Dr. Julie Ann Harrigan, MD
Hospitalist
601 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd NE Albuquerque NM, 87102
About
Over the last 13 years of her more than 20-year clinical career, Dr. Harrigan has become a dedicated subject matter expert, overseeing and providing advisory services for the effective, efficient implementation and continuous improvement of electronic heath records and other interface systems. She is an expert in optimization of physician workflows with certifications as a physician builder, and she oversees quality initiatives and regulatory content build in multihospital and multi-clinic settings. She presents herself with broad experience in Hospital Leadership, Healthcare Informatics and clinical practice, having worked as a Corporate Executive of three very large multihospital organizations and in addition, provides advisory services to healthcare software development companies. Having grown up in Mexico, she graduated from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico where her first residency was in General Medicine and Surgery. She moved back to the USA in 2003 where she then completed a second residency at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences systems. She is board-certified as a Family Medicine Hospitalist and is also a longstanding Hospice and Palliative Care medical director. Currently she is completing her grandfathered Fellowship degree in Physician and Clinical Informatics to bring her career full circle expertise.
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Education and Training
University of New Mexico MD 2009
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Mexico MD 0
Board Certification
American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM)
Provider Details
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Executive Physician Informatics Consultant Corewell Health - Present
- CEO/CMO Physician EHR Solutions -
- Medical Director Hospice Compassus 2011 - Present
- Physician Executive in Clinical Informatics Impact Advisors 2022 - 2023
- Clinical Informatics Advisor EvidenceCare 2022 - 2023
Awards
- Healthcare Leadership 2023 Health 2.0
- Sean Morrison Hospice Leadership 2014 Sean Morrison Foundation
- Business Leadership 40 under 40 2017 Albuquerque business first
- New Mexico Top Docs 2021 Albuquerque Magazine
- New Mexico Top Docs 2022 Albuquerque Magazine
- Continental "Who's Who" Physician Executive 2023 2023 The Inner Circle Publication
- New Mexico Top Docs 2023 Albuquerque Magazine
- National Leadership Award Healthcare Informatics 2023
- Albuquerque Business First 40 under 40 Award Year
- National Medical Director Leadership Award in Hospice and Palliative Care Year
- Healthcare Visionaries Award 2024 Health 2.0 conferences
Professional Memberships
- American Medical Informatics Association
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Society of Hospital Medicine
- Association of Medical Directors of Informatics
Fellowships
- University of New Mexico Hospital Physician and Clinical Informatics
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- Make a Wish foundation
- New Mexico Alzheimer's association
- American Heart Association
- ASPCA Guardian
Fellowships
- University of New Mexico Hospital0Physician and Clinical Informatics
Professional Society Memberships
- American Medical Informatics Association, American Academy of Family Physicians, Society of Hospital Medicine, Association of Medical Directors of Informatics
Professional Affiliations
- Society of Hospital MedicineAssociation of medical directors of informaticsAmerican Medical Informatics Association
Articles and Publications
- National Medical director Leadership awardqueen of university medical school niversidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico
What do you attribute your success to?
- to the challenge to prove i can do it, was a former beauty queen and was told thats all i needed, i wanted to help community and since i am in charge of over 200 doctors i make sure they are lving up to their license, using evidence based medicine and givng the bets care possible
Philanthropic Initiatives
- Make a Wish FoundationNew Mexico Alzheimer\'s AssociationAmerican Heart AssociationASPCA Guardian
Teaching and speaking
- Health 2.0 conference 2023
Dr. Julie Ann Harrigan, MD's Practice location
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10043 Los Cansados Rd NW -Albuquerque, NM 87114Get Direction
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601 Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd NE -Albuquerque, NM 87102Get Direction
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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Julie Ann Harrigan, who serves patients throughout the State of New Mexico.
As an actively practicing healthcare provider and experienced healthcare administrator, Dr. Harrigan excels in fostering dynamic collaboration among hospital and clinical leadership, physician organizations, and medical staff. Her responsibilities encompass the supervision and guidance of effective and streamlined electronic health record (EHR) implementation and ongoing enhancements.
Since July of 2023, Dr. Harrigan has been serving as an Executive Physician Informatics Consultant at Corewell Health, where she provides executive leadership advisory for the One Epic Ecosystem Corewell initiative, aimed at unifying 22 hospitals onto a single platform to enhance clinical excellence and standardize practices. Her skills encompass executive advisory, clinical informatics, leadership, quality initiatives, system administration, and healthcare regulatory expertise.
Having grown up in Mexico, Dr. Harrigan graduated with her Medical Degree from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine in Mexico. Her first residency was in general medicine and surgery in Mexico, with a second residency in family medicine at the University of New Mexico Hospital.
Currently, she is completing her grandfathered Fellowship Degree in Physician and Clinical Informatics to bring her career full circle expertise.
Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Harrigan is a Diplomate of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice family medicine and its sub-specialties.
A woman of many titles, Dr. Harrigan holds the position of CEO/CMO at Physician EHR Solutions, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her work here involves advising hospitals, healthcare systems, and outpatient practices on provider workflow, clinical improvement, and EHR implementation.
Additionally, she serves as Medical Director at Hospice Compassus, a contract position she has held since September 2011 in New Mexico. In this capacity, she oversees end-of-life care for a large number of patients and takes on the role of primary community outreach director.
Among her professional affiliations, Dr. Harrigan is an active member of the American Medical Informatics Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Society of Hospital Medicine, and the Association of Medical Directors of Informatics.
Among her various accolades include Continental Who’s Who Physician Executive Award 2023, National Leadership Award Healthcare Informatics 2023, New Mexico Top Doc 2021, 2022 and 2023, Albuquerque Business First 40 under 40 Award and a National Medical Director Leadership Award in Hospice and Palliative Care.
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