Brent McKune, CHPS

Brent is the Managing Director of the Kentucky REC. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, with a bachelor’s degree in Decision Science Information Systems, Brent offers more than 16 years of experience in healthcare IT, starting with his role coordinating a centralized health information system for a large, and integrated hospital network. Brent recently returned to the REC from a role as a System Consultant Senior Analyst/Systems Operations Manager at Xerox Services in Frankfort, KY. Brent’s primary focus at the Kentucky REC is assisting critical access hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals (RHs) in achieving meaningful use by providing them with advanced technical and meaningful use support. Brent has worked with numerous EHR’s in hospital and provider settings in which he provided guidance and best practices for system implementation—while achieving meaningful use. Brent has also served as the REC’s primary lead for a CDC grant aiding in the exchange of systemic therapy data for the Kentucky Cancer Registry (KCR) and the overall development of the Privacy and Security service line. Brent currently carries the AHIMA Certified HIPAA Privacy and Security (CHPS) and HIMSS Certified Professional in Healthcare Information & Management Systems (CPHIMS) certifications.