Charles (Chuck) Campbell, Senior Executive Service, was appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Military Health System in September 2007.  Mr. Campbell is the principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and to Department of Defense (DoD) medical leaders on all matters related to information management (IM) and information technology (IT). He works closely with Army, Navy, and Air Force Deputy Surgeons General to ensure military health IT programs are well managed, comply with applicable statutes and policies, and align with the objectives of the MHS.  He oversees the IM/IT program offices on all matters of acquisition, development, testing and deployment of software systems to the military, including AHLTA, the MHS’s electronic health record.
 
Background
Mr. Campbell has spent more than three decades supporting worldwide military operations, military healthcare, and veterans' healthcare, with 22 years of experience in the IM/IT field. Recently at the Department of Veterans Affairs, he was Deputy CIO for the Veterans Health Administration. Prior to that, in his last assignment before retiring from the Air Force as a Colonel in May of 2006, Mr. Campbell served as acting MHS CIO and then deputy MHS CIO. 
 

Highlights from Mr. Campbell’s Military Career

• IM/IT Division Chief, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General
• Medical Center CIO, Headquarters Human Systems
• Division CIO, Headquarters Air Force Medical Service
• Direct commission into Air Force Medical Service Corps after enlisting as computer programmer

• University of Minnesota, Master of Science in Health Care Administration
• University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Master of Business Administration
• Utica College of Syracuse University, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
• Attended Squadron Officers School, Air Command and Staff College, Air War College, and Defense Acquisition University

• Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives
• Member of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society

• Defense Superior Service Medal
• Air Force Meritorious Service Medal
• Commendation and Achievement Medals