Dr Tony Sahama
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Medical and Health Informatics, Information Accountability and Usable Security, Clinical Data Warehousing (CDW), Biomedical Informatics, Health Analytics, Health Information Systems, Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS), eHealth, eHaaS, Ubiquitous Health, Computer Experiments [DACE], Industry Based Learning (STEM)
Research field
Information systems, Data management and data science, Other information and computing sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Victoria Uni of Tech)
- Master of Philosophy (University of Sri Lanka)
- Master of Education (Higher Education) (Queensland University of Technology)
- Master of Migration Law & Practices (Griffith University)
- B.Sc. (University of Sri Lanka)
Professional memberships and associations
I hold professional memberships with
Teaching
Teaching discipline:
Information Security (Cybersecurity, Information Accountability)
My philosophy of teaching is twofold: It is firstly innovative and guarantees that students learn through their own choices and/or resolutions (using technology where possible). Secondly, timely and practicable communications, consultations, negotiations and contributions should take place at any point of the learning journey. I believe this approach facilitates students by applying concepts in a new situation that makes them think about their true meaning, leading to a deeper sense of understanding. It is important to understand the diversity of an individual's learning style in terms of their abilities, interests and ambitions. Consequently, it is impossible to find one way to effectively teach hundreds of different students therefore an improved and extended repertoire of teaching strategies are useful. The greater the variety of teaching styles used by educators, the greater the probability of reaching more students in the real world. I teach, coordinate, manage and support;
- Databases
- Professional Practice in IT
- Industry Based Learning and related activities
- CEED projects for the Faculty
- COOP Education
- HDR (Higher Degree Research) candidates and candidatures
Thesis topics for potential postgraduate research students
- Clinical Data warehousing Models for evidence based medical decision making
- Design and Analysis of Health Analytics Models
- Computer Experiments for Biomedical Informatics and related applications
- Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) and applications development
- e-Health and Tele-health systems, processes and protocols
- Medical/Health Informatics and HCI (EHR, MHR and HR impact analysis)
Publications
- Osop, H. & Sahama, T. (2016). Data-driven and practice-based evidence: Design and development of efficient and effective clinical decision support system. In JD. Moon & MP. Galea (Eds.), Improving health management through clinical decision support systems (pp. 295–328). IGI Global. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84040
- Gajanayake, R., Sahama, T. & Iannella, R. (2016). Principles of information accountability: An eHealth perspective. E-health and telemedicine: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications, 149–166.
- Gajanayake, R., Sahama, T. & Iannella, R. (2016). The role of perceived usefulness and attitude on electronic health record acceptance. E-health and telemedicine: Concepts, methodologies, tools, and applications, 49–59. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/146747/
- Gajanayake, R., Iannella, R. & Sahama, T. (2016). An insight into the adoption of accountable-eHealth systems - An empirical research model based on the Australian context. IRBM, 37(4), 219–231. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92529
- Boksmati, N., Butler-Henderson, K., Anderson, K. & Sahama, T. (2016). The effectiveness of SMS reminders on appointment attendance: A meta-analysis. Journal of Medical Systems, 40, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/92530
- Rajibussalim, R., Sahama, T. & Pillay, H. (2016). Realisation of university-industry collaboration through industry-based learning at Indonesian higher education. INTED2016 Proceedings, 3853–3863. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/95425
- Silva, P., Woodman, K., Taji, A., Travelyan, J., Samani, S., Sharda, H., Narayanaswamy, R., Lucey, A., Sahama, T. & Yarlagadda, P. (2016). Support services for higher degree research students: a survey of three Australian universities. European Journal of Engineering Education, 41(5), 469–481. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89745
- Gajanayake, R., Iannella, R. & Sahama, T. (2014). Consumer acceptance of accountable-eHealth systems. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 205, 980–984. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/72770
- Kuo, A., Sahama, T., Kushniruk, A., Borycki, E. & Grunwell, D. (2014). Health big data analytics: Current perspectives, challenges and potential solutions. International Journal of Big Data Intelligence, 1(1 - 2), 114–126. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/67808
- Gajanayake, R., Sahama, T. & Iannella, R. (2014). Principles of information accountability: an eHealth perspective. International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, 5(3), 40–57. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/63069
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- BEST PAPER AWARD: "STEM Education for Sustainable Development: A Sociotechnical Analysis"STEM Education and Our Planet: Making Connections Across Contexts July 12-15, 2014 | UBC Vancouver, Canadahttp://stem2014.ubc.ca/presentations/stem-2014-awards/ http://conferences.educ.ubc.ca/index.php/stem/stem2014/paper/view/81
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- 2013 Endeavour Executive Award (outgoing award to Japan: professional development)
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- 1. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)2. Journal of Biomedical Informatics (JBI)3. IEEE (ICC, GlobeCom & HealthCom)4. EFMI (European Federation of Medical Informatics: MIE)5. IMIA (International Medical Informatics Association: MedInfor)6. Association of Computer Machinery (ACM Computing Reviews: www.reviews.com/reviewer)7. Associate Editor of the BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Journal (http://bmcmedinformdecismak.biomedcentral.com/about/editorial-board)
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- BEST PAPER AWARD: 2012 Peter L Reichertz Award by European Federation For Medical Informatics (EFMI)Sahama, Tony R. & Liang, Jian (2012) Impact of the social networking applications for health information management for patients and physicians. In Mantas, John, Andersen, Stig Kjaer, Mazzoleni, Maria Christina, Blobel, Bernd, Quaglini, Silvana, & Moens, Anneliese (Eds.) Quality of Life through Quality of Information - Proceedings of MIE2012, IOS Press BV, Pisa Palazzo dei Congressi, Pisa, pp. 803-807 {http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Sahama,_Tony.html}
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- In recognition of the Supervision of Isaac O. Afara's PhD Thesis:Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award in 2012 for the thesis titled "Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Non-destructive Evaluation of Articular Cartilage"{http://eprints.qut.edu.au/53217/}
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- BEST PAPER AWARD: 2012 secau Security CongressGajanayake, Randike, Lane, William B., Iannella, Renato, & Sahama, Tony R. (2012) Legal issues related to Accountable-eHealth systems in Australia. In Williams, Trish & Valli, Craig (Eds.) Proceedings of the 1st Australian eHealth informatics and security conference, SRI, Security Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Perth, Australia, pp. 16-21 {http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Sahama,_Tony.html}
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2012
- Details
- QLD Smart States International Fellowship.The study is about "Understanding Practical Issues in the Clinical Simulations when Integrating Professionals and Public in the Healthcare Decision Making Processes"
- Type
- Assessor, Examiner or Supervisor Role
- Reference year
- 2011
- Details
- Member of QUT's College of Mentoring Higher Degree Research (HDR) Supervisors
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2010
- Details
- The SCEPTrE Fellowship (2009- 2010):To reward and promote excellence, advance understanding and improve student experiences of professional training and learning through enquiry in disciplinary study and through work.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Faculty of Information Technology, Teaching Equity Award (2006):Benefits and challenges through evaluation of cross-cultural awareness in a cooperative learning environment
Selected research projects
- Title
- Growing Sustainable Regions: Developing a Rural Statistical Sustainability Framework
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0776795
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Sustainable Regions; Rural Sustainability; Regional Growth; Spatial Decision Support Systems; Economic Development; Decision Making
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- Tracking Locomotive Position to Evaluate Sugarcane Railway Schedules and Predict Arrival Time (2015)
- Data Warehousing Model for Integrating Fragmented Electronic Health Records from Disparate and Heterogeneous Clinical Data Stores (2013)
- Improving Trust and Securing Data Accessibility for e-health decision making by using Data Encryption Techniques (2012)
- Development of the rural statistical sustainability framework tool (2011)
- Impact of a data warehouse model for improved decision making process in healthcare (2011)
- Information Sharing in Onesocialweb Using A Multiple Profile Manager to Better Inform Medical Decision Making Processes (2011)
- SELinux Policy Management Framework for HIS (2008)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.