In his vice president and CIO role, Mr. Elder directs enterprise IT strategy and operations for a nonprofit system serving more than a half-million residents across Southwest Georgia. He leads digital initiatives across three hospitals, family medicine clinics, specialty physician offices and rehabilitation facilities, with a focus on streamlining services and strengthening patient care through modern technology. A central priority of his role is the implementation and ongoing support of the Meditech Expanse EHR across all system facilities, including extending the EHR to more than 200 ambulatory providers and advancing a hospice implementation. Under his leadership, Phoebe consolidated outpatient EHR capabilities onto a unified platform, piloting the Expanse Ambulatory platform in five clinics before scaling systemwide to support seamless access to patient information. He has also partnered with clinical leaders to address workforce pressures through workflow optimization and point-of-care devices designed to reduce documentation burden and burnout. Through the Future of Nursing Committee, the system has also launched a virtual nurse program aimed at improving retention, efficiency and care delivery. Mr. Elder’s work has helped position the system as a College of Healthcare Information Management Executives “Digital Health Most Wired” award recipient.
