Healthcare DIVE March 11, 2021
Dive Brief:
- The Biden administration’s health IT agency is doing some work around so-called vaccine passports, as some companies and countries look to institute a system where people can offer proof of immunization as societies increasingly reopen, according to Micky Tripathi, head of the Office of the National Coordinator.
- Tripathi shared the news during a keynote Thursday at the Health IT Leadership Roundtable held by consultancy Sirona Strategies, scant days after numerous airline lobbies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent the Biden administration a letter asking it to develop temporary credentials travelers could show to prove their health status, in a bid for one uniform passport in lieu of the smattering of options that currently exist. ...
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