Coalition proposes secure standard model for Covid-19 passports
Vaccination Credential Initiative is working to ensure that people vaccinated against Covid-19 can access their records in a secure, verifiable and privacy-preserving way
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A new coalition of health and technology industry bodies, including Microsoft, Mitre, Oracle and Salesforce, has set out to develop a standardised model for organisations administering Covid-19 vaccinations to make credentials available in an “accessible, interoperable, digital” format.
The Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI) believes that vaccination record systems currently in use do not readily support convenient access, control and sharing of verifiable vaccination records.
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Broad Coalition of Health and Technology Industry Leaders Announce Vaccination Credential Initiative to Accelerate Digital Access to COVID-19 Vaccination Records
Broad Coalition of Health and Technology Industry Leaders Announce Vaccination Credential Initiative to Accelerate Digital Access to COVID-19 Vaccination Records A broad coalition of health and technology leaders today announced the creation of the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), committed to empowering individuals with digital access to their vaccination records based on open, interoperable standards. The current vaccination record system does not readily support convenient access, control and sharing of verifiable vaccination records. VCI coalition members are working to enable digital access to vaccination records using the open, interoperable SMART Health Cards specification, based on W3C Verifiable Credential and HL7 FHIR standards.
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Microsoft joins Salesforce, Oracle, and other large organizations in an effort to help people have access to digital immunization records. The newly formed coalition is called the Vaccination Credential Initiative.
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