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
- Associate Professor Liam Caffery is:
- Available for supervision
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2005
Conference Publication
Experiences in moving from CRT to flat panel LCD monitors for diagnostic PACS workstations
Sim, LH, Manthey, KL and Caffery, LJ (2005). Experiences in moving from CRT to flat panel LCD monitors for diagnostic PACS workstations. 19th International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Berlin Germany, Jun 22-25, 2005. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.03.041
2005
Book Chapter
Telemedicine and neuroradiology
Caffery, L. and Coulthard, A. (2005). Telemedicine and neuroradiology. Teleneurology. (pp. 79-94) edited by Richard Wootton and Victor Patterson. London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Fancis.
2005
Conference Publication
Telemedicine and rural health care applications
Smith, A. C., Bensink, M., Armfield, N., Stillman, J. and Caffery, L. (2005). Telemedicine and rural health care applications. Mumbai, India: Medknow Publications.
2004
Journal Article
Implementation of a web based teleradiology management system
Caffery, Liam and Manthey, Ken (2004). Implementation of a web based teleradiology management system. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 10 (Supp. 1), 22-253. doi: 10.1258/1357633042614230
2004
Conference Publication
Implementation of a Web-based teleradiology management system
Caffery, L and Manthey, K (2004). Implementation of a Web-based teleradiology management system. 4th International Conference on Successes and Failurew in Telehealth, Brisbane Australia, Jul 22-23, 2004. LONDON: ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD.
2004
Journal Article
Automatic message handling for a national counselling service
Caffery, L, Crew-Wegner, K, Reid, W and Wootton, R (2004). Automatic message handling for a national counselling service. Journal of Telemedicine And Telecare, 10 (Suppl. 1), S18-S21.
2004
Book Chapter
Teleradiology
Caffery, Liam (2004). Teleradiology. Telepaediatrics: telemedicine and child health. (pp. 145-161) edited by Richard Wootton and Jennifer Batch. London, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Medicine Press.
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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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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