Division of General Internal Medicine

R. Brian Haynes

MD (Alberta), MSc (McMaster), PhD (McMaster), FRCPC, FACMI

Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Joint Member, Department of Medicine

Chief, Health Information Research Unit

Member, CLARITY (Clinical Advances through Research and Information Translation)

Attending Staff, Hamilton Health Sciences, Diabetes Care and Research Centre

Editor, ACP Journal Club

Editor, Evidence Based Medicine

Associate Editor, ACP Medicine

Administrative Assistant: Linda Sheridan
905.525.9140 X20152
905.526.8447
sheridl@mcmaster.ca

Academic Interests

Current research interests are primarily in knowledge translation research and medical informatics, focused on ways to improve medical care through improving the dissemination and application of validated medical care knowledge. Of particular interest are studies of the nature of information problems that afflict practitioners, patients, the public and policy makers, and trials of potential solutions from information technology (online databases, expert systems, and computer-aided quality improvement).

Clinical interest is in diabetes care, cardiovascular risk management, computerized clinical decision support.

Current Graduate Students
Elizabeth Ackloo, MSc
Siddharajsinh Chudasama, MSc
Frances Tse, MSc
Fahad Al-Ghimlas, MSc
Brian Hemens, MSc

Recent Graduate Students
Nancy Wilczynski, PhD 2007
Aqeel Degani, MSc, 2006
Amit Garg, PhD, 2005
Xiaomei Yao, MSc, 2007

Selected Publications

  1. Haynes RB, Holland J, Cotoi C, McKinlay RJ, Wilczynski NL, Walters L, Jedraszewski D, Parrish R, McKibbon A, Garg A, Walter SD. McMaster PLUS: A cluster randomized clinical trial of an intervention to accelerate clinical use of evidence-based information from digital libraries. J Amer Med Inform Assoc Nov 2006;13:593-600. doi:10.1197/jamia.M2158
  2. Haynes RB, Cotoi C, Holland J, Walters L, Wilczynski NL, Jedraszewski D, McKinlay J, Parrish R, McKibbon A for the McMaster Premium LiteratUre Service (PLUS) Project. A second order of peer review: A system to provide peer review of the medical literature for clinical practitioners. JAMA 2006;295:1801-8.
  3. Haynes RB, McKibbon KA, Wilczynski NL, Walter SD, Werre S, for the Hedges Team. ‍search strategies for retrieving scientifically strong studies of treatment from MEDLINE. BMJ 2005 May 21;330:1179-82.
  4. Haynes RB, Ackloo E, Sahota N, McDonald HP, Yao X. Interventions for enhancing medication adherence. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008 , Issue 2 . Art. No.: CD000011. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD000011.pub3.Montori VM, Wilczynski NL, Morgan D, Haynes RB for the Hedges Team. Optimal search strategies for retrieving systematic reviews from MEDLINE: an analytical survey. BMJ 2005;330:68-73.
  5. McKinlay RJ, Cotoi C, Wilczynski NL, Haynes RB. Systematic reviews and original articles differ in relevance, novelty, and use in an evidence-based service for physicians. J Clin Epidem 2008;61:449-54.