What Do SMART Health Cards Contain?
SMART Health Cards do not contain your address, contact number, government-issued identifier, or other health information.
What This Means For You
If you want to get your SMART Health Card, visit theU.S.
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Why Opt for the SMART Health Card?
They cannot be faked nearly as easily as paper vaccination cards, experts said.
Are SMART Health Cards Secure?
Vaccination records are uploaded to secure state-operated websites in accordance with HIPAA privacy and security regulations.
Will These Be Useful in the Future?
It also seems ideal to keep using digital proof of vaccination in the future, Loafman said.
Digital records have also been helpful when patients and families move between various health plans.
We now have so much personal information online, and password protection, firewalls, etc.
are all part of daily life, Loafman added.
It is time for our critical health data to catch up.
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