Verifiable Health Link
0.0.2-current - ci-build

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

## : Create Secure Channel - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-03-12

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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="2026-03-12T12:40:14+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>