Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI

Title: Professor of Nursing and Industrial Engineering, Chair, Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), College of Engineering
Phone: (608) 263-5251
At Industrial Engineering: 263-1315
E-mail: pbrennan@engr.wisc.edu
Support Staff: Kathie Ludwig
Office Address:

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.

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(excluding independent study courses)

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Representative Publications:

Brennan, P.F. (2008). Editorial. Standing in the Shadows of Theory. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 15(2), March/April, 263-264.

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.), June, 168-173.

Morales Rodriguez M., Casper, G., & Brennan P.F. (2007). Patient-centered design. The potential of user-centered design in personal health records. Journal of the American Health Information Management Association, 78(4), April, 44-46.

Brennan, P.F. Casper, G.R., Kossman, S., & Burke, L. (2007). HeartCare II: Home care support for patients with chronic cardiac disease. Studies in Health Technology & Informatics, 129, 988-992.  (Also in Proceedings, Medinfo2007, Elsevier).

Brennan, P.F., Downs, S., Casper, G.R., & Kenron, D. (2007). Project HealthDesign: Stimulating the next generation of personal health records. JAMIA Supplement.