Anita Murcko

Dr. Anita Murcko has nearly 30 years of healthcare experience, including more than 20 years practicing internal medicine throughout the care continuum, teaching in office, hospital and classroom settings, and nearly 20 years in quality improvement and healthcare systems redesign. She joined ASU as adjunct faculty in 2008, is currently a Clinical Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics, in the College of Health Solutions (CHS) and has been honored by students and colleagues as Faculty of the Year and Mentor of the Year. She has served as Interim Director for the CHS Center for Health Information and Research (CHiR) and currently serves as the Senior Advisor for CHiR. 

Before ASU, Dr. Murcko served as Chief Medical Officer for Health Services Advisory Group (HSAG), Arizona’s healthcare quality improvement organization (QIO), where she led multiple local and national quality improvement collaboratives and as Medical Director for Clinical Informatics at Arizona’s single Medicaid agency (AHCCCS) where she provided leadership for AZ's first health information exchange (HIE) and electronic health record (EHR)  initiatives. She also leads Cambiare, LLC, the e-health consulting company she founded in 2009 with colleagues to continue HIE work.  

For her formative work in Arizona’s HIE, e-prescribing and EHR initiatives, Dr. Murcko was honored by the Arizona Capitol Times as Leader of the Year in Public Policy, received the American College of Physicians Laureate Award for lifetime contributions to medicine and health care, and the inaugural  ACHIEVE Award for pioneering contributions to HIE.  Dr. Murcko also volunteers as a board member and performer for several non-profit healthcare and performing arts organizations in Arizona.