Rick Ratliff
President, Virginia Division
Mr. Ratliff is the president of the Virginia division of
Surescripts. Previously he was acting CEO and chief operating officer for SureScripts.
Mr. Ratliff’s 20 years of leadership experience
in technology includes management positions at IBM, VHA Inc.
and HEALTHvision, Inc. For most of his career, Mr. Ratliff
has been a leader in the strategic use of information
technology in various healthcare environments with a
particular focus on the electronic exchange of health
information between a patient’s care providers.
Since November of 2002, when Mr. Ratliff joined Surescripts
as the chief operating officer, he has led the effort to
establish the national network for electronic prescribing.
Mr. Ratliff is leading community pharmacy’s efforts to
transition from paper-based to paperless prescribing as a
means of improving the quality, safety and efficiency of the
prescribing process.
Prior to joining Surescripts, Mr. Ratliff was co-founder and
senior vice president of HEALTHvision Inc. where he created
the original business and strategic plan for the company’s
clinical messaging business. His responsibilities included
managing the company’s sales and marketing organization, as
well as developing and implementing business plans for
customer relationship management, eHealth consulting
services and eCommerce business development.
Previously, Mr. Ratliff served as vice president, healthcare
information technologies, for VHA, Inc. While at VHA, he
managed the development and rollout of VHAseCURE.net, a
nationwide private network designed as a Web-based health
information utility for the VHA healthcare organizations
across the United States.
He began his career two decades ago as a systems engineer at
IBM Corporation and advanced through a succession of
management positions with increasing responsibility,
including leadership positions on IBM’s healthcare team as
segment manager and client executive.
Mr. Ratliff graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a
degree in Chemical Engineering. He also holds a Master’s in
Business Administration from the University of Tulsa.
