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PROF TENG LIAW



Contact Details

Organization: General Practice
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Health Informatics Electronic decision support Australia
General practice and primary health care Quality use of medicines Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medical Science University of Tasmania 31-Dec-1973
Title Not Known Institution not known
Diploma in Obstetrics The University of Auckland 31-Dec-1984
Gr Dip Primary Health Care Flinders University of South Australia 31-Dec-1990
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery University of Tasmania 31-Dec-1976
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University of South Australia 31-Dec-1994

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) 09-Aug-1989
Fellow of the Australian College of Health Informatics (FACHI) 31-Dec-2002

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Scholarship NHMRC Public Health Research Fellowship for 3 years 31-Dec-1990

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Doctors, their patients and computers: the new medical consultation - a study of the impact of computerisation of the doctor-patient relationship Chief Investigator NHMRC Medical & Dental Postgraduate Scholarships 01/01/2003
Doctors, Patients and Computers, the new consultation: A study on how doctor, patients and computers interact in the consultation Chief Investigator RACGP General Practice Informatics Scholarship 01/01/2004
RHAN INFORMATION SYSTEM LINKAGE Chief Investigator NHMRC Equipment Grants 01/01/2006
LITERATURE REVIEW OF CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE DIABETES CARE IN MAINSTREAM GENERAL PRACTICE FOR URBAN ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLE Chief Investigator RACGP Cardiovascular Research Grant in General Practice 27/07/2007
ACCESS TO MEDICARE ITEMS FOR CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE BY GENERAL PRACTITIONERS IN INDIGENOUS HEALTH SERVICES Chief Investigator RACGP APHCRI Indigenous Health Award 13/10/2007
Culturally appropriate general practice services for Aboriginal Australians Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AGGRESSION PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT IN THE VICTORIAN SECTOR Chief Investigator VIC WORKCOVER AUTHORITY,
MELBOURNE HEALTH,
NORTHEAST HEALTH WANGARATTA
20/10/2005

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • An interactive workshop plus locally adapted guidelines can improve General Practitioners asthma management and knowledge: A cluster randomised trial in the Australian setting
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Family Practice
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 1-8
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  • Stroke in Rural Areas and Small Communities
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Stroke
    Volume: 39
    Page numbers: 1920-1928
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Secure Data Linkage and Information Sharing With GRHANITE
    Year: 2008
    Event name: HIC 08 The Person in The Centre
    Conference Publication: HIC 2008 Australia's Health Informatics Conference
    Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • The active participants in mental health services
    Year: 2007
    Book: Mental Health in Australia: Collaborative Community Practice
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • A required rural health module increases students’ interest in rural health careers
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Rural and Remote Health
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 688
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  • Lessons from the NHS National Programme for IT
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 186
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 607-608
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Computer Software Products

  • Communicating with the Tired Patient
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: University of Melbourne(Parkville)
    Place: ,
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Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2006

    Journal Articles

    • Clinical, information and business process modeling to promote development of safe and flexible software
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Health Informatics Journal
      Volume: 12
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 199-211
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    • Rural eHealth paradox:  it's not just geography
      Year: 2006
      Journal: Australian Journal of Rural Health
      Volume: 14
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 95--98
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Can Australian GP's trust their software?


      Year: 2006
      Event name: Health Informatics Society Australia, Bridging the Digital Divide: Clinician, consumer and computer
      Conference Publication: Health Informatics Society of Australia
      Page numbers: 19-20
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    Publications in 2005

    Journal Articles

    • A compulsory experiential and inter-professional rural health subject for undergraduate students
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Rural and Remote Health
      Volume: 5
      Page numbers: 460
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    • Computer use in general practice consultations
      Year: 2005
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 34
      Issue: 5
      Page numbers: 400
      Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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    • Falls risk assessment and management system (FRAMS)- a decision support tool developed for general practitioners and their primary care team
      Year: 2005
      Journal: The Hong Kong Practitioner
      Volume: 27
      Issue: 8
      Page numbers: 306-310
      Publisher: Hong Kong College of Family Physicians
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    Publications in 2004

    Journal Articles

    • Decision support needs to be evidence based
      Year: 2004
      Journal: British Medical Journal
      Volume: 328
      Page numbers: 1566
      Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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    • Developing a conceptual understanding of rural health practice
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Australian Journal of Rural Health
      Volume: 12
      Issue: 5
      Page numbers: 181-186
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    • Factors associated with ownership and use of written asthma action plans in North-West Melbourne
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Primary Care Respiratory Journal
      Volume: 13
      Page numbers: 211-217
      Publisher: Strategic Medical Publishing
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    • RACGP training registrars' perceptions and practice of prostate cancer screening
      Year: 2004
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 33
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 188-190
      Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Modelling the clinical processes of prescribing - the clinical practice dimension
      Year: 2004
      Event name: Health Informatics Conference 2004
      Conference Publication: HIC 2004 Proceedings
      Page numbers: 1-6
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    • Modelling the clinical processes of prescribing: Information, clinical workflow and processes
      Year: 2004
      Event name: Health Informatics Conference 2004
      Conference Publication: HIC 2004 Proceedings
      Page numbers: 1-6
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    Reports

    • Modelling the Clinical Processes of Prescribing (MCPOP) Project
      Year: 2004
      Customer: Department of Health and Ageing, Health Systems Integration Section, Commonwealth Government of Australia
      Publisher: Department of Health and Ageing, Health Systems Integration Section(Canberra)
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    Publications in 2003

    Journal Articles

    • Australian doctors and their postgraduate qualifications
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 32
      Issue: 1/2
      Page numbers: 92-94
      Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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    • Computerised evidence-based guidelines may not improve asthma or angina management in primary care
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Evidence - Based Healthcare
      Volume: 7
      Page numbers: 81-82
      Publisher: Elsevier Science(London)
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    • Continuing medical education for asthma in primary care settings: a review of randomised controlled trials
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Primary Care Respiratory Journal
      Volume: 12
      Issue: 4
      Page numbers: 119-123
      Publisher: Strategic Medical Publishing
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    • Doctors' perceptions and attitudes to prescribing within the Authority Prescribing System
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
      Volume: 178
      Issue: 3 March
      Page numbers: 203-206
      Publisher: Australasian Medical Publishing Co Ltd(Sydney)
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    • Electronic decision support in general practice. Whats the hold up?
      Year: 2003
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 32
      Issue: 11
      Page numbers: 941-944
      Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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    • Falls Prevention within the Australian General Practice Data Model: Methodology, Information Model and Terminology Issues
      Year: 2003
      Journal: American Medical Informatics Association Journal
      Volume: 10
      Issue: 5
      Page numbers: 1-8
      Publisher: Hanley and Belfus(Philadelphia)
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Clinical Information Resource Use: understanding the problem is the solution
      Year: 2003
      Event name: Health Informatics Conference 2003
      Conference Publication: HIC2003 & RACGP12CC and HINZ2003 Proceedings CD ROM
      Page numbers: 1-6
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    • Conduit-Collaborative Network and Data Using Information Technology
      Year: 2003
      Event name: Health Informatics Conference 2003
      Conference Publication: HIC2003 & RACGP12CC and HINZ2003 Proceedings CD ROM
      Page numbers: 1-9
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    • The Clinicians Health Channel & Evidence-Based Health Care: Is computer use changing the way we work
      Year: 2003
      Event name: Health Informatics Conference 2003
      Conference Publication: HIC2003 & RACGP12CC and HINZ2003 Proceedings CD ROM
      Page numbers: 1-6
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    Publications in 2002

    Journal Articles

    • A graduate certificate and masters in general practice psychiatry by distance education - 1998-2001
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 31
      Issue: 4
      Page numbers: 394-397
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    • Developing a web-based learning network for continuing medical education
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Journal of Workplace Learning - Employee Counselling Today
      Volume: 14
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 98-108
      Publisher: Emerald
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    • Developments and issues in ePrescribing and eHealth
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Health Information Management
      Volume: 30
      Issue: 4
      Page numbers: 2001-2002
      Publisher: Health Information Management Association of Australia
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    • General practice and computing standards
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 31
      Issue: 6
      Page numbers: 509-514
      Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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    • Is an indexed publications database for the Asia Pacific region feasible?
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Asia Pacific Family Medicine
      Volume: 1
      Issue: 1
      Page numbers: 33-36
      Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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    • Perceived need for mental health care: influences of diagnosis, demography and disability
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Psychological Medicine
      Volume: 32
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 299-309
      Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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    • The development and pilot testing of a Focused Education and Psychotherapy Program (FEPP) for treatment of depression in general practice
      Year: 2002
      Journal: Australasian Psychiatry
      Volume: 10
      Issue: 3
      Page numbers: 268-274
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Falls Risk Assessment and Management - an evidence-based approach to development within the General Practice Data Model
      Year: 2002
      Event name: Health Informatics Conference (HIC)
      Conference Publication: Proceedings of Health Infomatics Conference 2002 (CD-ROM)
      Page numbers: 10-20
      Publisher: Health Informatics Society of Australia(Brunswick)
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    Publications in 2001

    Book Chapters

    • The active participants in mental health services
      Year: 2001
      Book: Mental health in Australia: collaborative community practice
      Publisher: Oxford University Press(South Melbourne)
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    Journal Articles

    • Anticoagulant therapy - will computer use improve outcomes?
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Australian Family Physician
      Volume: 30
      Issue: 10
      Page numbers: 964-968
      Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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    • Emergency and primary care at a Melbourne Hospital: reasons for attendance and satisfaction
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Australian Health Review
      Volume: 24
      Issue: 2
      Page numbers: 122-136
      Publisher: Australian Healthcare Association
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    • Learning to consult with computers
      Year: 2001
      Journal: Medical Education
      Volume: 35
      Issue: 7
      Page numbers: 645-650
      Publisher: Blackwell Science
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    Conference Publications/Papers

    • A collaborative inter-disciplinary approach to the evaluation of the clinicians health channel
      Year: 2001
      Event name: Meeting at the Crossroads The 18th annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
      Conference Publication: Conference Proceedings Meeting at the Crossroads The 18th annual conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
      Page numbers: 335-344
      Publisher: Biomedical Multimedia Unit, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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    • TeleQACE: A dynamic web-based knowledge network of health professionals
      Year: 2001
      Event name: ED-MEDIA 2001 world conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia & telecommunications
      Conference Publication: Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2001 world conference on educational multimedia, hypermedia & telecommunications
      Page numbers: 953-954
      Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education(Virginia)
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    Computer Software Products

    • Falls Risk Assesment and Management System (FRAMS)
      Year: 2001
      Version:: 1
      Publisher: Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care(Canberra)
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    Audio Visual Recordings

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