Suelette Dreyfus is an Australian technology researcher, journalist, and academic. She is a lecturer in the Department of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne,[1][failed verification] as well as the principal researcher on the impact of digital technologies on whistleblowing as a form of freedom of expression.[2] Her research includes information systems,[3][4][5]digital security, privacy, and the impact of technology on whistleblowing,[6][7] health informatics[8] and e-education.
Career
Dreyfus' work in e-health[9][10] has focused on the patient information experience in the health system and the role of technology in error incident reporting in hospital settings.[11][12] She has co-invented prototypes in information design for pathology reports with the aim of allowing doctors to improve communication with patients and families regarding the status of their diseases in progressive and chronic illnesses such as diabetes.[13][14]
Her research in education has focused on using social media to teach foreign language to English-speaking primary school students, particularly for difficult languages that require more hours of practice such as Asian languages.[15]
Dreyfus has written on the importance of protecting Freedom of Information access (FOI), the problems of information asymmetry and "tool asymmetry" between the individual citizen and the state, and the trend of "security clearance creep".[16] She was a member of the WikiLeaks advisory board.[17]
Her essays have also appeared in The Conversation, discussing the importance of protecting public access to strong encryption, the need for legal protections for whistleblowers, and the security paradox of legislation enforcing retention of metadata for two years for everyone in Australia.[18][19][20]
^Brown, AJ, Vanderkerckhov, W, Dreyfus, S (2014). ‘The relationship between transparency, whistleblowing and public trust’. Research Handbook on Transparency, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK
^Lederman RM, Dreyfus S, Matchan J E, Knott JC, Milton S. Electronic error-reporting systems: A case study into the impact on nurse reporting of medical errors. Nursing Outlook. Mosby. 2013, Vol. 61, Issue 6, pp. 417 - 426.
^Pang, F. R Sharma, R Lederman, S Dreyfus (2011). "Organisational Culture and Organisational Impacts of Information Systems: A Review of the Empirical Literature". Proceedings of 21st Australasian Conference on Information Systems, Brisbane, Australia.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Peng F, Kurnia S, Lederman RM, Dreyfus S. Information Systems and Hospital Work: A structuralist investigation. Proceedings of the 16th PACIFIC ASIA CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Association for Information Systems. 2012.
^Miceli MP, Dreyfus S, Near JP. Outsider 'whistleblowers': Conceptualizing and distinguishing 'bell-ringing' behavior. International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2014. Editors: Brown AJ, Lewis D, Moberly RE, Vandekerckhove W.
^Bosua R, Milton S, Dreyfus S, Lederman R. Going public: Researching external whistleblowing in a new media age. International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2014. Editors: Brown AJ, Lewis D, Moberly RE, Vandekerckhove W.
^Lederman R, Kurnia S, Peng F, Dreyfus S (2015). "Tick a box, any box: A case study on the unintended consequences of system misuse in a hospital emergency department". Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases. 5 (2): 74–83. doi:10.1057/jittc.2015.13. S2CID110123206.
^Kee, K., Knott, J.C., Dreyfus, S., Lederman, R., Milton, S, Joe, K. 2012. "One hundred tasks an hour: An observational study of emergency department consultant activities". Emergency Medicine Australasia, Vol 24 (3) pp 294–302. Retrieved 11 June 2012
^Lederman R, Dreyfus S. Managing Health Information Delivery Processes for Better Medical Decision Making. DSS 2.0 - Supporting Decision Making with New Technologies. IOS Press. 2014, Vol. 261.
^Smith S, Lederman R, Monagle P, Alzougool BM, Naish L, Dreyfus S. Individually tailored client-focused reports for ubiquitous devices: An experimental analysis. 23rd Australasian Conference on Information Systems. Australasian Conference on Information Systems ACIS. 2012.
^Lederman RM, Dreyfus S, Matchan J E, Knott JC, Milton S. Electronic error-reporting systems: A case study into the impact on nurse reporting of medical errors. Nursing Outlook. Mosby. 2013, Vol. 61, Issue 6, pp. 417 - 426.
^Lederman, R and Dreyfus, S. (2014). ‘Tailoring Patient Information To Encourage Patient Engagement’. ECIS e-Health Workshop Tel Aviv University
^Dreyfus, S., Lederman, R., Smith P., Monagle, P. (2011) "Customising pathology report design for patient use". Electronic Journal of Health Informatics. Vol 6, No. 2.
^Slaughter, Y, Hajek, J, Smith, W, Chang, S, Dreyfus, S. (2015). ‘The online delivery of language programs: Bridging the divide in languages education.’ AFMLTA 20th National Languages Conference. Melbourne
