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
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
Search Professor Liam Caffery’s works on UQ eSpace
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
Journal Article
Optimising specialist geriatric medicine services by telehealth
Haydon, Helen M, Caffery, Liam J, Snoswell, Centaine L, Thomas, Emma E, Taylor, Monica, Budge, Marc, Probert, Jacinta and Smith, Anthony C (2021). Optimising specialist geriatric medicine services by telehealth. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 27 (10), 674-679. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211041859
2021
Other Outputs
Embedding remote monitoring into practice: A review of the evidence and service recommendations
Emma Thomas, Liam Caffery, Monica Taylor , Centaine Snoswell , Helen Haydon and Anthony Smith (2021). Embedding remote monitoring into practice: A review of the evidence and service recommendations . Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Centre for Online Health, The University of Queensland.
2021
Journal Article
Economic evaluations of videoconference and telephone consultations in primary care: a systematic review
De Guzman, Keshia R., Snoswell, Centaine L., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2021). Economic evaluations of videoconference and telephone consultations in primary care: a systematic review. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 30 (1) ARTN 1357633X211043380, 1357633X2110433-17. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211043380
2021
Journal Article
Consumer preference and willingness to pay for direct-to-consumer mobile teledermoscopy services in Australia
Snoswell, Centaine L., Whitty, Jennifer A., Caffery, Liam J., Kho, Joanna, Horsham, Caitlin, Loescher, Lois J., Vagenas, Dimitrios, Gillespie, Nicole, Soyer, H. Peter and Janda, Monika (2021). Consumer preference and willingness to pay for direct-to-consumer mobile teledermoscopy services in Australia. Dermatology, 238 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1159/000517257
2021
Journal Article
Why telehealth does not always save money for the health system
Snoswell, Centaine L., Taylor, Monica L. and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Why telehealth does not always save money for the health system. Journal of Health Organization and Management, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 763-775. doi: 10.1108/jhom-04-2020-0159
2021
Conference Publication
A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of telehealth in primary care
De Guzman, Keshia R., Snoswell, Centaine L., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2021). A systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of telehealth in primary care. iHEA (International Health Economics Association) Congress 2021, Online, 12-15 July 2021.
2021
Journal Article
DICOM in dermoscopic research: an experience report and a way forward
Caffery, Liam, Weber, Jochen, Kurtansky, Nicholas, Clunie, David, Langer, Steve, Shih, George, Halpern, Allan and Rotemberg, Veronica (2021). DICOM in dermoscopic research: an experience report and a way forward. Journal of Digital Imaging, 34 (4), 967-973. doi: 10.1007/s10278-021-00483-w
2021
Journal Article
How to use remote patient monitoring successfully in cardiac and pulmonary patients: a realist review
Thomas, E, Taylor, M, Smith, A and Caffery, L (2021). How to use remote patient monitoring successfully in cardiac and pulmonary patients: a realist review. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 20 (S1). doi: 10.1093/eurjcn/zvab060.139
2021
Journal Article
The clinical effectiveness of telehealth: A systematic review of meta-analyses from 2010 to 2019
Snoswell, Centaine L., Chelberg, Georgina, De Guzman, Keshia R., Haydon, Helen H., Thomas, Emma E., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2021). The clinical effectiveness of telehealth: A systematic review of meta-analyses from 2010 to 2019. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (9) 1357633X211022907, 1-16. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211022907
2021
Journal Article
An overview of the effect of telehealth on mortality: a systematic review of meta-analyses
Snoswell, Centaine L., Stringer, Hannah, Taylor, Monica L., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2021). An overview of the effect of telehealth on mortality: a systematic review of meta-analyses. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 29 (9) ARTN 1357633X211023700, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/1357633x211023700
2021
Conference Publication
How to use remote patient monitoring successfully in cardiac and pulmonary patients: a realist review
Thomas. E. E., Taylor, M., Smith, A. and Caffery, L. (2021). How to use remote patient monitoring successfully in cardiac and pulmonary patients: a realist review. European Society of Cardiology ACNAP Conference, Online, 15-17 June 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
PNS81 Is telehealth in primary care cost-effective? A systematic review
De Guzman, K., Snoswell, C., Caffery, L. J. and Smith, A. C. (2021). PNS81 Is telehealth in primary care cost-effective? A systematic review. ISPOR 2021 - HEOR: Evolving for Tomorrow's Challenges, Virtual, 17-20 May 2021. New York, NY United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2021.04.935
2021
Journal Article
Mobile apps for dementia awareness, support, and prevention – review and evaluation
Chelberg, Georgina R., Neuhaus, Maike, Mothershaw, Adam, Mahoney, Ray and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Mobile apps for dementia awareness, support, and prevention – review and evaluation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (17), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1914755
2021
Conference Publication
DICOM Standards in confocal microscopy.
Caffery, L.J. and Malvehy, J. (2021). DICOM Standards in confocal microscopy.. 2nd World Congress on Confocal Microscopy, Online, 21-23 May 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Addressing concerns and adapting psychological techniques for videoconsultations: a practical guide
Haydon, Helen M., Smith, Anthony C., Snoswell, Centaine L., Thomas, Emma E. and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Addressing concerns and adapting psychological techniques for videoconsultations: a practical guide. Clinical Psychologist, 25 (2), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/13284207.2021.1916904
2021
Conference Publication
Is telehealth in primary care cost-effective? A systematic review
De Guzman, Keshia R., Snoswell, Centaine L., Caffery, Liam J. and Smith, Anthony C. (2021). Is telehealth in primary care cost-effective? A systematic review. ISPOR (International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research) 2021, Online, 17-20 May 2021.
2021
Conference Publication
Regulatory aspects of Artificial Intelligence
Caffery, L.J. (2021). Regulatory aspects of Artificial Intelligence. Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Dermatologists (ASM53), Online, 9-11 April 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Author Correction: A patient-centric dataset of images and metadata for identifying melanomas using clinical context
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). Author Correction: A patient-centric dataset of images and metadata for identifying melanomas using clinical context. Scientific Data, 8 (1) 81, 81. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00865-3
2021
Journal Article
Does remote patient monitoring reduce acute care use? A systematic review
Taylor, Monica L., Thomas, Emma E., Snoswell, Centaine L., Smith, Anthony C. and Caffery, Liam J. (2021). Does remote patient monitoring reduce acute care use? A systematic review. BMJ Open, 11 (3) e040232, e040232. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040232
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Liam Caffery is:
- Available for supervision
Before you email them, read our advice on how to contact a supervisor.
Supervision history
Current supervision
-
Doctor Philosophy
Improving the quality of clinical information included in electronic medical imaging requests in Australia
Principal Advisor
-
Doctor Philosophy
The implementation and evaluation of a Telepharmacy model of care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Anthony Smith, Associate Professor Chris Freeman
-
Doctor Philosophy
What is the role of information technology systems in melanoma early detection?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Monika Janda
-
Doctor Philosophy
Integrating telehealth into allied health services
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Ward, Dr Emma Thomas
Completed supervision
-
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
-
2018
Doctor Philosophy
Economic evaluation and acceptability of teledermoscopy for skin cancer in Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Soyer
-
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
-
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
Media
Enquiries
Contact Associate Professor Liam Caffery directly for media enquiries about:
- telehealth
- telemedicine
Need help?
For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team: