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: Create Secure Channel - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-03-13

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  "resourceType" : "Requirements",
  "id" : "CreateSecureChannel",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: Requirements CreateSecureChannel</b></p><a name=\"CreateSecureChannel\"> </a><a name=\"hcCreateSecureChannel\"> </a><p>These requirements apply to the following actors: </p><ul><li><a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html\">VHL Receiver</a></li><li><a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html\">VHL Sharer</a></li></ul><p>These requirements derive from <a href=\"Requirements-EstablishTrust.html\">Establish Trust</a></p><table class=\"grid\"/></div>"
  },
  "url" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateSecureChannel",
  "version" : "0.0.2-current",
  "name" : "CreateSecureChannel",
  "title" : "Create Secure Channel",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-03-13T13:59:49+00:00",
  "publisher" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
  "contact" : [
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          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
        }
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    {
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        }
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    }
  ],
  "description" : "The [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html) and [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html) SHALL jointly establish a secure connection prior to executing any Verified Health Link (VHL) transactions involving the exchange of sensitive data.\n\nThis requirement is satisfied by implementing secure channel establishment as defined in the [Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA)](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume1/ch-9.html) Profile, specifically through the Authenticate Node [ITI-19] transaction.\n\nThis requirement entails:\n* The VHL Receiver initiating a secure connection as the client and presenting valid credentials\n* The VHL Sharer responding as the server, presenting its own credentials and validating the client's credentials against a trusted Certificate Authority or Trust Anchor\n\nEstablishing this secure channel ensures confidentiality, integrity, and bilateral authentication of all subsequent communications, and fulfills the trust obligations defined in the [Establish Trust](Requirements-EstablishTrust.html) requirement.",
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  ],
  "derivedFrom" : [
    🔗 "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/EstablishTrust"
  ],
  "actor" : [
    🔗 "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLReceiver"🔗 ,
    "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLSharer"
  ]
}