SMART Health Card
The SMART Health Card is a vaccine passport program developed by SMART Health IT and the Vaccine Credential Initiative (VCI).1)
It is described as providing “verified versions of your clinical information, such as vaccination history or test results” for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.2) 3)
History
COVID-19
On August 5, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the introduction of the “Excelsior Pass Plus” which would expand the Excelsior Pass program into other states and internationally, by connecting it to the SMART Health Card.4) 5)
Participants
Developers
The SMART Health Card is based on standards set by Health Level Seven International (HL7), and technology developed at Boston Children's Hospital.6) HL7's Public Health Work Group is the current project sponsor, consisting of representatives from Allscripts, Altarum, Tennessee Department of Health and Washington State Department of Health.7)
Personnel
| Development personnel8) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Position | Notes |
| Reece Adamson | Contributor | MITRE |
| Cary Anderson | Contributor | Apple |
| Shaumik Ashraf | Contributor | MITRE |
| Ricky Bloomfield | Contributor | Apple |
| Paul Denning | Contributor | MITRE |
| Neelima Karipineni | Contributor | MITRE |
| Josh Mandel | Contributor | SMART Health IT, Microsoft |
| Max Masnick | Contributor | MITRE |
| Pascal Pfiffner | Contributor | Apple |
| JP Pollack | Contributor | Commons Project, Cornell University |
| Isaac Vetter | Contributor | Epic |
Issuers
Organizations and government agencies who are approved to issue the SMART Health Card include:9) 10)
- Methodist Hospitals (IN)
- St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)
- Sturdy Memorial Hospital and Sturdy Memorial Associates
External links
1)
About. VCI. Retrieved May 20, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230520164429/https://vci.org/about
2)
Home. SMART Health Cards. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230601174301/https://smarthealth.cards/en/
3)
, 8)
SMART Health Cards: Vaccination & Testing Implementation Guide. HL7 FHIR. Retrieved September 21, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210921022941/https://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-shc-vaccination-ig/
4)
Excelsior Pass Plus to be recognized out of state, internationally. (2021, August 5). WGRZ. http://archive.today/2023.05.31-222250/https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/excelsior-pass-plus-to-be-recognized-out-of-state-internationally/71-434f8c6f-cbac-4d61-a732-ac0e0769efa3
5)
Governor Cuomo Announces Launch of Excelsior Pass Plus to Support the Safe, Secure Return of Tourism and Business Travel. (2021, August 5). Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. http://archive.today/2021.08.13-172133/https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-launch-excelsior-pass-plus-support-safe-secure-return-tourism-and
6)
SMART Health Card Uses Technology Developed At Boston Children’s Hospital. (2021, August 6). WBZ NewsRadio 1030. http://archive.today/2023.06.01-203449/https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/smart-health-card-uses-technology-developed-at-boston-childrens-hospital/
7)
Johnson, D., & Newman, C. (2023, April 13). Public Health Work Group - Public Health. Confluence; HL7 International. http://archive.today/2023.06.02-004557/https://confluence.hl7.org/display/PHWG/Public+Health+Work+Group
9)
Issuers. VCI. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230601174306/https://vci.org/issuers
10)
SMART Health Issuers. SMART Health Cards. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230601235043/https://smarthealth.cards/en/issuers.html