Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: July 2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that in 2010, 35 million patients were discharged from non-federal short-stay hospitals in America.1 Vitally important not only to those discharges—but to every discharge that takes place—is whether important information about the pa....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: October 2013

A 75-year-old man sits uncomfortably on an examination table as his physician informs him that he needs to get a colonoscopy. The patient, an ex-cop, barks at the physician, “Why after all these years do I need to get a colonoscopy?” The physician coolly responds, “With a....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: February 2013

[dih-fahy-ning] [helth] [in-fer-mat-iks]


adjective, noun, noun


1. An educator’s in-depth look at what informatics is and what it can do for HIM professionals



In the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen finds himself in a movie theater line in....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: August 2004

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Database technology has been a familiar tool in the operations of most HIM departments and a very basic understanding of this technology has usually been adequate enough to allow HIM professionals to work effectively with vendors or information services staff.

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2005

Linking PHRs and provider Web sites can connect consumers to relevant and reliable health information online. HIM professionals can help.
Each day more and more consumers are using the Internet to locate Web-based healthcare information. This activity has led to the rise of a new field o....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: November 2013

Imagine having a friend who can identify the name of a song after hearing one or two notes, or an acquaintance who can identify a film from a single "still" frame taken from the movie. If this sounds familiar, maybe it's because of the way it reminds you of how a physician thinks about the....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: May 2005

This paper reports the findings from a study designed to determine whether, when appropriately trained, older adults would use the Internet to gather healthcare information and actively seek information that could directly affect their own treatment and care.

Results show that older....

Author: Campbell, Robert James

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: June 2009

Lean thinking is the efficient use of staff, resources, and technology to provide the highest level of service possible to the ultimate healthcare customer: the patient.

In today’s volatile healthcare environment, health information managers are being asked to do more with less....

Author: Campbell, Robert James; Brantley, Jeffrey

Source: Journal of AHIMA

Publication Date: August 2011

HIM professionals need more than tools to manage information, they need tools to help manage the stress and anxiety a state of constant change can bring. "Mindfulness" offers a way to reduce anxiety and keep focused.

During times of change, people may react with fear, ange....

Author: Campbell, Robert James; Gantt, Laura; Congdon, Tamara

Source: Perspectives in Health Information Management

Publication Date: April 2009