The spatial integrity, compliance, and reuse of healthcare data.
Overview
Brett Harnett recently retired after 20 years with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine and is now Emeritus Faculty. He joined the UC Academic Health Center in 2004 and served as Director for the UC Center for Health Informatics since 2013. Prior to that, he was with the UC Department of Surgery working in telehealth, remote physiologic monitoring, and surgical robotics.
Brett received his Master’s Degree in Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati and undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Eastern Connecticut State University. Between formal training and over 25 years of academic experience, he has a broad and comprehensive perspective in the field of clinical informatics; both in theory and practice.
From academics to the commercial sector, netting results is a critical factor in today's competitive world. As healthcare research becomes more integrated into practice such as learning health systems, and technology evolves such as AI and machine learning, decision makers must be well-informed to implement the most appropriate strategic initiatives. Data and its application are the key that exposes dimensions and opens critical doors.
Harnett Online LLC is ideally constructed to work with contract research organizations (CROs), academia, federal and state governments (SAM Registered), pharmaceutical companies, industry-related firms, and even large established consulting agencies looking for specialty expertise.

Experience
Brett's academic appointment concluded in the Department of Biostatistics, Health Informatics & Data Science. Efforts over the years included research, teaching, and technical implementation with high degrees of data compliance. Teaching includes direction of two courses in the UC BMI Graduate Program and ongoing invited lectures. This program is in partnership with the Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center. He was a member of the UC Institutional Review Board (IRB) as a healthcare data expert for over a decade including CITI Program clinical research training certifications, and also a former research associate with the Veteran's Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Cincinnati.
Prior to joining UC, Brett was a Programmer Analyst at Yale University in Connecticut, then Director of Experimental Information Technology for a NASA-sponsored research program in Virginia. During the NASA years, as a field technician, Brett traveled and implemented remote telemedicine communications in Ukraine, Russia, Kosovo, Dominican Republic, the jungles of Ecuador, the desert of Simi Valley California, and other 'interesting' locations.
Brett has over 25 peer-reviewed published articles, six book chapters and numerous abstracts in various domains. Extramural activities include scientific reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior panel), member of the Editorial Board for the Telemedicine and e-Health journal, and ad-hoc reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals.
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Education
University of Cincinnati College of Business; Cincinnati, OH
Master of Science; Information Systems
September 2004 - June 2007
Eastern Connecticut State University; Willimantic, CT
Bachelor of Science; Business Administration
September 1982 - May 1984
Manchester Community Technical College; Manchester CT
September 1980 - May 1982
Nathaniel Hawthorne Aviation College; Antrim, NH
September 1978 - May 1980
Dale Carnegie Leadership
September 1985 - January 1986
Abilities
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Audit of use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data for research
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Electronic Data Capture (EDC) for research including de-identification
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Application of HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)
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Grant writing of technical content (interpretable by review committees)
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Human Subjects research protection (Institutional Review/Privacy Board)
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Root cause analysis/Corrective Action Plans (incidental exposure -> data breach)
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Protocol development and review (clinical studies)
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HIPAA Compliance (protection and proper use of research data - e.g. recruitment)
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Real World Data analysis (Real World Evidence outcomes research using TriNetX Research Network)
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SBIR/STTR NIH Grant submissions (intellectual property development/commercialization)
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Informatics Education (academic credentialing to course development and instructing)
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NIH FAIR principles assessment
Periodic professional and personal perspectives.
Quick ID
Harnett Online LLC
Brett M Harnett
Professor Emeritus
University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine
www.linkedin.com/in/brett-harnett
@thebrettski
harnett.com