Rate My Professor Andrew Staib

Associate Professor Andrew Staib holds an appointment at the University of Queensland in the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology and is associated with the Centre for Health Services Research in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. He possesses qualifications including MBBS and PhD, along with fellowships FACEM from the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and FACHI from the Australasian College of Health Informatics. In clinical practice, Staib works as an Emergency Physician and Deputy Director of Emergency Medicine at Princess Alexandra Hospital within Metro South Health, Queensland Health, where he leads a medical informatics group focused on improving emergency department operations.

Staib's research specializations encompass clinical informatics, emergency medicine, and health services research. His investigations address digital transformation in healthcare, the impacts of eHealth technologies on hospital practice, patient flow and access block in emergency departments, electronic medical records, patient portals, teledermatology, and predictive models for patient acuity and waiting times. Prominent publications include 'Patient portals facilitating engagement with inpatient electronic medical records: a systematic review' (Dendere et al., Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019; cited by 375), 'Changing the conversation on evaluating digital transformation in healthcare: Insights from an institutional analysis' (Burton-Jones et al., Information and Organization, 2020; cited by 218), 'The National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) and the 4-hour rule: time to review the target' (Sullivan et al., Medical Journal of Australia, 2016; cited by 212), 'Going digital: a narrative overview of the clinical and organisational impacts of eHealth technologies in hospital practice' (Keasberry et al., Australian Health Review, 2017; cited by 176), 'Patient flow in emergency departments: a comprehensive umbrella review of solutions and challenges across the health system' (Samadbeik et al., BMC Health Services Research, 2024; cited by 94), 'Effects of eHealth on hospital practice: synthesis of the current literature' (Eden et al., Australian Health Review, 2018; cited by 91), and 'Predicting waiting time to treatment for emergency department patients' (Pak et al., International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2021; cited by 87). These works have advanced data-driven strategies for enhancing emergency care efficiency and digital health adoption in Australian hospitals.