Vaccination Credential Initiative

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Full Title or Meme

VCI is a consortium of healthcare enterprises lead by MITRE and supported by Microsoft to enable Verifiable Credentials in Healthcare.

Context

  • Vaccination Credential Initiative has hitched up to the COVID19 bandwagon to show a real life use case in Healthcare.
  • The goal is to demonstrate one's health status to safely return to travel, work, school and life while protecting their data privacy.

SMART Health Cards

A provided by participating testing labs that can be used in:

  • Digital wallet apps that adhere to the SMART Health Cards Framework.
  • PDF or paper printed with QR code referring to the SMART Health Cards
  • Issuer (e.g., a lab) generates verifiable credentials
  • Holder stores credentials and presents them at will
  • Verifier receives credentials from holder and ensures they are properly signed (not clear if this is the credential or a Presentation Exchange.

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