ProfMargaret Murphy

Professor Murphy's research focuses on improving safety, quality, and outcomes in emergency care through implementation science, emergency nursing innovation, and health service reform.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Emergency nursing practice and advanced clinical assessment
• Patient safety and quality improvement
• Implementation science and translational research
• Clinical deterioration and emergency response systems
• Violence and behavioural emergencies in healthcare settings
• Trauma team training and team performance
• Emergency department models of care
• Workforce capability and education
• Nurse-led models of care and advanced practice roles
• Health policy and health services research

She is internationally recognised as a co-designer of HIRAID®, the first evidence-based emergency nursing assessment framework, now implemented in more than 170 emergency departments nationally and internationally. Her research has contributed to major statewide and national initiatives including HIRAID®, EPIC-START, MyED, RESPOND, and emergency department models of care.

Professor Murphy leads multidisciplinary collaborations involving clinicians, health services, policymakers, consumers, and researchers to address complex challenges facing emergency care systems. Her research is characterised by strong stakeholder engagement and a commitment to generating evidence that can be rapidly translated into practice.