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November 04, 2002
SURESCRIPTS NAMES RICK RATLIFF EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY
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November 04, 2002
SURESCRIPTS NAMES RICK RATLIFF EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY
Ratliff Brings Extensive Healthcare Technology Expertise to SureScripts,
Will Oversee All Technology Development for the Company
Alexandria, VA – November 04, 2002 – SureScript Systems, Inc., a company dedicated to enhancing patient care and medical practice by connecting the nation’s 55,000 independent and chain pharmacies with physicians for the purpose of electronic prescribing, announced today that Rick Ratliff has joined the company as executive vice president, technology. Mr. Ratliff will oversee all technology development, implementation, customer support, and technology advancement efforts for SureScripts. Mr. Ratliff comes to SureScripts from HEALTHvision Inc., an eHealth Application Service Provider, where he was co-founder and senior vice president. He will report to Kevin Hutchinson, chief executive officer.
"We continue to recruit top talent in the healthcare industry to execute SureScripts strategy,” said Kevin Hutchinson, chief executive officer. “Rick is a well known and respected leader in the healthcare technology industry and brings not only technology expertise but an extensive knowledge of the healthcare sector. We are excited he has chosen to join our team."
“SureScripts will have a tremendous beneficial impact on healthcare technology and electronic prescribing,” said Mr. Ratliff. “I am looking forward to working with the SureScripts team to advance SureScripts’ technology, and enable true connectivity between physicians and pharmacies.”
Mr. Ratliff brings more than twenty years of technology and business development experience to SureScripts, with the most recent 10 years focused on the healthcare technology industry. Mr. Ratliff joined HEALTHvision Inc. in 1999 where he created the original business and strategic plan for the company’s launch. His responsibilities included managing the company’s sales and marketing organization, developing and implementing business plans for customer relationship management services and eHEALTH consulting services, and creating the eCommerce strategy and business plan.
Mr. Ratliff has also served as the vice president, healthcare information technologies, for VHA, Inc. While at VHA, he managed and directed e-business solutions development, operations, sales, and marketing. Mr. Ratliff began his career two decades ago as a systems engineer at IBM Corporation and advanced through a succession of management positions with increasing responsibility. Mr. Ratliff received his Masters in Business Administration from the University of Tulsa and his Bachelors of Science from the University of Oklahoma.
About SureScript Systems
SureScript Systems, Inc. was founded by the National Community Pharmacists Association and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, which together represent the interests of 55,000 chains and independent pharmacies in America. SureScripts was created to facilitate the adoption of electronic prescribing and to provide an efficient and secure electronic exchange whereby the physicians and pharmacists are linked. To simplify the lives of physicians and pharmacists and enhance patient safety, SureScripts replaces time-consuming phone calls and faxes with electronic new prescriptions and renewals. SureScripts is working with the nation’s premier health care technology vendors to create an open, efficient system that is compatible with all major physician technologies and pharmacy systems software. More information about SureScripts is available at www.surescripts.com.
CONTACT
Mike Beyer
Ritz Communications for SureScripts
312-961-2502
mike.beyer@ritzcommunications.com
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