Patient Engagement January 3, 2022
Sara Heath

SMART Health Cards helped patients access test results and vaccine records in 2021, but what does the future hold for patient data access?

It’s been a banner year for patient data access, with innovations like SMART Health Cards from the Vaccine Credential Initiative (VCI) and the Commons Project putting information like COVID-19 test results and proof of vaccination directly into patients’ hands.

These digital vaccine credentialing tools are used by countless healthcare organizations and EHR vendors, five nationwide pharmacies, and nine states plus Puerto Rico, granting patients across the country—and around the globe—the ability to view their COVID-19 vaccine records and prove vaccination where applicable.

Candidly, that was a surprising journey for JP Pollack, co-founder and chief architect of...

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Topics: EMR / EHR, Health IT, Healthcare System, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID, Technology
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