Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Professor Dr. Marty Makary provides insight into the challenges of the coronavirus vaccine distribution process and its prospects for the pandemic.
Microsoft, Oracle and Salesforce have joined a broad coalition of technology and healthcare companies to create the Vaccine Credential Initiative (VCI), which aims to accelerate access to COVID-19 vaccination records by creating a digital passport.
The technology enables individuals to get a copy of their immunization records through a digital wallet of their choice, such as Apple Wallet or Google Pay, while those without smartphones receive paper with QR codes that contain verifiable references. In addition, the VCI said it would also try to develop new standards to determine whether or not someone has been vaccinated against the virus.
Other healthcare and technology leaders involved in the initiative include the Commons Project Foundation, the CARIN Alliance, Cerner, Change Healthcare, Epic, Evernorth, the Mayo Clinic, MITER and Safe Health.
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Salesforce’s executive vice president and general manager, Bill Patterson, said in a statement that the cloud-based software company looks forward to helping organizations easily and securely adapt all aspects of the vaccine management’s life cycle and integrate closely with the offer of other coalition members, which will help. we all return to public life. ‘
“With a single platform to deliver safe and ongoing operations and deepen trust with customers and employees, this coalition will be crucial to support public health and well-being,” Patterson added.
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Mike Sicilia, executive vice president of Oracle’s global business units, added that electronic access to vaccinations, testing and other medical records will be ‘essential for resuming travel and more’ and that the process’ is as easy as online banking must be’.
“We are committed to working with the technology and medical communities, as well as global governments, to ensure that people have secure access to this information where and when they need it,” Sicilia said.
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A Microsoft spokesman told FOX Business that the technology giant has already developed an implementation guide setting out ‘the use of open, interoperable and privacy standards through the SMART Health Cards framework’, as part of the VCI.
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The push comes after the Commons Project Foundation last year developed its own digital health app, known as CommonPass, which has already undergone a trial run with United Airlines for flights between the United States and the United Kingdom.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that more than 30 million doses of coronavirus vaccine created by Pfizer and BionTech and Moderna were distributed in the United States as of Thursday, with more than 11 million Americans already receiving their first dose has.
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| MRNA | MODERNA INC. | 129.72 | +5.66 | + 4.56% |
According to Johns Hopkins University, the United States has surpassed 23.2 million cases of coronavirus, with more than 387,000 Americans dying from the disease.
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