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Overview
Background
Liam is an Associate Professor in Telehealth and Director of Telehealth Technology for the University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health.
Liam has a PhD in Medicine. His research is centred on pragmatic trials of telehealth services. Liam has a special interest in the use of telehealth for Indigenous health and rural health care delivery. He is involved in telehealth service development, delivery and evaluation across a broad range of telehealth services. Liam uses implementation research principles to understand why telehealth services work well in some scenarios and not others. He evaluates the effectiveness of telehealth from multi-disciplinary perspectives including clinical effectiveness, patient perspectives, economic aspects, organisational aspects, and socio-cultural, ethical and legal aspects.
Liam also has an active research agenda in health informatics, in particular, in imaging informatics. Liam’s work focusses on skin imaging for melanoma detection. Liam chairs dermatology working group for the DICOM standards development organisation as well as the technology standards working group for the International Skin Imaging Collaboration: Melanoma Project. This project is an academia and industry partnership designed to facilitate the application of digital skin imaging to help reduce melanoma mortality. Liam is technology lead for the Australian Centre of Excellence in Melanoma Imaging and Diagnosis. Liam has previously been a member of the Standards Australia IT-014 Health Informatics technical committees for telehealth and messaging and communication.
Liam is Vice-President of the Australian Telehealth Society and an executive member of the International Teledermatology Society.
Liam has 25 years industry experience as a health informatician. His immediate past role was the Manager of Medical Imaging Informatics at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Previously, Liam had over a decade’s clinical experience as a diagnostic radiographer.
Availability
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Cost-effectiveness of remote patient monitoring for First Nations peoples living with diabetes in regional Australia
Snoswell, Centaine L, Vitangcol, Kathryn J.., Haydon, Helen M., Gray, Leonard C., Leedie, Floyd, Smith, Anthony C. and Caffery, Liam J. (2023). Cost-effectiveness of remote patient monitoring for First Nations peoples living with diabetes in regional Australia. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (10_suppl), 3S-7S. doi: 10.1177/1357633x231214019
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2023
Journal Article
Digital divide or digital exclusion? Do allied health professionals’ assumptions drive use of telehealth?
Cook, Renee, Haydon, Helen M., Thomas, Emma E., Ward, Elizabeth C., Ross, Julie-Anne, Webb, Clare, Harris, Michael, Hartley, Carina, Burns, Clare L., Vivanti, Angela P., Carswell, Phillip and Caffery, Liam J. (2023). Digital divide or digital exclusion? Do allied health professionals’ assumptions drive use of telehealth?. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 1357633X231189846. doi: 10.1177/1357633x231189846
2023
Journal Article
Telehealth adoption in cancer clinical trials: an Australian perspective
Thomas, Emma E., Kelly, Jaimon T., Taylor, Monica L., Mendis, Roshni, Banbury, Annie, Haydon, Helen, Catto, Janessa, Der Vartanian, Carolyn, Smith, Anthony C. and Caffery, Liam J. (2023). Telehealth adoption in cancer clinical trials: an Australian perspective. Asia - Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 19 (4), 549-558. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13899
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2023
Journal Article
Informing a position statement on the use of artificial intelligence in dermatology in Australia
Caffery, Liam J., Janda, Monika, Miller, Robert, Abbott, Lisa M., Arnold, Chris, Caccetta, Tony, Guitera, Pascale, Shumack, Stephen, Fernández‐Peñas, Pablo, Mar, Victoria and Soyer, H. Peter (2023). Informing a position statement on the use of artificial intelligence in dermatology in Australia. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 64 (1), e11-e20. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13946
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2023
Journal Article
Challenges and opportunities in providing dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in rural and remote areas
Haydon, Helen M., Smith, Anthony C., Gleed, Lauren, Neuhaus, Maike, Lawton, Sheryl and Caffery, Liam J. (2023). Challenges and opportunities in providing dementia care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in rural and remote areas. Dementia, 22 (1), 197-217. doi: 10.1177/14713012221138825
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2022
Journal Article
Consumer perceptions on privacy and confidentiality in dermatology for 3D total‐body imaging
Horsham, Caitlin, Janda, Monika, Kerr, Melissa, Soyer, H. Peter and Caffery, Liam J. (2022). Consumer perceptions on privacy and confidentiality in dermatology for 3D total‐body imaging. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 64 (1), 118-3. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13952
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2022
Journal Article
Cancer care and management during COVID-19: A comparison of in-person, video and telephone consultations
Banbury, Annie, Smith, Anthony C., Taylor, Monica L., Der Vartanian, Carolyn, Ng, Kawai, Vitangcol, Kathryn, Haydon, Helen M., Thomas, Emma E. and Caffery, Liam J. (2022). Cancer care and management during COVID-19: A comparison of in-person, video and telephone consultations. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 28 (10), 733-739. doi: 10.1177/1357633x221123409
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2022
Journal Article
Quantifying the societal benefits from telehealth: Productivity and reduced travel
Snoswell, Centaine L., Smith, Anthony C., Page, Matthew, Scuffham, Paul and Caffery, Liam J. (2022). Quantifying the societal benefits from telehealth: Productivity and reduced travel. Value in Health Regional Issues, 28, 61-66. doi: 10.1016/j.vhri.2021.07.007
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2022
Journal Article
Beyond forced telehealth adoption: a framework to sustain telehealth among allied health services
Thomas, Emma E., Taylor, Monica L., Ward, Elizabeth C., Hwang, Rita, Cook, Renee, Ross, Julie-Anne, Webb, Clare, Harris, Michael, Hartley, Carina, Carswell, Phillip, Burns, Clare L. and Caffery, Liam J. (2022). Beyond forced telehealth adoption: a framework to sustain telehealth among allied health services. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 30 (3) ARTN 1357633X221074499, 1-11. doi: 10.1177/1357633x221074499
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2021
Journal Article
Specialist consultation activity and costs in Australia: before and after the introduction of COVID-19 telehealth funding
De Guzman, Keshia R., Caffery, Liam J., Smith, Anthony C. and Snoswell, Centaine L. (2021). Specialist consultation activity and costs in Australia: before and after the introduction of COVID-19 telehealth funding. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 27 (10), 609-614. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211042433
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2021
Journal Article
Factors influencing the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring interventions: a realist review
Thomas, Emma E., Taylor, Monica L., Banbury, Annie, Snoswell, Centaine L., Haydon, Helen M., Gallegos Rejas, Victor M., Smith, Anthony C. and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Factors influencing the effectiveness of remote patient monitoring interventions: a realist review. BMJ Open, 11 (8) e051844, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051844
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2021
Journal Article
Patient preferences for specialist outpatient video consultations: a discrete choice experiment
Snoswell, Centaine L., Smith, Anthony C., Page, Matthew and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Patient preferences for specialist outpatient video consultations: a discrete choice experiment. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (9) ARTN 1357633X211022898, 1357633X211022898-715. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211022898
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2021
Journal Article
A comparison study between metropolitan and rural hospital-based telehealth activity to inform adoption and expansion
Banbury, Annie, Smith, Anthony C., Mehrotra, Ateev, Page, Matthew and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). A comparison study between metropolitan and rural hospital-based telehealth activity to inform adoption and expansion. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (7), 1357633X2199820-551. doi: 10.1177/1357633x21998201
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2020
Journal Article
Determining if telehealth can reduce health system costs: scoping review
Snoswell, Centaine L., Taylor, Monica L., Comans, Tracy A., Smith, Anthony C., Gray, Leonard C. and Caffery, Liam J. (2020). Determining if telehealth can reduce health system costs: scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22 (10) e17298, 1-22. doi: 10.2196/17298
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2020
Journal Article
Practice guidelines for teledermatology in Australia
Abbott, Lisa M, Miller, Robert, Janda, Monika, Bennett, Haley, Taylor, Monica, Arnold, Chris, Shumack, Stephen, Soyer, H Peter and Caffery, Liam J (2020). Practice guidelines for teledermatology in Australia. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 61 (3) ajd.13301, e293-e302. doi: 10.1111/ajd.13301
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2020
Journal Article
Telehealth for global emergencies: implications for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Smith, Anthony C., Thomas, Emma, Snoswell, Centaine L., Haydon, Helen, Mehrotra, Ateev, Clemensen, Jane and Caffery, Liam J. (2020). Telehealth for global emergencies: implications for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 26 (5), 1357633X20916567-313. doi: 10.1177/1357633x20916567
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2020
Journal Article
Economic advantages of telehealth and virtual health practitioners: return on investment analysis
Snoswell, Centaine L., North, John B. and Caffery, Liam J. (2020). Economic advantages of telehealth and virtual health practitioners: return on investment analysis. JMIR Perioperative Medicine, 3 (1), e15688. doi: 10.2196/15688
2024
Journal Article
Towards a best practice framework for <scp>eHealth</scp> with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — important characteristics of <scp>eHealth</scp> interventions: a narrative review
Chelberg, Georgina R, Goodman (Aboriginal from Iningai Country), Andrew, Musuwadi, Charankarthi, Lawler, Sheleigh, Caffery, Liam J, Mahoney (Bidjara), Ray and the eHRCATSIH Group (2024). Towards a best practice framework for eHealth with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — important characteristics of eHealth interventions: a narrative review. Medical Journal of Australia. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52419
2024
Journal Article
A cost-consequence analysis of the Queensland specialist palliative rural telehealth (SPaRTa) service
Snoswell, Centaine L., Smith, Anthony C., Grove, Graham, Broadbent, Andrew, Caffery, Liam J., Thomas, Emma, Kelly, Jaimon and Haydon, Helen M. (2024). A cost-consequence analysis of the Queensland specialist palliative rural telehealth (SPaRTa) service. Progress in Palliative Care, 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09699260.2024.2374601
2024
Conference Publication
Patient and carer experiences using a telepharmacy service
Barwick, Anna, Freeman, Christopher, Caffery, Liam and Smith, Anthony (2024). Patient and carer experiences using a telepharmacy service. PSA24, Sydney, Australia, 2-5 August 2024.
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving the quality of clinical information included in electronic medical imaging requests in Australia
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The implementation and evaluation of a Telepharmacy model of care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Smith, Associate Professor Chris Freeman
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Doctor Philosophy
What is the role of information technology systems in melanoma early detection?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Monika Janda
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Doctor Philosophy
Integrating telehealth into allied health services
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward, Dr Emma Thomas
Completed supervision
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Digital health to enhance access and delivery of quality care with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including persons living with dementia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ray Mahoney
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Economic evaluation and acceptability of teledermoscopy for skin cancer in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Soyer
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Development of a Student Tailored Mindfulness App Intervention for Weight Loss and Weight related Behaviours, and Stress in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Sisira Edirippulige
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
An evaluation of a telehealth-based specialist consultation service for Indigenous people living with diabetes in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Smith
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