Allen Richard Huang, MD

Primary Axis: 
Health Outcomes
Research Focus: 

Research activities for clinical informatics is the use of computers in health to present data and knowledge to the clinician in order to assist them in making timely and appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic and management decisions.Clinical informatics, geriatrics, elderly, optimal drug management, computerized clinical decision support, pharmacoepidemiology, health delivery quality improvement, computer software ergonomics, pre-operative assessment of the elderly

Keywords: 
Clinical informatics, geriatrics, elderly, optimal drug management, computerized clinical decision support, pharmacoepidemiology, health delivery quality improvement, computer software ergonomics, pre-operative assessment of the elderly
Location: 
Royal Victoria Hospital
Publications:
Tamblyn R, Huang A, Taylor L, Kawasumi Y, Bartlett G, Grad R, Jacques A, Dawes M, Abarhamowicz M, Perreault R, Winslade N, Poissant L, Pinsonneault A. A randomized trial of the effectiveness of on-demand vs. computer-triggered drug decision-support in primary care. J Am Med Inform Assoc (In press) 2008.
Mayo NE, Nadeau L, Ahmed S, White C, Grad R, Huang A, Yaffe MJ, Wood-Dauphinee S. Bridging the gap: the effectiveness of teaming a stroke coordinator with patient’s personal physician on the outcome of stroke. Age and Ageing 37: 32-38; 2008.
Mallet L, Spinewine A, Huang A. The challenge of managing drug interactions in elderly people. Lancet 370: 185-191; 2007.

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MUHC Geriatrician Dr. Allen Huang comments on a CMAJ study.

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