RHIN is a program of national scope that was initially developed through a partnership of five state refugee programs: the Bureau of TB & Refugee Health, Florida Department of Health; Refugee Health Screening Program, Texas Department of Health; Refugee and Immigrant Health Program, Massachusetts Department of Health; Office of Refugee and Immigrant Service, Illinois Department of Health Services; and the Refugee Health Section, California Department of Health Services. Development partners also include the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Bethesda, Maryland; Center for Public Service Communications (CPSC), Arlington, Virginia; and the Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC.

John Scott, president of CPSC serves as RHIN director, Adil Alaoui, from Georgetown University, serves as RHIN technical manager, and the Steering Committee members are:

Jennifer Cochran, MPH
Director, Refugee and Immigrant Health Program
Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Gale Dutcher
Director of Outreach and Special Populations
Division of Specialized Information Services
National Library of Medicine

Laura Hardcastle
Chief, Refugee Health Section
California Department of Health Services

Sam Householder
Director, Refugee Health Screening Program
Texas Department of Health

Edwin Silverman, PhD
Chief, Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services
Illinois Department of Human Services

Laura Smith
Program Administrator
Florida Bureau of TB & Refugee Health