Dr. Julie Ann Harrigan, MD

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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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