Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI

Title: Lillian Moehlman-Bascom Professor of Nursing;
Professor, Industrial Engineering
Phone: (608) 263-5251
At Industrial Engineering: 263-1315
E-mail: pbrennan@engr.wisc.edu
Support Staff: Kathie Ludwig
Office Address: H6/244

H6/241 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

In contemporary health care, patients must assume more responsibility than ever for managing their health practices and health-related data. Nurses must build and evaluate information technologies likely to ensure the full participation of patients in their own care. My research in the area of nursing informatics examines how we can use the Internet, home-based computer systems, and specialized information resources to promote self-care and disease management skills among patients and their family caregivers. My lab links the School of Nursing with the College of Engineering. We have excellent computer resources (MAC, Windows/NT, Unix) for use by students in designing and developing sophisticated computer-based tools for consumer health. Our network of home care researchers provides students with access to statewide networks for field investigations.

Teaching/Course Responsibilities:
(excluding independent study courses)

Representative Publications:

Anthony, MK, Brennan PF, O’Brien, R., & Suwannaroop N (2004). Measurement of nursing practice models using multiattribute utility theory: Relationship to patient and organizational outcomes. Qual Manag Health Care, 13(1), Jan-Mar, 40-52.

Murray ME, Brennan PF, Moore SM. (2003), A model for economic analysis. Nurs Econ 21(6):280-7, 259.

Brennan PF, Aronson AR. (2003), Towards linking patients and clinical information: Detecting UMLS concepts in e‑mail. J Biomed Inform. 36(4-5):334-41.

Douglas SL, Daly BJ, Gordon N, Brennan PF. (2002), Survival and quality of life: Short-term vs. long-term ventilator patients. Crit Care Med. 30(12):2655-2662.

Lauver DR, Ward SE, Heidrich SM, Keller ML, Bowers BJ, Brennan PF, et al. (2002), Patient-centered interventions. Res Nurs Health. 25(4):246-255.

Dickerson SS, Brennan PF. (2002), The Internet as a catalyst for shifting power in provider-patient relationships. Nurs Outlook. 50(5):195-203.

Jones JF, Brennan PF. (2002), Telehealth interventions to improve clinical nursing of elders. Annu Rev Nurs Res. 20:293-322.

Brennan PF. (2002), AMIA recommendations for national health threat surveillance and response. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 9(2):204-206.