Lana Makhanik is the COO and Co-Founder of VUEMED, a healthcare IT company that solves acute inventory management, supply chain, and product utilization documentation problems at hospitals using advanced UDI-compliant RAIN RFID and barcode scanning solutions. She oversees implementation and support service teams and ensures quality control in the execution and delivery of VUEMED’s services. Lana works closely with clinical, financial, and supply chain leaders in hospitals, and is a subject matter expert on such topics as data-driven clinical inventory optimization, supply chain visibility and predictability, clinical documentation at the point of care, automated RAIN RFID technology, UDI data capture, KPIs and data analytics, revenue integrity and the item master, and demand planning. Lana is also involved with industry-wide supply chain initiatives through such organizations as AHRMM and Strategic Marketplace Initiative. Lana holds a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science from Wellesley College.