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)}

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)}

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

Organizations and government agencies who are approved to issue the SMART Health Card include:^{7) 8)}

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