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Digital Vaccine Cards (SMART Health Links)

Uses SMART Health Links to provide individuals with shareable, updateable access to verifiable digital vaccination records.

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Sponsorship or Resources Needed

The work is understood, but advancement requires funding, staff capacity, organizational prioritization, or leadership sponsorship.

Overview

Provides a standardized way to issue verifiable digital vaccination records to individuals. Developed during the COVID-19 pandemic using FHIR-based data models and QR codes. While widely adopted for COVID credentials, ongoing IIS interest is variable. This is a consumer-facing capability rather than a core IIS exchange standard.

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Support for source material, diagrams, and supporting notes is coming in a future update.

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