Prof Joseph Ibrahim - Researcher Profile

Biography

Joseph is a Consultant Physician with the Clinical Liaison Service (2002) and the Work Related Investigation Service (2005) Specialist Investigations Unit at Victorian Institute Forensic Medicine & State Coroners Office investigating the system failures associated with health care and work related deaths respectively. He is also an Associate Director with NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety and an Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care at La Trobe University, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Joe is a practising consultant physician in geriatric medicine with research interests in quality of clinical care, performance measurement and patient safety. Joseph has a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a Fellowship in Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.

Prior to these appointments Joseph Ibrahim established the Health Services Research Unit at the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University after completing the Doctorate of Philosophy investigating the relationship between quality of care and performance indicators. He also completed two terms as regional editor for the International Journal for Quality in Health Care (2000-04) and was the Foundation Professor Aged Care at Peninsula Health (2004-08).

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Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2001

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1999

BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY (MBBS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1985

Publications

Book Chapters

Ranson, D., Cordner, S., Lee, K., Burke, M., McKelvie, H., Ibrahim, J., 2011, Forensic pathology, in Expert Evidence, eds Ian Freckelton, Hugh Selby, Thomson Reuters, Australia, pp. 1-1194.

Journal Articles

Jones, C., Routley, V., Trytell, G., Ibrahim, J., Ozanne-Smith, J., 2013, A descriptive analysis of work-related fatal injury in older workers in Australia 2000-2009, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. [P], vol Epub, Taylor & Francis Ltd., United Kingdom, pp. 1-6.

Enticott, J., Jeffcott, M.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Wood, E.M., Cole-Sinclair, M.F., Fitzgerald, M., Cameron, P.A., Phillips, L.E., 2012, A review on decision support for massive transfusion: Understanding human factors to support the implementation of complex interventions in trauma, Transfusion [P], vol 52, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc, Hoboken, NJ 07030 United States, pp. 2692-2705.

Enticott, J., Jeffcott, S.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Wood, E.M., Cole-Sinclair, M.F., Fitzgerald, M., Cameron, P., Phillips, L.E., 2012, A review on decision support for massive transfusion: understanding human factors to support the implementation of complex interventions in trauma, Transfusion [P], vol 52, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., United States, pp. 2692-2705.

McInnes, J., Ibrahim, J.E., 2012, Characteristics of an educational publication sourced from deaths investigated by the Coroner that is reported to have promoted practice change, Australian Health Review [P], vol 36, issue 4, C S I R O Publishing, Australia, pp. 367-373.

Drummer, O.H., Kennedy, B., Bugeja, L., Ibrahim, J.E., Ozanne-Smith, J.E., 2012, Interpretation of postmortem forensic toxicology results for injury prevention research, Injury Prevention [E], vol epub, B M J Group, London, United Kingdom, pp. 1-6.

Ibrahim, J.E., McInnes, J., Andrianopoulos, N., Evans, S., 2012, Minimising harm from heatwaves: A survey of awareness, knowledge, and practices of health professionals and care providers in Victoria, Australia, International Journal Of Public Health [P], vol 57, issue 2, Birkhaeuser Verlag AG, Switzerland, pp. 297-304.

Bugeja, L., Ibrahim, J., Ozanne-Smith, J., Brodie, L., McClure, R., 2011, Application of a public health framework to examine the characteristics of coroners' recommendations for injury prevention, Injury Prevention [P], vol e, BMJ Group, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Bohensky, M., Jolley, D., Sundararajan, V., Evans, S., Ibrahim, J., Brand, C., 2011, Development and validation of reporting guidelines for studies involving data linkage, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health [P], vol 35, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 486-489.

Bugeja, L., McClure, R., Ozanne-Smith, J., Ibrahim, J., 2011, The public policy approach to injury prevention, Injury Prevention [P], vol 17, issue 1, BMJ Group, United Kingdom, pp. 63-65.

Jones, C., Ibrahim, J., Ozanne-Smith, J., 2011, Work-related non-crash heavy vehicle driver fatalities in Australia, 2000-9, Injury Prevention [P], vol 17, issue 4, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 271-274.

Russell, M., Hill, K., Day, L., Blackberry, I., Schwartz, J., Giummarra, M., Dorevitch, M., Ibrahim, J., Dalton, A., Dharmage, S., 2010, A randomized controlled trial of a multifactorial falls prevention intervention for older fallers presenting to emergency departments, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [P], vol 58, issue 12, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., United States, pp. 2265-2274.

Brodie, L., Bugeja, L., Ibrahim, J.E., 2010, Coroners' recommendations following fatal heavy vehicle crash investigations, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health [P], vol 34, issue 2, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 136-141.

Brodie, L., Ibrahim, J.E., 2010, Fatal injury in tree felling and related activities, Victoria, Australia 1992-2007, Injury Prevention [P], vol 16, issue 1, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 53-56.

McInnes, J., Ibrahim, J., 2010, Minimising harm to older Victorians from heatwaves: A qualitative study of the role of community-based health profession and carer organisations, Australasian Journal on Ageing [P], vol 29, issue 3, Wliey-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 104-110.

Bugeja, L., Ibrahim, J.E., Brodie, L., 2010, Occupational death investigation and prevention model for coroners and medical examiners, Injury Prevention [P], vol 16, issue 1, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 2-6.

Ibrahim, J.E., Ehsani, J.P., McInnes, J., 2010, The effect of printed educational material from the coroner in Victoria, Australia, on changing aged care health professional practice: A subscriber survey, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [P], vol 58, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., United States, pp. 585-591.

Ibrahim, J.E., Cunningham, N.Y., O'Brien, A.J., Charles, A., Young, C.M.F., 2010, The impact of a clinical team assisting the Coroner's investigation of healthcare-related deaths: Reflections on six-years of service, Legal Medicine [P], vol 12, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 28-34.

McNeilly, B., Ibrahim, J., Bugeja, L., Ozanne-Smith, J., 2010, The prevalence of work-related deaths associated with alcohol and drugs in Victoria, Australia, 2001-6, Injury Prevention [P], vol 16, issue 6, BMJ Group, United Kingdom, pp. 423-428.

Ehsani, J., Ibrahim, J., Bugeja, L., Cordner, S., 2010, The role of epidemiology in determining if a simple short fall can cause fatal head injury in an infant: A subject review and reflection, American Journal Of Forensic Medicine And Pathology [P], vol 31, issue 3, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 287-298.

Mihrshahi, S., Brand, C.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Evans, S.M., Jolley, D.J., Cameron, P., 2010, Validity of the indicator 'death in low-mortality diagnosis-related groups' for measuring patient safety and healthcare quality in hospitals, Internal Medicine Journal [P], vol 40, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 250-257.

Bugeja, L., Ibrahim, J.E., Ozanne-Smith, J., Brodie, L., 2009, Expanding definitions of work-relatedness beyond the worker, Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Austral..., vol 25, issue 6, CCH Australia Ltd, Australia, pp. 461-475.

Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., O'Brien, A.J., Charles, A., Young, C., 2009, Forensic investigation of medical treatment related deaths, Legal Medicine [P], vol 11, issue Supp 1, Elsevier Ireland Ltd, Ireland, pp. S71-S75.

Brodie, L., Bugeja, L., Ibrahim, J.E., 2009, Heavy vehicle driver fatalities: Learning's from fatal road crash investigations in Victoria, Accident Analysis and Prevention [P], vol 41, issue 3, Elsevier Ltd, UK, pp. 557-564.

Jeffcott, S.M.A., Evans, S.M., Cameron, P., Chin, G.S.M., Ibrahim, J.E., 2009, Improving measurement in clinical handover, Quality and Safety in Health Care [P], vol 18, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 272-276.

Jeffcott, S.M.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Cameron, P., 2009, Resilience in healthcare and clinical handover, Quality and Safety in Health Care [P], vol 18, B M J Group, United kingdom, pp. 256-260.

Ibrahim, J.E., Ehsani, J., 2009, The impact of the Coronial Communique on changing patient safety: A subscriber survey, Australian Health Review [P], vol 33, issue 4, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd, Australia, pp. 583-591.

Hodge, K., Janus, E.D., Sundararajan, V., Taylor, S., Brand, W., Ibrahim, J.E., Wolff, A., 2008, Coordinated anticoagulation management in a rural setting, Australian Family Physician, vol 37, issue 4, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australia, pp. 280-283.

Ehsani, J., Ibrahim, J.E., 2008, Defining novice workers, The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety: Australia and New Zealand, vol 24, issue 5, CCH Australia Ltd., Australia, pp. 409-415.

Brand, C.A., Tropea, J., Ibrahim, J.E., Elkadi, S.O., Bain, C.A., Ben-Tovim, D.I., Bucknall, T.K., Greenberg, P.B., Spigelman, A.D., 2008, Measurement for improvement: A survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 189, issue 1, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. 35-40.

Brand, C.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Cameron, P., Scott, I.A., 2008, Standards for health care: A necessary but unknown quantity, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 189, issue 5, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 257-260.

Ibrahim, J.E., Jeffcott, S.M.A., 2008, Successful risk management requires the left brain to meet with the right brain, Australian Health Law Bulletin, vol 16, issue 8, LexisNexis Australia, Australia, pp. 131-134.

Brand, C.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Bain, C., King, B., 2007, Engineering a safe landing: Engaging medical practitioners in a systems approach to patient safety, Internal Medicine Journal [P], vol 37, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 295-302.

Ibrahim, J.E., Davies, Z., Nay, R., 2007, Residential aged care coronial communique, Australasian Journal on Ageing [P], vol 26, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, p. 205.

Charles, A., Ranson, D.L., Bohensky, M., Ibrahim, J.E., 2007, Under-reporting of deaths to the coroner by doctors: a retrospective review of deaths in two hospitals in Melbourne, Australia, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol 19, issue 4, Oxford University Press, USA, pp. 232-236.

Bohensky, M., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2006, Making the case for more necropsies to improve patient care, Quality & Safety in Health Care, vol 15, issue 2, BMJ Publishing Group, London UK, p. 144.

Bohensky, M.A., Ibrahim, J.E., O'Brien, A.J., Emmett, S.L., Newman, E., Charles, A., Young, C., Ranson, D.L., 2006, World without borders: integrating clinical perspectives into the coronial jurisdiction in Victoria, Australia, Medicine and Law, vol 25, issue 1, Yozmot Heiliger (1989) Ltd, Israel, pp. 13-29.

Bohensky, M.A., Emmett, S.L., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2005, Experience with practice guidelines for medico-legal death Investigations: the case of falls-related deaths in hospital, Medicine and Law, vol 24, issue 4, Yozmot Heiliger (1989) Ltd, Israel, pp. 727-742.

Bohensky, M., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2005, Letter: The Bundaberg Hospital scandal: the need for reform in Queensland and beyond. Re-inventing the wheel?, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 183, issue 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Australia, p. 546.

Marasco, S., Ibrahim, J.E., Oakley, J.G., 2005, Public disclosure of surgeon-specific report cards: current status of the debate, ANZ Journal of Surgery, vol 75, issue 11, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 1000-1004.

Clarke, S., Oakley, J.G., Neil, D.A., Ibrahim, J.E., 2005, Public reporting of individual surgeon performance, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 183, issue 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, p. 543.

Bohensky, M.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Ranson, D.L., 2005, The Bundaberg Hospital scandal: the need for reform in Queensland and beyond. Re-inventing the wheel?, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 183, issue 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, p. 546.

Emmett, S.L., Ibrahim, J.E., Charles, A., Ranson, D.L., 2004, Coronial autopsies: a rising tide of objections, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 181, issue 3, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, p. 173.

Cadilhac, D.A., Ibrahim, J.E., Pearce, D.C., Ogden, K.J., McNeil, J.J., Davis, S.M., Donnan, G., 2004, Multicenter comparison of processes of care between stroke units and conventional care wards in Australia, Stroke [P], vol 35, Lippincott William & Wilkins, United States, pp. 1035-1040.

Emmett, S.L., OBrien, A.J., Ibrahim, J.E., 2004, Occupational exposure to HIV: response to a system failure, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 180, issue 4, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australaia, p. 195.

Majoor, J.W., Ibrahim, J.E., 2004, Teaching on the run tips: doctors as teachers, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 181, issue 4, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 230-232.

Ibrahim, J.E., Majoor, J.W., 2002, Corruption in the health care system: the circumstantial evidence, Australian Health Review [P], vol 25, issue 2, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd, Australia, pp. 20-26.

Ioannides-Demos, L.L., Ibrahim, J.E., McNeil, J.J., 2002, Reference based pricing schemes, Pharmacoeconomics, vol 20, issue 9, Adis international, New zealand, pp. 577-591.

McNeil, J.J., Ibrahim, J.E., Majoor, J.W., Cicuttini, F.M., 1999, Performance as an outcome variable, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 170 iss 10, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd, North Sydney NSW Australia, p. 507.

Ibrahim, J.E., Majoor, J.W., Cicuttini, F.M., McNeil, J.J., 1999, Readmission as an outcome variable, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 171, Australasian Medical Publishing Co., Nth Sydney NSW Australia, p. 218.

Majoor, J.W., Ibrahim, J.E., Cicuttini, F.M., Boyce, N.W., McNeil, J.J., 1999, The extraction of quality-of-care clinical indicators from state health department administrative databases, Medical Journal of Australia, vol 170, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Ltd., Nth Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 420-424.

Majoor, J.W., Ibrahim, J.E., Cicuttini, F.M., McNeil, J.J., 1998, The validity of surgical wound in infection as a clinical indicator in Australia: Comment AND Measuring surgical wound infection: Comment, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, vol 68 no 7, Blackwell Science, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 536-537.

Conference Proceedings

Bugeja, L., Symmons, M.A., Brodie, L., Osborne, N., Ibrahim, J.E., 2007, Development of a specialist investigation standard for heavy vehicle fatal collisions in Victoria, Conference Proceedings of the 2007 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, 17 to 19 October 2007, The Meeting Planners, Melbourne Victoria Australia, pp. 1-10.

Other

Ibrahim, J.E., 1999, Quality of care and unplanned readmission.

Ibrahim, J.E., Majoor, J.W., Boyce, N.W., McNeil, J.J., 1997, Measuring quality-of-care using the medical record: design issues, Poster.

Ibrahim, J.E., Majoor, J.W., Boyce, N.W., McNeil, J.J., 1997, Measuring quality-of-care using the medical record: design issues, Abstract at a non International conference.

Majoor, J.W., Ibrahim, J.E., Boyce, N.W., McNeil, J.J., 1997, The pilot hospital wide clinical indicators project, Poster.

Majoor, J.W., Ibrahim, J.E., Boyce, N.W., McNeil, J.J., 1997, The pilot hospital wide clinical indicators project, Abstract at a non International conference.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Completed Supervision

Student:

Bugeja, L.

Program of Study:

Determinants of coroners' recommendations on external cause deaths in Victoria, Australia. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Ozanne-Smith, J (Main), Ibrahim, J (Associate).