Professor Len Gray
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Len Gray

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Background

Professor Gray is a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Health Services Research within the Faculty of Medicine.

He has formal training in medicine as a specialist geriatrician and in health administration. Previously he held senior management positions in the public health system in Victoria, in general management and aged care services. He joined academia full time at UQ in 2002. He directed the Centre for Health Services Research in its foundational period 2017-22. He now leads a vibrant research program that focuses on system level improvements within aged care.

His research interests focus on aged care policy, models of aged care service delivery, assessment and care planning systems, and in recent years, health informatics and telemedicine strategies.

He leads international development of hospital systems, and is a Board member and the Australian coordinator for interRAI, a multinational research collaborative.

Availability

Professor Len Gray is:
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Fields of research

Clinical sciences Health Sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery and Medical Science, University of Melbourne
  • Masters (Coursework), University of Melbourne
  • Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University

Research impacts

The primary research driver is to improve the quality of healthcare, and life in general, for older people, through the use of new technologies and systems of care. In recent years, this interest has broadened to vulnerable populations at all ages.

Over the course of his career, his research has influenced the design and operation of hospital, community and institutional aged care in Australia. He has contributed to the evolution of telehealth in Queensland and Australia. He has been a major contributor to the development of assessment systems internationally through the interRAI research collaborative, particularly with the hospital sector.

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351 works between 1987 and 2025
All (351) Book (6) Journal Article (232) Other Outputs (15) Conference Publication (96) Book Chapter (2)

121 - 140 of 351 works

2016

Journal Article

Adverse outcomes in relation to polypharmacy in robust and frail older hospital patients

Poudel, Arjun, Peel, Nancye M., Nissen, Lisa M., Mitchell, Charles A., Gray, Leonard C. and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2016). Adverse outcomes in relation to polypharmacy in robust and frail older hospital patients. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 17 (8) 767000000000, 767.e9-767.e13. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.017

Adverse outcomes in relation to polypharmacy in robust and frail older hospital patients

2016

Journal Article

Telemedicine for specialist geriatric care in small rural hospitals: preliminary data

Gray, Leonard C., Fatehi, Farhad, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Peel, Nancye M. and Smith, Anthony C. (2016). Telemedicine for specialist geriatric care in small rural hospitals: preliminary data. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64 (6), 1347-1351. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14139

Telemedicine for specialist geriatric care in small rural hospitals: preliminary data

2016

Other Outputs

Exploring telehealth options for outreach services

Gray, Len C., Caffery, Liam J., Armfield, Nigel R., Mujcic, Redzo, Smith, Anthony C., Hobson-Green, Vicki and Whitty, Jenny (2016). Exploring telehealth options for outreach services. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: CheckUp.

Exploring telehealth options for outreach services

2016

Journal Article

Validation of the interRAI pressure ulcer risk scale in acute care hospitals

Xie, Haiyan, Peel, Nancye M., Hirdes, John P., Poss, Jeff W. and Gray, Leonard C. (2016). Validation of the interRAI pressure ulcer risk scale in acute care hospitals. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64 (6), 1324-1328. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14131

Validation of the interRAI pressure ulcer risk scale in acute care hospitals

2016

Journal Article

Characteristics of older people with cognitive impairment attending emergency departments: a descriptive study

Schnitker, Linda M., Beattie, Elizabeth R. A., Martin-Khan, Melinda, Burkett, Ellen and Gray, Leonard C. (2016). Characteristics of older people with cognitive impairment attending emergency departments: a descriptive study. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 19 (2), 118-126. doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2016.04.002

Characteristics of older people with cognitive impairment attending emergency departments: a descriptive study

2016

Journal Article

The increase in healthcare costs associated with frailty in older people discharged to a post-acute transition care program

Comans, Tracy A., Peel, Nancye M., Hubbard, Ruth E., Mulligan, Andrew D., Gray, Leonard C. and Scuffham, Paul A. (2016). The increase in healthcare costs associated with frailty in older people discharged to a post-acute transition care program. Age and Ageing, 45 (2) afv196, 317-320. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afv196

The increase in healthcare costs associated with frailty in older people discharged to a post-acute transition care program

2016

Conference Publication

Delivering patient education by group videoconferencing into the home: Lessons learnt from the Telehealth Literacy Project

Banbury, A., Parkinson, L., Nancarrow, S., Dart, J., Gray, L. and Buckley, J. (2016). Delivering patient education by group videoconferencing into the home: Lessons learnt from the Telehealth Literacy Project. Successes and Failures in Telehealth 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, 1-3 November 2016.

Delivering patient education by group videoconferencing into the home: Lessons learnt from the Telehealth Literacy Project

2016

Journal Article

Updating the Cognitive Performance Scale

Morris, John N., Howard, Elizabeth P., Steel, Knight, Perlman, Christopher, Fries, Brant E., Garms-Homolova, Vjenka, Henrard, Jean-Claude, Hirdes, John P., Ljunggren, Gunnar, Gray, Len and Szczerbinska, Katarzyna (2016). Updating the Cognitive Performance Scale. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 29 (1), 47-55. doi: 10.1177/0891988715598231

Updating the Cognitive Performance Scale

2016

Journal Article

How to formulate research questions and design studies for telehealth assessment and evaluation.

Fatehi, Farhad, Smith, Anthony C., Maeder, Anthony, Wade, Victoria and Gray, Leonard C. (2016). How to formulate research questions and design studies for telehealth assessment and evaluation.. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 23 (9), 759-763. doi: 10.1177/1357633X16673274

How to formulate research questions and design studies for telehealth assessment and evaluation.

2016

Conference Publication

Does using an ‘online’ geriatric assessment procedure for making triage decisions change the way Geriatricians use time to make clinical decisions?

Martin-Khan, Melinda, Gray, Leonard, Edwards, Helen, Wootton, Richard, Counsell, Stephen and Varghese, Paul (2016). Does using an ‘online’ geriatric assessment procedure for making triage decisions change the way Geriatricians use time to make clinical decisions?. Successes and Failures in Telehealth - 7th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Telehealth Society, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 - 3 November, 2016.

Does using an ‘online’ geriatric assessment procedure for making triage decisions change the way Geriatricians use time to make clinical decisions?

2016

Conference Publication

Characteristics and care of older people with cognitive impairment attending emergency departments

Schnitker, L., Beattie, E., Gray, L., Burkett, E. and Martin-Khan, M. (2016). Characteristics and care of older people with cognitive impairment attending emergency departments. 2016 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting, Crown Promenade Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria, 29 September-1 October 2016. Cary, NC United States: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnw162.1554

Characteristics and care of older people with cognitive impairment attending emergency departments

2016

Conference Publication

Challenges in implementing Randomised Control Trials in Health Service Implementation Research: Protocol issues in a telehealth trial in residential aged care

Martin-Khan, M., Gray, L., Beattie, E., Edirippulige, S., Russell, T. and Smith, A. (2016). Challenges in implementing Randomised Control Trials in Health Service Implementation Research: Protocol issues in a telehealth trial in residential aged care. Successes and Failures in Telehealth 2016, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 - 3 November 2016.

Challenges in implementing Randomised Control Trials in Health Service Implementation Research: Protocol issues in a telehealth trial in residential aged care

2016

Conference Publication

The utility of the frailty index in clinical decision making

Khatry, K., Peel, N. M., Gray, L. C. and Hubbard, R. E. (2016). The utility of the frailty index in clinical decision making. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016, “The AGEnder Paradox”, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1–3 June, 2016. Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12337

The utility of the frailty index in clinical decision making

2016

Conference Publication

REthinking MOdel of Diabetes care utilising E-heaLth (REMODEL)

Menon, Anish, Fatehi, Farhad, Bird, Dominique, Ding, Hang, Karunanithi, Mohan, Russell, Anthony and Gray, Leonard (2016). REthinking MOdel of Diabetes care utilising E-heaLth (REMODEL). Successes and Failures in Telehealth - 7th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Telehealth Society, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 - 3 November, 2016.

REthinking MOdel of Diabetes care utilising E-heaLth (REMODEL)

2016

Conference Publication

Second generation telegeriatrics

Gray, Len (2016). Second generation telegeriatrics. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016, “The AGEnder Paradox”, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1–3 June, 2016. Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12336

Second generation telegeriatrics

2016

Conference Publication

Enacting professional competence at a distance: a case of telemedicine

Kho, Joanna Maria, Spee, A. Paul and Gray, Leonard Charles (2016). Enacting professional competence at a distance: a case of telemedicine. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, California, 5-9 August 2016. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2016.10250abstract

Enacting professional competence at a distance: a case of telemedicine

2016

Conference Publication

Clinical characteristics of older people referred for specialist geriatric consultation

Peel, N. M., Watts, J. N., Hubbard, R. E. and Gray, L. C. (2016). Clinical characteristics of older people referred for specialist geriatric consultation. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016, “The AGEnder Paradox”, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1–3 June, 2016. Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12339

Clinical characteristics of older people referred for specialist geriatric consultation

2016

Conference Publication

Development and testing of a rapid functional and psychosocial assessment system for adult inpatients of acute hospitals

Gray, L. C., Peel, N. M., Hornby-Turner, Y., Pimm, B., Wood, S. and Hubbard, R. E. (2016). Development and testing of a rapid functional and psychosocial assessment system for adult inpatients of acute hospitals. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2016, “The AGEnder Paradox”, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 1–3 June, 2016. Richmond, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12339

Development and testing of a rapid functional and psychosocial assessment system for adult inpatients of acute hospitals

2015

Journal Article

Establishing a centralised telehealth service increases telehealth activity at a tertiary hospital

Martin-Khan, Melinda, Fatehi, Farhad, Kezilas, Marina, Lucas, Karen, Gray, Leonard C. and Smith, Anthony C. (2015). Establishing a centralised telehealth service increases telehealth activity at a tertiary hospital. BMC Health Services Research, 15 (1) 534, 534.1-534.13. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-1180-x

Establishing a centralised telehealth service increases telehealth activity at a tertiary hospital

2015

Journal Article

A telegeriatric service in a small rural hospital: A case study and cost analysis

Versleijen, Marloes, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Whitty, Jennifer A., Smith, Anthony C. and Gray, Leonard C. (2015). A telegeriatric service in a small rural hospital: A case study and cost analysis. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 21 (8), 459-468. doi: 10.1177/1357633X15611327

A telegeriatric service in a small rural hospital: A case study and cost analysis

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Strengthening resilience and mental wellbeing through the Support4Resilience toolbox for leaders in elderly care (NHMRC-EU administered by Macquarie University)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    The Australian Consortium for Aged Care - Quality Measurement Toolbox (ACAC-QMET): Improving Quality of Care through Better Measurement and Evaluation (MRFF DAAC Grant administered by UniSA)
    South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute Limited
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Taking a whole of day approach to optimising activity to prevent dementia in people with type 2 diabetes
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    A National Aged Care Medication Roundtable - Translating aged care data into action to improve quality of care through collaboration and co-design (NHMRC Partnership Project led by Macquarie Uni)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    4CD - Connecting Care for Complex Chronic Disease - Diabetes [REMODeL an Integrated Model of Care for Diabetes (Re-IMCD)] (Metro South HHS Research Support Scheme grant administered by MNHHS)
    Metro South Health Research Support Scheme Project Grant
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    ACDC Plus: Implementation and evaluation of the data standards, interoperability solutions, and quality of care benchmarking capability of the Aged Care Data Compare project
    Digital Health CRC
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2023
    SMART Project - Towards Systematic Maturation of Analytics and System Redesign to Transform (SMART) Healthcare and Public Health Research
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    IMPART - IMproving PAlliative care in Residential aged care using Telehealth (NHMRC TCR administered by National Ageing Research Institute)
    National Ageing Research Institute Limited
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Taking a whole of day approach to optimising activity to prevent dementia in people with type 2 diabetes (NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grant led by USQ)
    University of Southern Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2024
    Alignment, Harmonisation, and Results: translating Core Outcome Measures to Improve Care (COM-IC) for People Living with Dementia into Australian practice
    NHMRC MRFF Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Taking a whole of day approach to optimising activity to prevent dementia in people with type 2 diabetes
    Boosting Dementia Research Grants (PR5): Implementing Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention Research
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    Aged Care Data Compare Project
    Digital Health CRC
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2025
    The GOAL Trial: Comprehensive geriatric assessment for frail older people with chronic kidney disease to increase attainment of patient-identified goals: A cluster randomised controlled trial
    NHMRC Targeted Research
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2024
    A dashboard of predictive analytics and decision support to drive care quality and person-centred outcomes in aged care (NHMRC Partnership Project administered by Macquarie University)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis (ACEMID)
    Australian Cancer Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Developing practice guidelines for teledermatology
    Australasian College of Dermatologists Scientific Research Fund
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Cluster randomised trial of a multimodal intervention to reduce antimicrobial use in residential aged care facilities
    NHMRC MRFF - Antimicrobial Resistance Targeted Call for Research
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2022
    Implementation of an innovative teledermatology network for the early detection of melanoma in high risk Australians
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    CareTrack Aged: appropriate care delivered to Australians living in residential aged care (NHMRC Project Grant led by Macquarie University)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2023
    Improving Quality of Care for People with Dementia in the Acute Care Setting
    NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Grants
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2018
    Evaluation of the implementation of a nursing assessment system for acute care
    AusHSI Implementation Grants
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2022
    NHMRC Partnership Centre For Health System Sustainability (NHMRC Partnership Centre administered by Macquarie University)
    Macquarie University
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2020
    Support for activities focussing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    Dementia and Aged Care Services Fund
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2022
    Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners Ageing Theme
    Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners - Metro South
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Predictors of home telehealth adoption in the aging population: Consumer perspectives
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2021
    Exploring the Value of Telehealth in Primary Care: A Controlled Trial within the Royal Flying Doctor Service
    NHMRC Partnership Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Exploring telehealth options for outreach services
    Metro South Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Health-e-Regions: Establishing and evaluating telehealth service models in the primary schools and community settings
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Tele-diabetes: trialling a new model of care for patients with diabetes
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Telehealth enabled systems to improve medicines use among persons with cognitive impairment and dementia in residential aged care facilities - 9100000 (NHMRC Partnership Centre administered by USYD)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Early needs identification of aged care clients in acute care
    Commonwealth Department of Social Services
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Health-e-REGIONS: Feasibility of school-based telehealth services for children
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Panel on Acute Care for Dementia
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Risk Stratification of Older People in Hospital: Validation and Influence on Clinical Decision Making
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2019
    The Centre of Excellence in Telehealth
    NHMRC Centres of Research Excellence
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2019
    The Partnership Centre on Dealing with Cognitive and Related Functional Decline in Older People (NHMRC Partnership Centre administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2015
    Health-e-REGIONS
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Promoting activity for frail aged in post-acute hospital settings: a randomised controlled trial of accelerometry
    PA Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2013
    Telehealth in residential aged care facilities: a pragmatic randomised control trial
    PA Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    NBN Enabled Telehealth Pilots Program - Comprehensive Telehealth Assisted Care (ConTAC) program
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    RES-e-CARE Program
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2018
    Telehealth in residential aged care facilities: a pragmatic randomised control trial
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    A health economic model for the development and evaluation of innovations in aged care: an application to Consumer Directed Care (an ARC Linkage Project administered by Flinders University)
    Flinders University
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2015
    The development, delivery, promotion and evaluation of a clinical telehealth educational and training programs for clinicians
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    Clinical Academic Fellowship - Academic Appointment in Telegeriatrics
    Clinical Academic Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Promoting activity for frail aged in post-acute hospital settings: a ranomised controlled trial of accelerometry
    PA Research Foundation Private Practice Trust Fund Research Support Grants
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    A new prescribing technology for older patients
    PA Research Foundation Private Practice Trust Fund Research Support Grants
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Harmonisation of the interRAI Long Term Care Facility and the Aged Care Funding Instrument project
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Health-e-REGIONS
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Developing a quality framework for the care of older patients in the Emergency Department
    QEMRF Emergency Medicine Staff Specialist Research Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Promoting activity for frail aged in post-acute hospital settings: a randomised controlled trial of accelerometry
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    A Telehealth Coordination Service for the Nursing Home: Needs Assessment and Proof of Concept
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2011
    Telemedicine whitepaper: The impact of telemedicine on health in the 21st century
    University of Melbourne
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Mayne Bequest Fund Research Support Award: The Telegeriatric Research Program
    Mayne Bequest Fund
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    TLC Phase 2: A tele-health intervention for diabetes in regional areas of Queensland
    Queensland Health
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Development of quality indicators for an accreditation and quality framework for dementia care in acute hospitals
    The JO and JR Wicking Trust
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Development of Quality Indicators for the frail elderly in acute care
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2009
    Identifying brittle discharges from the ED: A prospective study
    Princess Alexandra Hospital R&D Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Reliability of an Online Geriatric Assessment Procedure
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2011
    Clinical outcomes, staff and carer perceptions of acute hospitalisation of patients with dementia
    NHMRC Dementia Research Grants Program
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Development of Cognitive Geriatric Assessment online
    Mayne Bequest Fund
    Open grant
  • 2007
    Evaluation of the impact of an online structured geriatric assessment system
    PA Research Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Validation of Cognitive Assessments using Telecommunication
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    Improving access to specialist care for older Australians through standardised assessment and telemedicine
    The JO and JR Wicking Trust
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2013
    Transition Care: Evidence and Innovation (NHMRC Health Services Research Grant administered by The University of Sydney)
    University of Sydney
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Investigation of remote access to specialist geriatric expertise using e-health strategies
    Department of Veterans' Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2008
    Modelling the future: A policy flight simulator at the acute-aged care interface
    AHMAC Priority Driven Research Grants in Population Health
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2004
    Research on Geriatric Medicine
    Utah Foundation Governor's Trust
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Len Gray is:
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Supervision history

Completed supervision

Enquiries

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  • Aged care policy
  • Clinical decision support
  • Geriatric medicine
  • Telemedicine

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