Difference between revisions of "Vaccination Credential Initiative"

Revision as of 11:14, 16 January 2021

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

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.

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).

^ Save a COVID-19 results card from the lab to the Health Wallet

When a user wants to share COVID-19 results with a verifier: a) Open Health Wallet b) Scan a QR code displayed by verifier c) Agree when prompted with "Share COVID-19 results with {Verifier Name}?"

The Demo is on GitHub
runs on node.js - version 15 is LTS on 2021-01-15
- First Install nvm = node version manager

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 ==User Experience==
 * Install a "Health Wallet" app
-^ Connect the Health Wallet to a lab account
+* Connect the Health Wallet to a lab account
 ^ Save a COVID-19 results card from the lab to the Health Wallet
 * When a user wants to share COVID-19 results with a verifier: a) Open Health Wallet b) Scan a QR code displayed by verifier c) Agree when prompted with "Share COVID-19 results with {Verifier Name}?"