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Biography
Trained in medicine and with a computer science PhD in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Professor Coiera has a research background in both industry and academia and a strong international research reputation for his work on decision support and communication processes in biomedicine.
Coiera spent 10 years at the prestigious Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories in Bristol UK where he led numerous health technology projects. He has overseen the development and trial of multiple eHealth interventions, including the Healthy.me consumer system as well as clinical decision support systems. Healthy.me technologies underpin a new US health startup called Healthbanc. His textbook Guide to Health Informatics is in its 3rd edition, is widely used internationally, and is translated into several languages.
Coiera has won a number of prestigious awards including the 2015 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) François Grémy Award for Excellence and the 2011 UNSW Inventor of the year (Information and Communication Technology) for a literature-based computational discovery system.
He was elected Foundation Fellow and first President of the Australian College of Health Informatics, is a foundation member of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics, and an International Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics.
Coiera has also held key appointments on boards, councils and editorial positions on international journals including Associate Editor of the journal ‘Artificial Intelligence in Medicine’.
Research interests
Using digital health to solve health service delivery problems, patient safety informatics, consumer e-health, translational bioinformatics, evidence-based decision support, text summarisation methods to support scientific discovery, and clinical communication.
Broad Research Areas
Health and Biomedical Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Health Services Research, Evidence Based Medicine, Systems Science
Specific Research Keywords
Health systems science, Communication in Health Care Systems, Evidence-based Decision Support, Bioinformatics, E-health, Patient Safety, Health System Sustainability
Education/Academic qualification
Dr of Philosophy (PhD), The University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Sydney
External positions
Associate Editor, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
2017 → …Foundation Member, International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics
2017 → …Editorial Committee, Healthdirect Australia
2013 → …Journal Editorial Board, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
2006 → …Foundation Fellow, Australasian College of Health Informatics
2002 → …International Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics
1999 → …Member, American Medical Informatics Association
1999 → …Editorial Board, Journal of Medical Internet Research
1998 → …Fingerprint
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MQRC 2020: H:EAR (Hearing: Education, Application, Research)
McMahon, C., McAlpine, D., Dawes, P., Amin, J., Rapport, F., Buchholz, J., Sharma, M., Matthews, N., Coiera, E., Cutler, H., Dean, C. & Pellicano, L.
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Computerised decision support to improve efficiency and outcomes of massive blood transfusion (Sanderson)
Sanderson, B., Coiera, E., Wood, E., Estcourt, L., Field, J. & Kocaballi, B.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Other
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Centre of Research Excellence in Digital Health (CREDiH)
Coiera, E., Glasziou, P., Hansen, D., Magrabi, F., Sintchenko, V., Verspoor, K., Gallego-Luxan, B., Lau, A., Dunn, A., Longhurst, C., Tsafnat, G., Cutler, H., Makeham, M., Shaw, T., Shah, N., Runciman, W. & Liaw, S. T.
1/01/18 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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NHMRC Partnership Centre on Health System Sustainability
Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Coiera, E., Glasziou, P., Scott, A., Buchbinder, R., Karnon, J., Anderson, T., Teede, H., Wells, L., Gray, L., Ward, R. & Yeend, I.
1/07/17 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Redesigning patient experiences in health service navigation using digital technology
Lau, A., Laranjo, L., Tong, H. L., Liu, J., Coiera, E., Willcock, S., Vagholkar, S., Carey, M., Biggs, J., Vaile, I., Marles, E. & Besley, S.
31/03/17 → …
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Clinician checklist for assessing suitability of machine learning applications in healthcare
Scott, I., Carter, S. & Coiera, E., 5 Feb 2021, In: BMJ Health and Care Informatics. 28, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., e100251.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development and validation of a machine learning approach for automated severity assessment of COVID-19 based on clinical and imaging data: retrospective study
Quiroz, J. C., Feng, Y-Z., Cheng, Z-Y., Rezazadegan, D., Chen, P-K., Lin, Q-T., Qian, L., Liu, X-F., Berkovsky, S., Coiera, E., Song, L., Qiu, X., Liu, S. & Cai, X-R., 11 Feb 2021, In: JMIR Medical Informatics. 9, 2, p. 1-14 14 p., e24572.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do smartphone applications and activity trackers increase physical activity in adults? Systematic review, meta-analysis and metaregression
Laranjo, L., Ding, D., Heleno, B., Kocaballi, B., Quiroz, J. C., Tong, H. L., Chahwan, B., Neves, A. L., Gabarron, E., Dao, K. P., Rodrigues, D., Neves, G. C., Antunes, M. L., Coiera, E. & Bates, D. W., Apr 2021, In: British Journal of Sports Medicine. 55, 8, p. 422-432 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Empirical analysis of Zipf's law, power law, and lognormal distributions in medical discharge reports
Quiroz, J. C., Laranjo, L., Tufanaru, C., Kocaballi, A. B., Rezazadegan, D., Berkovsky, S. & Coiera, E., Jan 2021, In: International Journal of Medical Informatics. 145, p. 1-9 9 p., 104324.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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End-to-end sleep apnea detection using single-lead ECG signal and 1-D residual neural networks
Sharan, R. V., Berkovsky, S., Xiong, H. & Coiera, E., Oct 2021, In: Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering. 41, 5, p. 758-766 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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2011 Best student paper award American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium
Coiera, Enrico (Recipient) & Mei Sing Ong (Recipient), 2011
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Best HSR paper prize from Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
W. B. Runciman (Recipient), Tamara D. Hunt (Recipient), N. A. Hannaford (Recipient), Peter D. Hibbert (Recipient), Westbrook, Johanna (Recipient), Coiera, Enrico (Recipient), R.O. Day (Recipient), D. M. Hindmarsh (Recipient), Elizabeth A. McGlynn (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 2013
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Best Paper Award, British Human-Computer Interaction Conference
Kocaballi, Baki (Recipient), Laranjo, Liliana (Recipient) & Coiera, Enrico (Recipient), 6 Jul 2018
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Journal of Artificial Intelligence (Journal)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)
2017 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (External organisation)
Enrico Coiera (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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HealthDirect (Publisher)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (Journal)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)
2006 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
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Australasian College of Health Informatics (External organisation)
Enrico Coiera (Member)
2002 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Press / Media
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Charting Australia’s healthcare journey into the age of artificial intelligence
27/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Researchers analyzed 4,063 papers on tools to help guide care. Only 12 were replications
26/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Future directions for Australia’s Technology workforce
16/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
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Australia’s Digital Health Boom and the Seven Players Driving It
26/03/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment