Fields of Research

Health informatics and information systems
Health care administration
Health services and systems
Information systems
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Communications engineering
Information systems development methodologies and practice
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Service oriented computing
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Preventative health care
Bioinformatic methods development
Health and community services
Networking and communications
Health management
Aged health care
Health policy
Primary health care

Research Objectives

Evaluation of health and support services
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Other information and communication services
Workforce transition and employment
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Evaluation of health outcomes
Other health
Information systems, technologies and services
Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences
Electronic information storage and retrieval services
Health inequalities
Health policy evaluation
Artificial intelligence
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Animation, video games and computer generated imagery services
Library and archival services
Telehealth
Palliative care
Communication technologies, systems and services
Clinical health

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'Omics' and biomedical informatics: the future of pathology and pathology informatics. But, are we ready for the future?; Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
A framework for the adoption of social customer relationship management (scrm) by private sector; Asian Journal of Science and Technology
A Guide for the Safe Use of Electronic Clinical handover Tool; South Australian Department of Health
A multi-stage, multi-factorial intervention to implement an electronic clinical handover support tool to improve patient safety; International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care
A Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) and Minimum Data Set (MDS) for nursing and medical handover: considerations for flexible standardization in developing electronic tools; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
A standardised operating protocol and minimum data set for nursing and medical handover to promote inter-professional learning for safer patient care; Leadership and Practice Development in Health Conference
A Structured Evidence-Based Literature Review on Discharge, Referral and Admission
A structured evidence-based literature review regarding the effectiveness of improvement interventions in clinical handover
A triangulation research approach to understand, evaluate and improve clinical handover: a practical guide; Improving clinical handover seminar
AI and clinical decision making: The limitations and risks of computational reductionism in bowel cancer screening; Applied Sciences
AI diagnostic technologies and the gap in colorectal cancer screening participation; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
An exploration of shift-to-shift clinical handover and clinical handover improvement using a user-centred approach at the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia
An integrated, multi-facet holistic model to implement conflict resolution and change management of medical admission and medical handover; Towards Harmony in the Health Workplace Conference: practical approaches to managing difficult interactions and preventing the escalation of conflict and grievances
Blockchain enabled patient-centred care for inflammatory bowel disease: 4 principles for socio-techical and clinical alignment; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Citizens’ access to their digital health data in eleven countries - a comparative study; Exploring Complexity in Health: An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach
Clinical handover improvement in context: Exploring tensions between user-centred approaches and standardisation; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Clinical handovers education: should it be part of medical education curriculum?; Australia and New Zealand Association for Medical Education Annual Conference
Clinical handovers: Two sides of a coin; Health Informatics Conference (HIC)
Clinician centre-design for clinical handover; First Annual Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) Asia Pacific07 Conference
Complex clinical communication practices: how do information receivers assimilate and act upon information for patient care?; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Designing and implementing an electronic clinical handover system: A user-centred socio-cultural-technical integrated approach; Improving clinical handover seminar
Doing the impossible or fast-forwarding the inevitable? Emotional Intelligence (EQ) based leadership training for junior medical officers (JMOs); Proceedings of the11th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum
Drivers for EC Usage amongst SMEs; ITiRA 2001
Exploring socio-technical insights for safe nursing handover; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Friends or foes: shorter working hours, clinical handover and junior doctor's well-being; International Doctors’ Health Conference
Hand me an isobar: a pilot study of an evidence-based approach to improving shift-to shift clinical handover; Medical Journal of Australia
Hospital Discharge and the role of ICTs: considering patient perspectives; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
How can information and communication technology improve healthcare inequalities and healthcare inequity? The concept of context driven care; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Improving colorectal cancer screening - consumer-centred technological interventions to enhance engagement and participation amongst diverse cohorts; Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology
Involving clinicians in the development of an electronic clinical handover system - thinking systems not just technology; International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (MIE)
Junior medical officers (JMOs) as leaders to pass on the baton: What do we do at handovers and how it can be improved?; Proceedings of the11th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum.
Medical error management and the role of information technology - a new approach to investigating medical handover in acute care settings; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Medical error management and the role of information technology - A new approach to investigating medical handover in acute care settings; MIE 2006
Medical Error Management, Patient Safety And The Role Of Information Technology – A Holistic Approach To Clinical Handover In Acute Care Settings; 4th Australasian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Medical Error Management: A Role for Information Technology in supporting patient safety in a hospital environment; Health Informatics Conference (HIC)
Medical Error Management: The Need for Information Systems Not Just Technology for Supporting Patient Safety in Hospitals; Proceedings of the 14th Annual Health Informatics conference
National clinical handover initiative: Clinical handover training manual
National clinical handover initiative: minimum data set
National clinical handover initiative: Nursing and medical handover in general surgery, emergency medicine and general medicine at the Royal Hobart Hospital – public report on pilot study
National clinical handover initiative: Overarching standardised operating protocol
National clinical handover initiative: Stakeholder engagement protocol: A “how to” guide
Ossie, Ossie, ossie, Oi, Oi, Oi, Please hand me an isobar: to improve clinical handover; National clinical handover workshop. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Ossie, Ossie, ossie, Oi, Oi, Oi, Please “hand me an isobar: to improve clinical handover; Using tools to make clinical handover safe: a practical workshop. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare
Pathology Information Systems and Patient Safety: Avoiding the dangers of Info-centrism through a holistic perspective; First World Congress of Pathology Informatics
Patient Centred Systems: Techno-Anthropological reflections on the challenges of ‘meaningfully engaging’ patients within health informatics research; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Patient safety and sociotechnical considerations for electronic handover tools in an Australian ehealth landscape; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Pokemon Go: ubiquitous computing delivering better health or co-incidential health benefits from technology use? A participatory observational study; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Pokémon-Go: Why Augmented Reality Games offer insights for enhancing public health Interventions on obesity-related diseases; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Qualitative Research for Patient Safety Using ICTs: Methodological Considerations in the Technological Age; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Reducing nosocomial infections in surgical ICUs in Sri Lanka: co-creating a safety culture using an eHealth intervention; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Reducing nosocomial infections: a user-centered approach to developing an eHealth system for Sri Lankan ICUs; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Socio-Cultural Issues and Patient Safety: A Case Study into the Development of an Electronic Support Tool for Clinical Handover; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Socio-Cultural Issues and Patient Safety: A Case Study into the Development of an Electronic Support Tool for Clinical Handover; Information Technology in Health Care
Socio-technical consideration for blockchain technology in healthcare; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
The Learner to Leader Link: should ehealth be a core element of undergraduate medical education?; Australia and New Zealand Association for Medical Education Annual Conference
The role and nature of scrm in Australian private sector: an exploratory study; 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research
The “OSSIE” guide clinical handover improvement work-book
Understanding how clinical judgement and communicative practices interact with the use of an electronic clinical handover system; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Understanding interactions of factors influencing clinical handover: insights for information technology; Health Informatics Conference (HIC)
User centred design and nosocomials in surgical ICUs: A mobile application for peer monitoring and training in hand hygiene; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
User-centered design in clinical handover: exploring post-implementation outcomes for clinicians; Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
“Hand me an isobar” an evidence based standardised operating protocol and minimum data set for clinicians to improve clinical handover; International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care
“Omics” and biomedical informatics: the future of pathology and pathology informatics. Are we ready?; First World Congress of Pathology Informatics

Research Projects

ACSQHC Literature Review
Improving transfer of care processes between public hospitals and RACFs-PHASE 2
Stakeholder Engagement - Improving transfer of care processes between public hospitals and RACFs
Worksafe Tasmania Coronial Findings Review

Research Candidate Supervision

Exploring the Use of Business Architecture in Supporting Transformation Based Business Solutions
Reducing the Burden of Injury in Sri Lanka by Formulating a Relationship Between the External Cause and the Physical Injury
The Role and Nature of Social CRM in Australian Business