HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: SMART Health Cards Vaccination and Testing, Edition 1

DESCRIPTION

This FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) describes the FHIR contents of a SMART Health Card (SHC) for infectious disease vaccination records and laboratory testing status. This includes a minimal set of patient information (name and contact information) that needed for this use case. (From http://build.fhir.org/ig/HL7/fhir-shc-vaccination-ig/branches/master/)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: SMART Health Cards Vaccination and Testing, Edition 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

BENEFITS

• Enables exchange of vaccination and infectious disease test data between providers, patients, and "verifiers" (like event venues, airlines, etc. who need to verify vaccination status or test results).

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

• Issuers of SMART Health Cards include multiple health systems using Cerner or Epic EHRs, multiple nationwide US pharmacy chains (including CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, and Walmart), 26+ US states and territories, and 9 jurisdictions outside the US (including Canada, Japan, and Taiwan).
• SMART Health Cards are integrated into the operating system of iPhones and Android phones by Apple and Google.
• There are multiple verifiers of SMART Health Cards including American Airlines and United Airlines.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: SMART Health Cards Vaccination and Testing, Edition 1

STU DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: SMART Health Cards Vaccination and Testing, Edition 1 See the standard at '>http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/shc-vaccination/STU1'>.

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TOPIC

• Public Health

BALLOT TYPE

• STU

STATUS DATE

2026-05-01

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

PRODUCT TYPE

• Implementation Guide

STAKEHOLDERS

• Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Immunization Registries
• Lab Vendors
• Local and State Departments of Health
• Pharmaceutical Vendors

FAMILY

• FHIR

CURRENT STATE

• Active

REALM

• Universal