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.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2022
Other Outputs
The voice of Australian health consumers: The Australian Health Consumer Sentiment Survey Preliminary Analysis and Key Findings
Zurynski, Yvonne, Ellis, Louise A, Dammery, Genevieve, Smith, Carolynn L., Halim, Nicole, Ansell, James, Gillespie, James, Caffery, Liam, Vitangcol, Kathryn and Wells, Leanne (2022). The voice of Australian health consumers: The Australian Health Consumer Sentiment Survey Preliminary Analysis and Key Findings. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Macquarie Univeristy.
2022
Other Outputs
Telehealth for the delivery of cancer clinical trials
Thomas, Emma, Kelly, Jaimon, Taylor, Monica, Haydon, Helen, Smith, Anthony and Caffery, Liam (2022). Telehealth for the delivery of cancer clinical trials. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
The role of standards in accelerating the uptake of artificial intelligence in dermatology
Caffery, Liam J (2022). The role of standards in accelerating the uptake of artificial intelligence in dermatology. Iproceedings, 8 (1). doi: 10.2196/36890
2022
Journal Article
The future of precision prevention for advanced melanoma
Lee, Katie J., Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Stark, Mitchell S., Janda, Monika, McInerney-Leo, Aideen M., Caffery, Liam J., Gillespie, Nicole, Yanes, Tatiane and Soyer, H. Peter (2022). The future of precision prevention for advanced melanoma. Frontiers in Medicine, 8 818096, 818096. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.818096
2022
Other Outputs
International remote patient monitoring programs
Snoswell, Centaine L., Taylor, Monica L., Gray, Len and Caffery, Liam J. (2022). International remote patient monitoring programs. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Journal Article
Economic evaluations of remote patient monitoring for chronic disease: a systematic review
De Guzman, Keshia R., Snoswell, Centaine L., Taylor, Monica L., Gray, Leonard C. and Caffery, Liam J. (2022). Economic evaluations of remote patient monitoring for chronic disease: a systematic review. Value in Health, 25 (6), 897-913. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.12.001
2022
Conference Publication
Evaluation of changing costs of general practitioner services in Australia resulting from COVID-19 Medicare policy changes
De Guzman, K. R., Snoswell, C. L., Caffery, L. J., Wallace, K. A. and Smith, A. C. (2022). Evaluation of changing costs of general practitioner services in Australia resulting from COVID-19 Medicare policy changes. Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2022 (SFT-2022), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 9-11 November 2022.
2022
Other Outputs
The impact of telehealth financial incentives on telehealth service uptake in Australia
Vitangcol, Kathryn J., Snoswell, Centaine, Gray, Len, Scott, Anthony and Caffery, Liam (2022). The impact of telehealth financial incentives on telehealth service uptake in Australia. Centre for Health Services Research; Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland.
2022
Conference Publication
Cost-effectiveness of remote patient monitoring for chronic disease management
De Guzman, K., Snoswell, C.L., Taylor, M.L., Gray, L.C. and Caffery, L.J. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of remote patient monitoring for chronic disease management. 12th Health Services Research (HSR-22) Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 29 November - 2 December 2022 .
2022
Journal Article
Implications of increased telehealth use on organisations providing mental health services during COVID-19
Snoswell, Centaine L., Caffery, Liam J., Haydon, Helen M., Banbury, Annie and Smith, Anthony C. (2022). Implications of increased telehealth use on organisations providing mental health services during COVID-19. Australian Health Review, 46 (3), 381-382. doi: 10.1071/ah22088
2021
Journal Article
Enhancing a community palliative care service with telehealth leads to efficiency gains and improves job satisfaction
Haydon, Helen M., Snoswell, Centaine L., Thomas, Emma E., Broadbent, Andrew, Caffery, Liam J., Brydon, Julie-Ann and Smith, Anthony C. (2021). Enhancing a community palliative care service with telehealth leads to efficiency gains and improves job satisfaction. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 27 (10), 625-630. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211048952
2021
Journal Article
Publisher Correction: Author Correction: A patient-centric dataset of images and metadata for identifying melanomas using clinical context (Scientific Data, (2021), 8, 1, (81), 10.1038/s41597-021-00865-3)
Rotemberg, Veronica, Kurtansky, Nicholas, Betz-Stablein, Brigid, Caffery, Liam, Chousakos, Emmanouil, Codella, Noel, Combalia, Marc, Dusza, Stephen, Guitera, Pascale, Gutman, David, Halpern, Allan, Helba, Brian, Kittler, Harald, Kose, Kivanc, Langer, Steve, Lioprys, Konstantinos, Malvehy, Josep, Musthaq, Shenara, Nanda, Jabpani, Reiter, Ofer, Shih, George, Stratigos, Alexander, Tschandl, Philipp, Weber, Jochen and Soyer, H. Peter (2021). Publisher Correction: Author Correction: A patient-centric dataset of images and metadata for identifying melanomas using clinical context (Scientific Data, (2021), 8, 1, (81), 10.1038/s41597-021-00865-3). Scientific Data, 8 (1) 88, 88. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00879-x
2021
Journal Article
Does artificial intelligence have a role in telehealth screening of ear disease in Indigenous children in Australia?
Mothershaw, Adam, Smith, Anthony C., Perry, Christopher F., Brown, Cecil and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Does artificial intelligence have a role in telehealth screening of ear disease in Indigenous children in Australia?. Australian Journal of Otolaryngology, 4 38, 1-7. doi: 10.21037/ajo-21-14
2021
Conference Publication
High versus low adoption and sustained use of telehealth among hospital based allied health services: a multi-method study
Thomas, E., Ward, L., Cook, R., Ross, J., Hartley, C., Webb, C., Harris, M. and Caffery, L. (2021). High versus low adoption and sustained use of telehealth among hospital based allied health services: a multi-method study. Successes and Failures in Telehealth 2021, Virtual, 5-6 November 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Adding telehealth to a community palliative care service: a cost-consequence analysis
Snoswell, C., Smith, A., Broadbent, A., Brydon, J. A., Thomas, E., Caffery, L. and Haydon, H. (2021). Adding telehealth to a community palliative care service: a cost-consequence analysis. Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2021, Online, 5-6 November 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Telehealth activity and costs for specialist consultations in Australia as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic
De Guzman, Keshia R., Caffery, Liam J., Smith, Anthony C. and Snoswell, Centaine L. (2021). Telehealth activity and costs for specialist consultations in Australia as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic . Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2021 (SFT-2021), Online, 3-5 November 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
The effect of financial incentives on telehealth service uptake in Australia
Vitangcol, Kathryn J., Caffery, Liam J., De Guzman, Keshia R. and Snoswell, Centaine L. (2021). The effect of financial incentives on telehealth service uptake in Australia. Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2021 (SFT-2021), Online, 3-5 November 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
What do patients value in an outpatient video consultation? A discrete choice experiment determining preferences and willingness-to-pay
Snoswell, C., Smith, A., Page, M. and Caffery, L. (2021). What do patients value in an outpatient video consultation? A discrete choice experiment determining preferences and willingness-to-pay. 21st Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2021 (SFT-2021), Online, 3 - 5 November 2021. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
2021
Conference Publication
Adding telehealth to a community palliative care service: a cost-consequence analysis
Snoswell, C., Smith, A., Broadbent, A., Brydon, J. A., Thomas, E., Caffery, L. and Haydon, H. (2021). Adding telehealth to a community palliative care service: a cost-consequence analysis. 21st Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2021 (SFT-2021), Online, 3 - 5 November 2021. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
2021
Conference Publication
Quantifying the societal benefits from telehealth
Snoswell, C., Smith, A., Page, M., Scuffham, P. and Caffery, L. (2021). Quantifying the societal benefits from telehealth. 21st Successes and Failures in Telehealth conference 2021 (SFT-2021), Online, 3 - 5 November 2021. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: University of Queensland.
Funding
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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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