Healthcare is a complex market that encompasses a wide range of potential RAIN applications, such as the management of healthcare facility assets and supplies, pharmaceutical products, medical devices, biologic and laboratory samples, and more.

If you would like to join the Healthcare Community, contact operations@therainalliance.org.

This Community is responsible for:

Receiving information and providing inputs on the work being done through the workgroups.
Participating in consultations.
Sharing information about healthcare–related topics.
Promoting RAIN Alliance content and messages linked to healthcare.
Suggesting new WG activities.

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Healthcare Community Vision

All pharma products, medical devices, critical healthcare supplies and logistics units are RAIN enabled, providing benefits to key players and stakeholders across the value chain and improving patient care and safety.

Healthcare Community Mission

Educate Healthcare industry stakeholders on the benefits of RAIN.
Facilitate the adoption, and scaling, of RAIN in Healthcare by promoting open interoperable numbering, and driving tagged item performance grading.
Associate RAIN with improved patient care and safety. (The patient is the ultimate stakeholder in the healthcare supply chain)

WORKGROUPS

The Healthcare Workgroups are focused on accelerating the growth and adoption of RAIN in the healthcare market. The use of RAIN will help improve the quality of patient care by enabling healthcare providers to identify, locate, authenticate, and engage with people and things.

RAIN in Healthcare FAQ Workgroup

Leader:  Susanne Hazrati, NXP
Participants: RAIN Alliance members committed to producing specific deliverables
Level of dedication (measured in working hours): low (from 1hr to 2hrs /week until deliverables are complete)
Meeting cadence: As required
Responsible for: Maintaining a document of frequently asked questions related to the deployment, use, and benefits of RAIN in healthcare.

RAIN in Healthcare Use Case Descriptions Workgroup

Leader: Jenni Krohn, Avery Dennison
Participants: RAIN Alliance members committed to producing specific deliverables
Level of dedication (measured in working hours): medium (from 2hr to 4hrs /ongoing)
Meeting cadence: As required
Responsible for: Creating templates describing specifics about RAIN in Healthcare use cases and the entities that benefit

Webinar Masterclass Creation Workgroup

Leader: Gwen Volpe, Fresenius Kabi
Participants: George Greenlee, RAIN Training Director; RAIN Alliance members committed to producing specific deliverables
Level of dedication (measured in working hours): medium (from 2hr to 4hrs /ongoing)
Meeting cadence: Weekly
Responsible for: Defining RAIN in Healthcare project requirements, management, and deployment