Smart Health Card

Full Title or Meme

A (usually virtual) Smart Card containing at least some Identity and some Health Information, typically vaccination data,

The Smart Health Card is one of a series of SMART health specifications initiated by Boston Children's Hospital often with Harvard and other Boston hospitals.

Context

• What are SMART Health Cards? Web Site from Boston Children's Hospital.
• The primary context is the Kantara Health Care Profile.
• There is a half-baked effort in Microsoft as part of VCI to take ownership of this term for Microsoft or the VCI that they belong to using DIDs.

Design Goals

1. Support end-to-end workflow where users receive and present relevant healthcare data
2. Enable workflow with open standards
3. Support strong cryptographic signatures
4. Enable privacy preserving data presentations for specific use cases

Use Cases

• Authentication and Information Sharing occurs when a Relying Party scans or downloads the card and checks the user name and birthdate against other ID, like a driver's license.
• Apple iOS 15 can capture and share the Smart Health Card.

Technical Details

• Smart Health Card Technical Specs