"By participating in the CFH collaboration to create the Common Framework, a consensus approach to solving some of the toughest challenges in health information sharing, we were able to accelerate by 12 to 18 months the creation of our own Surescripts infrastructure for the matching and sharing of patient information particularly as it relates to our medication history service. We had a very valuable opportunity to work with leaders from all across industry and we designed an approach that we could all find value in yet still innovate within this Framework. We would like to see the Common Framework further developed and implemented across the industry."
Mr. Ratliff is the Acting President and CEO of SureScripts. His over 20 years of leadership experience in technology include 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 patient information across the healthcare community.
Since November of 2002, when Mr. Ratliff joined SureScripts as the Chief Operating Officer, he has led the effort to establish the nation's largest neutral network for electronic prescribing called the Pharmacy Health Information Exchange. Mr. Ratliff is leading community pharmacy's efforts to deliver on its mission to improve the overall quality, safety and efficiency of the prescribing process with the ultimate goal of paperless presriptions.
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.
