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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 → …
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W81XWH-22-1-0731: Multimodal Precision Liquid Biopsy to Predict Risk of Melanoma Recurrence
Rizos, H., Diefenbach, R., Coiera, E., Berkovsky, S., Long, G. V., Scolyer, R., Gray, E. S. & Millward, M.
1/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Safety assessment of an AI-based clinical decision support system
6/10/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Protecting the public from emerging infectious diseases
Sorrell, T., Sintchenko, V., Cheng, A., Gilbert, G., Holmes, E., Howden, B., Smith, D., Coiera, E., Iredell, J. & Jones, C.
23/06/16 → 30/04/21
Project: Research
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Preparing Australia for Genomic Medicine, A proposal by the Australian Genomics Health Alliance (AGHA). (APP1113531) NHMRC Targeted Research Call into Genomics $25 million over 5 years
North, K., Sinclair, A., Little, M., Laing, N. G., Christodoulou, J., Scott, H., Oshlack, A., Thorne, N., Dinger, M., Hansen, D., Lonie, A., Schofield, D., Ward, R. L., Gaff, C., Metcalfe, S. A., Thorburn, D. R., Fox, S., Thomas, D. M., Hilton, D., MacArthur, D. G., Gibbs, R. A., Speed, T. P., Waring, P., Baynam, G., Amor, D. J., Buckley, M., Waddell, N., Fletcher, J., McGaughran, J., Graves, D., Berkovic, S. F., Scheffer, I., Gecz, J., Cook, M., O'Brien, T. J., Simons, C., Roscioli, T., Field, M., White, D., Marshall, G., Millward, M., Spurdle, A., Ekert, P., Southey, M. C., Winship, I., Dobrovic, A., Haber, M., Trapani, J., Desai, J., Beilby, J., Bowtell, D. D. L., McArthur, G. A., Mitchell, G., Johnstone, R. W., Forrest, S. M., Wainwright, B. J., Leedman, P., Meldrum, C. J., Grimmond, S. M., Taylor, G., Papenfuss, A., Mattick, J. S., Botten, L., Pearson, J. V., Groza, T., Sinnott, R., Lorgelly, P. K., Carlin, J. B., Newson, A., Dunlop, K., Reddel, R. R., Wesselingh, S. L., Brown, M. A., Carapetis, J., Foote, S., McNeil, J., Gannon, F., Cowell, C., Lopez, A., Dromey, J., Braithwaite, J. & Coiera, E.
1/01/16 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Personalised anticoagulant therapy for patients with acute coronary syndrome
Wendling, T., Gallego-Luxan, B., Coiera, E. & Runciman, W.
1/01/17 → …
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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A systematic review of failures in handoff communication during intrahospital transfers
Ong, M. S., Biomed E., M. & Coiera, E., Jun 2011, In: Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 37, 6, p. p274–284 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
131 Citations (Scopus) -
Automated identification of extreme-risk events in clinical incident reports
Ong, M. S., Magrabi, F. & Coiera, E., Jun 2012, In: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 19, E1, p. e110-e118 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
32 Citations (Scopus) -
Why e-health is so hard
Coiera, E., Mar 2013, In: Medical Journal of Australia. 198, 4, p. 178-179 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
14 Citations (Scopus) -
Health informatics
Coiera, E. W., 7 Jan 2002, In: Medical Journal of Australia. 176, 1, p. 20 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Information economics and the Internet
Coiera, E., May 2000, In: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 7, 3, p. 215-221 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
41 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Intel Don Walker award – Health Informatics Society of Australia
Coiera, Enrico (Recipient), 2006
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UNSW Inventor of the year (Information and Communication Technology)
Coiera, Enrico (Recipient), 2011
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Best HSR paper prize from Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation
Runciman, W. B. (Recipient), Hunt, T. D. (Recipient), Hannaford, N. A. (Recipient), Hibbert, P. D. (Recipient), Westbrook, Johanna (Recipient), Coiera, Enrico (Recipient), Day, R. O. (Recipient), Hindmarsh, D. M. (Recipient), McGlynn, E. A. (Recipient) & Braithwaite, Jeffrey (Recipient), 2013
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2011 Best student paper award American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium
Coiera, Enrico (Recipient) & Ong, M. S. (Recipient), 2011
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Best Paper Award, British Human-Computer Interaction Conference
Kocaballi, Baki (Recipient), Laranjo, Liliana (Recipient) & Coiera, Enrico (Recipient), 6 Jul 2018
Prize
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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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Australasian College of Health Informatics (External organisation)
Enrico Coiera (Member)
2002 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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American College of Medical Informatics (External organisation)
Enrico Coiera (Member)
1999 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Unlocking the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare
Enrico Coiera (Speaker)
16 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Journal of Medical Internet Research (Journal)
Enrico Coiera (Reviewer)
1998 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Editorial work
Press / Media
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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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An Overview of eHealth Implementation by Professor Enrico Coiera
26/08/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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AI prescribed to boost population health and support clinicians
3/09/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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AI high on the agenda at Health Data Analytics 2019
3/10/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities