People
Faculty
Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Lillian S. Moehlman-Bascom Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering
PhD, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Industrial Engineering
MSIE, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Industrial Engineering
MSN, University of Pennsylvania; Nursing
BSN, University of Delaware; Nursing
Office Location: H6/244 CSC
Telephone: (608) 263-5251
E-mail: pbrennan@engr.wisc.edu
Professor Brennan's pioneering research in 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. Her research lab links the School of Nursing with the College of Engineering; providing the opportunity for students to design and develop sophisticated computer-based tools for consumer health.
Representative Publications
Brennan, P.F., Moore, S.M., Smyth, K.A. (1995). The effects of a special computer network on caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease. Nursing Research, 44(3), 166-172.
Brennan, P.F., Anthony, M.K., Jones, J., Kahana E. (1998). Nursing practice models: Implications for information system design. Journal of Nursing Administration, (10), 26 31.
Brennan, P.F. (1998). Computer network home care demonstration: A randomized trial in persons living with AIDS. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 28(5), 489-508.
Brennan, P.F., Moore, S.M., & Caldwell, B. (1999). Using Web TV to deliver health information into the home: Experiences, successes, and regrets. Proceedings/AMIA Symposium, (1-2), 1203.
Brennan, P.F., Bjornsdottir, G., Rogers, M., Jones, J., Moore, S.M., Visovsky, C. (2000). Launching HeartCare. ITIN (Official Journal of the British Computer Society's Nursing Specialist Group). 12(4), 4-9.
Kwiatkowski, K., Brennan, P.F., DeMets, D., Dahlen, K., Buchanan, J. (2000). University of Wisconsin IAIMS planning: Organizational challenges within a faculty governance model. J Am Med Inform Assoc (Suppl), 448 452.
Vahey, D.C., Corser, W.D., Brennan, P.F. (2001). Publicly available health care databases for administrative strategic planning. J Nurs Admin, 31(1), 9-15.
Brennan, P.F., Moore, S.M., et al. (2001). HeartCare: An Internet- based information and support system for patient home recovery after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. J Adv Nurs, 35(5):699-708.
Brennan, P.F. (2002). AMIA recommendations for national health threat surveillance and response. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 9(2), 204-206.
Jones, J.F., Brennan, P.F. (2002). Telehealth interventions to improve clinical nursing of elders. Annu Rev Nurs Res, 20, 293-322.
Dickerson, S.S., Brennan, P.F. (2002). The Internet as a catalyst for shifting power in provider-patient relationships. Nurs Outlook, 50(5), 195-203.
Lauver, D.R., Ward, S.E., Heidrich, S.M., Keller, M.L., Bowers, B.J., Brennan, P.F., et al. (2002). Patient-centered interventions. Res Nurs Health, 25(4), 246-255.
Brennan, P.F., Aronson, A.R. (2003). Towards linking patients and clinical information: Detecting UMLS concepts in e mail. J Biomed Inform. 36(4-5), 334-341.
Murray, M.E., Brennan, P.F., Moore, S.M. (2003). A model for economic analysis. Nurs Econ, Nov- 21(6), 280-7, 259.
Anthony, M.K., Brennan, P.F., O'Brien, R., Suwannaroop, N. (2004). Measurement of nursing practice models using multi-attribute utility theory: Relationship to patient and organizational outcomes. Qual Manag Health Care, 13(1), 40-52.
Yasnoff, W.A., Humphreys, B.L., Overhage, J.M., Detmer, D.E., Brennan, P.F., et al. (2004). A consensus action agenda for achieving the national health information infrastructure. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 11(4), 332-338.
Newbold, S.K., Kuperman, G.J., Bakken, S., Brennan, P.F., et al. (2004). Information technology as an infrastructure for patient safety: Nursing research needs. Int J Med Inform. 73(7-8), 657-62.
Brennan, P.F., Safran, C. (2004). Patient safety: Remember who it's really for! Int J Med Inform, 73(7-8), 547-550.
Middleton, B., Hammond, W.E., Brennan, P.F., Cooper, G.F. (2005). Accelerating U.S. EHR Adoption: How to get there from here. Recommendations based on the 2004 ACMI Retreat. J Am Med Inform Assoc, 12(1), 13-19.
Moen, A., Brennan, P.F. (2005). Health@Home: The work of health information management in the household (HIMH): Implications for consumer health informatics (CHI) innovations. JAMIA, 12(6), 648-656.
Brennan, P.F., Burke, L., Casper, G., Sebern, M., Krause, C., et al. (2006). Creating technology-enhanced practice: A university-home-care-corporate alliance. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 122, 644-648.
Marquardt, J.L., Moen, A., & Brennan, P.F. (2006). Photographic data – An untapped resource to explore complex phenomena such as health information and management in the household (HIMH). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 122, 58-62.
Carayon, P., Schoofs Hundt, A., Karsh, B-T., Gurses, A.P., Alvarado, C.J., Smith, M. & Brennan, P.F. (2006). Work system design for patient safety: The SEIPS Model. Quality and Safety in Health Care, 15(Suppl 1), i50-i58.
McCormick, K.A., Delaney, C.J., Brennan, P.F., Effken, J.A., Kendrick, K., et al. (2007). Guideposts to the Future – An agenda for nursing informatics. Journal of the American Medical Association, 14(1), 19-24, Jan/Feb [Epub 2006 Oct 26].
Moen, A., Gregory, J., & Brennan, P.F. (2007). Cross-cultural factors necessary to enable design of flexible consumer health informatics systems (CHIS). International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76(Suppl. 1.).
Brennan, P.F., Downs, S., Casper, G.R., & Kenron, D. (2007). Project HealthDesign: Stimulating the next generation of personal health records. JAMIA Supplement.
Ferris, M., Brennan, P.F., Robinson, S., Wright, S., & Tang, L. (2007). Creating operations research models to guide RHIO decision making. JAMIA Supplement.
Selected Awards and Honors
American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Leadership Award, 2009
Midwest Nursing Research Society, Distinguished Contribution to Nursing Research Award, 2007
National Institute of Nursing Research, Distinguished Nurse Researcher, 2002
Elected to the Institute of Medicine, 2001
President, American Medical informatics Association, 1999-2000
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics, 1993
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), 1993