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SMART Health Card
The SMART Health Card is a vaccine passport program developed by 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)
Issuers
Organizations and government agencies who are approved to issue the SMART Health Card include:7)
- Grady Health
- Greater Baltimore Medical Center
- Group Health Cooperative - South Central Wisconsin
- Guam
- Gundersen Health System
- GW University Medical Faculty Associates
- Hackensack Meridian Health
- Hamilton Health Care System
- Harps Pharmacy
- Hartford HealthCare
- Hartig Drug Co
- Hattiesburg Clinic and Forrest Health
- Hawaii Pacific Health
- Health Quest
- Health Ventures
- Hennepin Healthcare
- Henry Community Health
- Henry Ford Health System
- Heritage Valley Health System
- Hill Physicians Medical Group
- Hoag Clinic
- Holland Hospital
- HonorHealth
- Hospital for Special Surgery
- Hospital Sisters Health System
- Houston Methodist
- Hudson Physicians, S.C
- Huntsville Hospital Health System
- Hurley Medical Center
- Hy-Vee
- Idaho
- iHealth Labs, Inc
- Illinois
- Indiana Regional Medical Center
- Indiana University Health
- Inova Health System
- Jackson Health System
- Japan
- Jefferson Health
- John Muir Health
- Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kaleida Health
- Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
- Keck Medicine of USC
- Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
- Kennedy Krieger Institute
- Kentucky
- Kmart
- Laborant LLC
- Lafayette General Medical Center
- Lahey Health
- Lakeland Regional Health
- Lancaster General Health
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- LCMC Health
- Lee Health
- Legacy Health
- Lehigh Valley Health Network
- Leon Medical Centers
- Lexington Medical Center
- Licking Memorial Health Systems
- LifeBridge Health
- LifePoint Health
- Lifespan
- Logansport Memorial Hospital
- Loma Linda University Health, Riverside University Health System, SAC Health System, and Affiliates
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
- Louisiana
- Lowell General Hospital
- Loyola Medicine
- Lutheran Health Network MyHealthHome
- Magruder Hospital
- Main Line Health
- MaineHealth
- Manitoba, Canada
- Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital
- Margaret Mary Health
- Marshall Islands
- Marshfield Clinic Health System
- Mary Washington Healthcare
- Maryland
- Mass General Brigham
- Massachusetts
- Maury Regional Health
- Mayo Clinic
- Med Concierge LA
- Medical Associates Clinic
- Medical University of South Carolina
- MediSys Health Network
- MedStar Health
- Meijer
- Memorial Healthcare System
- Memorial Hermann
- Memorial Hospital
- MemorialCare
- Mercy
- Mercy Health Services (MD)
- Mercy Medical Center
- Mercyhealth
- Meritus Health
- Methodist Health System
- Methodist Hospitals (IN)
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
- Michigan Medicine
- Middlesex Health
- Midwest Medical Center
- Mineola District Hospital
- Mission Health
- Mississippi
- Missouri Delta Medical Center
- MIT Medical
- Moffitt Cancer Center
- Mohawk Valley Health System
- Molina Healthcare
- Monongalia General Hospital
- Monroe Clinic
- Montage Health
- Montefiore Medical Center
- Monument Health
- Mount Sinai Health System
- Mt Sinai - FL
- MultiCare
- Munson Healthcare
- My Ascension Seton
- My Health Kaweah Health
- My VCU Health
- MyHealthHome
- MyMichigan Health
- MyNCH Health Portal
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Nebraska Medicine
- Nevada
- New Brunswick, Canada
- New Hanover Regional Medical Center
- New Jersey
- New Jersey Urology
- New Mexico
- New York
- New York City Health and Hospitals
- New York Consortium
- Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
- North Kansas City Hospital and Meritas Health
- North Memorial Health
- North Mississippi Health Services
- NorthBay Healthcare
- Northeast Georgia Health System
- Northern Light Health
- NorthShore University HealthSystem
- Northside Hospital
- Northwest Community Hospital
- Northwest Territories, Canada
- Northwestern Medicine
- Norton Healthcare
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Novant Health
- NOVO Health Technology Group
- NSW Health Pathology
- Nunavut, Canada
- NYU Langone Health System
- OCHIN
- Ochsner Health System
- OhioHealth
- Olathe Health
- Olmsted Medical Center
- On-Site Medical Services
- One Brooklyn Health System
- Ontario, Canada
- Optum WA
- OptumCare National
- Oregon
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Orlando Health and Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
- OSF HealthCare
- Outpost Healthcare
- Owensboro Health
- Pagosa Springs Medical Center
- Palos Health
- Parkland Health
- Parkview Health
- PeaceHealth
- Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Children's
- Penn Medicine
- Penn State Health
- Penn State Health St. Joseph
- Pharmaca
- Phelps Health
- Philadelphia
- Piedmont Healthcare/Affiliates and Shepherd Center
- Plumas District Hospital
- Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center
- Premier Health
- Premise Health
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services
- Primary Health Medical Group
- Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Prisma Health
- ProHealth
- ProMedica
- Providence St. Joseph Health
- Puerto Rico
- QuadMed
- Quebec, Canada
- Regional Medical Center
- Reid Health
- Reliant Medical Group
- Renown Health
- Republic of Palau
- Republic of Senegal
- Rhode Island
- Rite Aid Pharmacy
- Riverbend Medical Group
- Riverside Health System
- Riverside Healthcare
- Riverside Medical Clinic
- Riverside Medical Group
- Roper St. Francis Healthcare
- Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Rush University System for Health
- Rutland Regional Medical Center
- Saint Francis Health System
- Saint Luke's Health System KC
- Salem Health
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System
- Samaritan Health Services
- San Antonio Regional Hospital
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
- San Joaquin General Hospital
- San Juan Regional Medical Center
- Sanford Health
- Sansum Clinic
- Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
- Saskatchewan, Canada
- SCL Health
- Scripps Health
- Seattle Children's
- Self Regional Healthcare
- Sentara Healthcare
- Shannon Health
- Silver Cross Hospital
- Singing River Health System
- Skripts
- SolutionHealth
- South Central Regional Medical Center
- South Georgia Medical Center
- South Shore Health
- Southcoast Health
- Southeast Health
- SoutheastHEALTH
- Southwest General Health Center
- Sparrow Health System
- Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
- Spectrum Health
- Spectrum Health Lakeland
- SSB Diagnostic
- SSM Health
- St. Charles Health System
- St. Elizabeth Healthcare
- St. John's Health
- St. Joseph's Health
- St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
- St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)
- St. Luke's Hospital
- St. Luke's University Health Network
- Stanford Health Care
- Stony Brook Business Ventures, LLC
- Stony Brook Medicine
- Stormont-Vail
- Sturdy Memorial Hospital and Sturdy Memorial Associates
- Summit Health
- SUNY Upstate
- Surgery Partners - Nashville
- Sutter Health
- Sydney, Australia
- Taiwan
- Tampa General Hospital and University of South Florida
- Tanner Health System
- Temple Health
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation
- Tenet HealthSystem Medical Inc.
- Texas Children's Hospital
- Texas Health Resources
- The Brooklyn Hospital Center
- The Christ Hospital
- The Guthrie Clinic
- The Institute for Family Health
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- The Portland Clinic
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- The University of Vermont Medical Center
- ThedaCare, Bellin Health, and Affiliates
- TidalHealth
- Torrance Memorial
- Tower Health
- Treat
- TriHealth
- Trinity Health
- Trinity Health North Dakota
- Trinity Health of New England
- Truman Medical Centers
- Tucson Medical Center
- UC Davis Health
- UC Health (Cincinnati)
- UC Health (San Diego / Irvine / Riverside) and Affiliates
- UCHealth
- UCLA
- UConn Health
- UCSF Health
- UF Health
- UHealth – University of Miami Health System
- UHS of Delaware, Inc - Central
- UI Health
- UK HealthCare
- UMass Memorial Health
- UMC Southern Nevada
- UNC Health Care System
- Union General Hospital
- United Health Services
- United Healthcare Services, Inc.
- United Medical Physicians
- UnityPoint Health
- University Health
- University Health Care System
- University Medical Center
- University Medical Center of El Paso
- University of Alabama Hospital
- University of Chicago Medical Center
- University of Iowa and our Community Connect Hospitals and Clinics: Cass Health, ISH, JCHC, MMC, VBCH and WMC
- University of Kansas
- University of Louisville Physicians
- University of Maryland Medical System
- University of Michigan Health-West
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- University of Missouri Health Care
- University of New Mexico
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
- University of South Alabama Medical Center
- University of Tennessee Medical Center
- University of Texas Medical Branch
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- University of Utah Health
- UPMC Central PA
- Urology Partners of North Texas
- UT Health San Antonio
- Utah
- UVA Health
- UW Health
- UW Medicine
- Valley Children's Healthcare
- Valley Medical Center
- Valleywise Health
- Vancouver Clinic
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Vault Health
- VCU Health
- Vidant Health
- Virginia
- Virginia Hospital Center
- WakeMed
- Walgreens
- Walmart
- Washington
- Washington Hospital Healthcare System
- Washington, D.C.
- WellSpan Health
- Wellstar
- West Tennessee Healthcare
- Westchester Medical Center Health Network
- Western Connecticut Health Network
- Winona Health Services
- Wood County Hospital
- WVU Medicine
- Wyoming Medical Center
- Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
- Yale New Haven Health System and Yale University
- Yavapai Regional Medical Center
- Yukon, Canada
- Yuma Regional Medical Center
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)
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)
Issuers. VCI. Retrieved June 1, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230601174306/https://vci.org/issuers