Faculty

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Gretchen C. Murphy
Senior Lecturer
MEd  
University of Washington, 1973
Education
BS  
Seattle University, 1964
Business

Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
  -  Health Informatics and Health Information Management

Gretchen Murphy has been a member of the faculty since 1992 and serves as the Dirrector of the Health Information Adminstration Program. Gretchen Murphy has worked in the Health Information Management field for many years. She worked with hospitals, long term care organizations and served as project director for information systems projects for electronic health record initiatives. She has co-authored 3 textbooks, several contributed chapters and numerous articles in the field. Her major research interests are in developing national standards for electronic health records where she has been active for 15 years.

Contact Information
Health Information Administration Program
University District Building, Suite 400
1107 NE 45th
Box:  354800
Seattle, WA 98105
(voice)  206-543-8810     (fax)  206-543-9345
gcmurphy@u.washington.edu
Teaching Interests
Health Information Administration
Research Interests
Health Information Policy
External Funding (sampling of current and past involvement)
Informatics Competencies - Training the Next Generation
Association of Schools of Public Health
PI:   Karras           Dates:    10/2005 - 09/2007
This project will seek to find a consensus on Public Health Informatics topics and competencies that should be taught in graduate education in US schools of public health.