Ascension Health: Mark Barner,Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ascension Health, Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Health Information Services

Mark D. Barner

Mark D. Barner
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ascension Health; Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Health Information Services (AHIS)

Mark D. Barner serves in a dual role as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Ascension Health and as the Chief Operating Officer of Ascension Health Information Services. AHIS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ascension Health dedicated to information technology for 28 Health Ministries within Ascension Health as well as the System Office. Mr. Barner’s duties include management of IT operations, strategy, project execution and service delivery.

Mr. Barner previously served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Seton Family of Hospitals, headquartered in Austin, Texas. He also served as a Regional CIO for AHIS, responsible for the Southwest Region.

Prior to joining Seton and Ascension Health, Mr. Barner was employed by EDS for 19 years, where he was responsible for state and local government contracts. He has also served as Regional Vice President for an internet consulting company, which had projects in the retail, airline, insurance and healthcare industries and as an executive with Dell in the healthcare area.

Mr. Barner brings 26 years of executive experience in technology services, outsourcing and large-scale contract administration related to customer experience, IT strategy and relationship management. During his five years at Seton and AHIS, he has led a matrixed organization of 830+ IT professionals in 20 states and the District of Columbia. Projects included infrastructure efforts that range from wireless initiatives, radio frequency identification technologies, business continuity and single sign-on for password and identity management. He has also worked on multi-year projects to advance electronic health record (EHR) strategies to include online nursing and clinical documentation, order sets and computerized physician order entry.

Mr. Barner is active in the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

Return to Strategic Leadership Team