systems Development and Evaluation
• Surgical Outcomes Assessment
• Medication Clinical Decision Support

Medication Safety

• Medication Therapy Outcomes Assessment
• Evaluation of the Effects of Medication Therapy Management on Clinical Outcomes
• Assessment of the Risk of Adverse Events Associated with Drug-Drug Interaction Exposure

Teaching Interests:
Clinical Databases, Pharmacy Informatics, Medication Safety, Perioperative Medicine

Clinical Practice:
Provide ambulatory preoperative medical care to patients at the Minneapolis Veterans Administration focused on cardiac and pulmonary risk assessment and perioperative medication management.

My research interests focus on medication safety using clinical databases for clinical outcome evaluation. I also have interests in preoperative medicine risk assessment and outcome evaluation.

• Biomedical Informatics
• Preoperative/Perioperative Medicine

For a list of publications, see PubMed.

• Adam T. "Preoperative Medicine Infobutton" Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2009; 76: eS29.
• Curtis KK, Adam TJ, Chen SC, Pruthi RK, Gornet MK. "Anemia Following Initiation of Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Chart Review" Aging Male 2008; 20: 1-5.
• Parish JM, Adam TJ, Facchiano L. "Relationship of Metabolic Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea" J Clin Sleep Med 2007 Aug 15: 3(5): 467-72.
• Lee KS, Appleton CP, Lester SJ, Adam TJ, Hurst RT, Moreno CA, Altemose GT. "The Relation of Electrocardiographic Criteria for Left Atrial Enlargement to Echocardiographic Left Atrial Volume." Am J Cardiol 2007 Jan 1; 99(1): 113-8.
• Adam TJ, Parente S, Finkelstein SM, Hertz MI. "Cost Analysis of Home Monitoring in Lung Transplant Recipients." Int J of Health Tech Assessment 2007 Spring; 23(2): 216-22.
• Adam TJ. “POME-DSS: Pre-Operative Medical Exam Decision Support System” Spring 2008 American Medical Informatics Association Meeting. (Accepted).
• Parish JM, Adam TJ, Facchiano L. “Relationship of Metabolic Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea” J Clin Sleep Med 2007 Aug 15: 3(5): 467-72.
• Lee KS, Appleton CP, Lester SJ, Adam TJ, Hurst RT, Moreno CA, Altemose GT. “The Relation of Electrocardiographic Criteria for Left Atrial Enlargement to Echocardiographic Left Atrial Volume.” Am J Cardiol 2007 Jan 1; 99(1): 113-8.
• Adam TJ, Parente S, Finkelstein SM, Hertz MI. “Cost Analysis of Home Monitoring in Lung Transplant Recipients.” Int J of Health Tech Assessment 2007 Spring; 23(2): 216-22.
• Lindgren BR, Snyder M, Sabati N, Adam T, Pieczkiewicz D, Finkelstein SM. “Health locus of control and adherence with home spirometry use in lung transplant recipients.” Prog Transplant 2002 Mar; 12(1):24-9.