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.

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.