Mark joined Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in 2015 as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. In his new role, Mark is responsible for delivering highly reliable and innovative corporate IT services to the 12,000 associates and 2,000 physicians that provide nationally recognized healthcare services to communities in Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi and Eastern Arkansas. Prior to joining MLH, Mark served as CIO and VP of IT, Clinical and Support Services at IU Health Bloomington in Indiana. His regional responsibilities included the laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, IT, program management office, telecommunications, medical and clinical informatics, supply chain, patient transport, clinical engineering, food and nutrition services, environmental services, facilities and construction, property management, emergency management, and security. He began his career with IBM in the Midwest and served as VP and CIO with Clinical Laboratory Partners in Connecticut and with Hamilton Health Care System in Georgia.

Under his leadership, IU Health Bloomington and Paoli completed an enterprise wide strategic IT plan that received national recognition (2009 McKesson VIP Classic Award and 2008/2010 Most Improved Most Wired designations) and included CPOE, medication reconciliation, progress notes and the development of a profitable health information exchange. Implementation of the plan resulted in further improvements in the quality, safety and coordination of care as well as annual savings of $6,865,072 ($5,771,360 to the bottom line and $1,093,712 in avoidable savings).

Mark is Lean bronze certified and served as the executive sponsor of the peri-operative value stream. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Memphis and serves on the HealthLINC board of directors, Indiana University's Kelley Institute for Business Analytics Advisory Board and Purdue University's Krannert Business School Alumni Adopt a Team mentoring Program.

While Mark is new to Memphis and our chapter, Mark is not new to the SIM organization. Previous to his move, he was an active member of the Indianapolis SIM chapter. Welcome to Memphis, Mark!

 

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