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: Create Secure Channel - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-03-13

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<Requirements xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="CreateSecureChannel"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <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>
  </text>
  <url
       value="https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateSecureChannel"/>
  <version value="0.0.2-current"/>
  <name value="CreateSecureChannel"/>
  <title value="Create Secure Channel"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <date value="2026-03-13T13:59:49+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee"/>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="iti@ihe.net"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <name value="IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="iti@ihe.net"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="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.

This 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.

This requirement entails:
* The VHL Receiver initiating a secure connection as the client and presenting valid credentials
* 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

Establishing 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."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/>
      <code value="001"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <derivedFrom
               value="https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/EstablishTrust"/>
  <actor
         value="https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLReceiver"/>
  <actor value="https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLSharer"/>
</Requirements>