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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 Dive into the research topics where Enrico Coiera is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Projects 2014 2022
Computerised support for decision-making during massive transfusion to improve efficiency and outcomes (Sanderson)
Coiera, E., Sanderson, B., Wood, E., Estcourt, L. & Field, J.
6/01/20 → 5/01/21
Project: Other
Computerised decision support to improve efficiency and outcomes of massive blood transfusion (Sanderson)
Sanderson, B., Coiera, E., Wood, E., Estcourt, L., Field, J. & Kocaballi, A.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Other
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
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
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 1990 2020
Responses of conversational agents to health and lifestyle prompts: investigation of appropriateness and presentation structures
Kocaballi, A., Quiroz, J. C., Rezazadegan, D., Berkovsky, S., Magrabi, F., Coiera, E. & Laranjo, L., 10 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22, 2, p. 1-15 15 p., e15823.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Life Style
Safety
Health
Language
Aptitude
Safety concerns with consumer-facing mobile health applications and their consequences: a scoping review
Akbar, S., Coiera, E. & Magrabi, F., 1 Feb 2020, In : Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 27, 2, p. 330-340 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Mobile Applications
Telemedicine
Safety
Health
Mandatory Reporting
The cognitive health system
Coiera, E., 8 Feb 2020, In : Lancet. 395, 10222, p. 463-466 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review
A network model of activities in primary care consultations
Kocaballi, A., Coiera, E., Tong, H. L., White, S. J., Quiroz, J., Rezazadegan, F., Willcock, S. & Laranjo da Silva, L., 1 Oct 2019, In : Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 26, 10, p. 1074-1082 9 p., ocz046.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Primary Health Care
Referral and Consultation
Medical History Taking
Natural Language Processing
Primary Care Physicians
Assessing technology success and failure using information value chain theory
Coiera, E., 2019, Applied interdisciplinary theory in health informatics: a knowledge base for practitioners. Scott, P., de Keizer, N. & Georgiou, A. (eds.). Amsterdam: IOS Press, p. 35-48 14 p. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; vol. 263).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Open Access
File
Technology
Stretching
Information technology
Information systems
Information Systems
Prizes
2011 Best student paper award American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium
Enrico Coiera (Recipient) & Mei Sing Ong (Recipient), 2011
Prize
Students
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), Johanna Westbrook (Recipient), Enrico Coiera (Recipient), R.O. Day (Recipient), D. M. Hindmarsh (Recipient), Elizabeth A. McGlynn (Recipient) & Jeffrey Braithwaite (Recipient), 2013
Prize
Health Services
Delivery of Health Care
Best Paper Award, British Human-Computer Interaction Conference
Ahmet Kocaballi (Recipient), Liliana Laranjo da Silva (Recipient) & Enrico Coiera (Recipient), 6 Jul 2018
Prize
Medical Informatics
Informatics
Anniversaries and Special Events
Medicine
Delivery of Health Care
Activities 1998 2017
Journal of Artificial Intelligence (Journal)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)2017 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (External organisation)
Enrico Coiera (Member)2017 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
HealthDirect (Publisher)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)2013 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (Journal)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)2006 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Australasian College of Health Informatics (External organisation)
Enrico Coiera (Member)2002 → …
Activity: Membership › Membership of network
Press / Media
Wild Health Summit says the future of healthcare is... fax machines?
23/11/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Artificial Intelligence that puts patients first
24/09/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
GPs question Babylon test that found AI 'on par with practising doctors'
28/06/18
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment