Verifiable Health Link
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Verifiable Health Link, published by IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.0.2-current built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/ITI.VHL/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Requirements: Create Trusted Channel

Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateTrustedChannel Version: 0.0.2-current
Active as of 2025-09-19 Computable Name: CreateTrustedChannel

The VHL Sharer and VHL Receiver SHALL jointly establish a mutually authenticated TLS (mTLS) connection prior to executing any Verified Health Link (VHL) transactions involving the exchange of sensitive data.

This requirement entails:

  • The VHL Receiver initiating the mTLS handshake as the client and presenting a valid X.509 certificate
  • The VHL Sharer responding as the server, presenting its own certificate and validating the client's certificate against a trusted Certificate Authority or Trust Anchor

Establishing this trusted channel ensures confidentiality, integrity, and bilateral authentication of all subsequent communications, and fulfills the trust obligations defined in the Establish Trust requirement.

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