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About: Netting results is a critical factor in today's competitive world. As the healthcare industry evolves and technology plays an ever-increasing role in its transformation, executives and decision makers must make informed decisions regarding strategic initiatives. The empowered patient – powered by Web 2.0+ technologies – will increasingly flex their muscle in how healthcare is delivered. Managed care that expanded in the 1990s now has to evolve again to embrace these paradigm shifts in healthcare. Electronic medical records hosted by giants such as Microsoft, Google and WebMD require a change in process to keep up – to stay competitive. Patients are so much more informed about their conditions and treatment options. The federal government and new president will likely legislate towards universal healthcare coverage that will again, upend this industry. With the ARRA/HITECH legislation, issues such as HIPAA security are now more important than ever. Those organizations that can react will prosper. Those that cling to stodgy 20th century operating practices will suffer. Harnett Consulting evolved from the needs of the industry and years of experience in the telemedicine domain. Brett Harnett, the chief consultant is an assistant professor for the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine. Prior to joining the faculty at UC, Mr. Harnett worked for a NASA medical informatics program in Virginia and the Yale University School of Medicine in Connecticut. His undergraduate degree is in business administration and his master's degree is in information systems. He is currently serving as the associate director for the Advanced Center for Telemedicine and Surgical Innovation at UC. Mr. Harnett is also on the editorial board for the Telemedicine and e-Health journal and an active reviewer for various entities such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He has five book chapters, over a dozen published research articles and has spoken at scores of events in the healthcare arena. Brett Harnett’s general CV is here as PDF file. Brett Harnett’s NIH Biosketech is here as Word file or here as PDF file Selected telehealth research activities. Select a project then click 'GO'. Tele-Surgical Robotics experiments Zero gravity experiments News clip - Black Box for Humans ShadowBowl participation Use of Iridium satellites

Published Manuscripts:
Harnett B, Doarn C, Rosen J, Hannaford B, Broderick, T. Evaluation of Unmanned Airborne Vehicles and Mobile Robotic Telesurgery in an Extreme Environment. Telemed J e Health 2008; 14:539-544
Sterbis JR, Hanly RJ, Herman BC, Marohn MR, Broderick TJ, Shih SP, Harnett B, Doarn CR, Schenkman NS. Transcontinental Telesurgical Nephrectomy Using the da Vinci Robot in a Porcine Model. Urology. 2008; 71(2)
Harnett, BM. Telemedicine Systems and Telecommunications. J of Telemedicine and Telecare. 12(3):4-15. 2006
Harnett BM, Broderick T, Doarn CR, Rafiq A, Muth T, Merrell RC. Dynamic automated data collection for human performance. J Information Technology in Healthcare. 2(3):175-186. 2004
Harnett BM, Doarn CR, Zhao X and Merrell RC. Redundant Wireless Communication Technologies for Real-Time Surveillance: Elsevier's Telematics and Informatics 2004; 21(4):375-386
Zhao X, Fei DY, Doarn CR, Harnett BM, Merrell RC. Project Report: A telemedicine system for wireless home healthcare based on Bluetooth and the Internet. Telemed J e Health 2004; 10(Supp 2):110-116
Fedyukin IV, Reviakin YG, Orlov OI, Doarn CR, Harnett BM, Merrell RC. Experience in the Application of Java Technologies in Telemedicine. Journal of Applied Health Technology eHealth International, 1:3. 2002
Doarn CR, Fitzgerald S, Rodas E, Harnett B, Prabe-Egge A, Merrell RC. Telemedicine to Integrate Intermittent Surgical Services in to Primary Care. Telemed J and e-Health, 8(1):131-137, 2002
Harnett BM, Doarn CR, Russell KM, Kapoor V, Merriam NR, Merrell RC. Wireless Telemetry and Internet Technologies for Medical Management: A Martian Analogy. Aviat Space and Environ Med. 72(12):1125-1131. 2001
Broderick TJ, Harnett BM, Doarn CR, Rodas EB, Merrell RC. Real Time Internet Connections: Implications for Surgical Decision Making in Laparoscopy. Annals of Surg 243 (2):165-171. 2001
Broderick TJ, Harnett BM, Merriam NR, Kapoor V, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. Impact of Varying Transmission Bandwidth on Image Quality in Laparoscopic Telemedicine. Telemed J and e-Health, 7(1):47-53. 2001
Harnett B, Angood P, Merriam N, Satava R, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. The Benefits of Integrating Internet Technology with Standard Communications for Telemedicine in Extreme Environments. Aviat Space and Environ Med. 72(12):1132-1137. 2001
Satava RM, Angood PB, Harnett BM, and Merrell RC. The Physiologic Cipher at Altitude: Telemedicine and real-time monitoring of climbers on Mount Everest. Telemed J, 6(3):303-313. 2000
Rosser JC, Bell RL, Harnett BM, Rodas E, Murayama M, Merrell RC. Use of Mobile Low-Bandwidth Telemedical Techniques for Extreme Telemedicine Application. American College of Surgeons J, 189(4): 397-404. 1999

Textbooks
Harnett B. Contributing Author: Patient Centered Medicine and Technology Adaptation. Designing Emerging Healthcare System: Challenges and Solutions. Rocker, C. (Ed) IGI Global. 2010. Hershey, PA. AT PRESS
Harnett B. Contributing Author: Creating Telehealth Networks from Existing Infrastructures. Establishing Telemedicine. Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation. R Latifi (Ed) IOS Press 2008. Amsterdam. Pgs 55-65
Harnett B. Contributing Author: Telemedicine Systems and Telecommunications. ISBN: 1-85315-677-9 Wootton, R. (Ed) Publisher: Royal Society of Medicine Press 2007, London, England. Chapter 2, Pgs 15-34
Harnett B, Doarn CR, Merrell RC. Contributing Author: Telemedicine. Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. ISBN: 0-8247-4789-4 Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2005 New York, NY. Pgs 1449-1457
Harnett B. Contributing Author: Creating Telehealth Networks from Existing Infrastructures. Establishing Telemedicine. Developing Countries: From Inception to Implementation. R Latifi (Ed) IOS Press 2004. Amsterdam. Pgs 51-59