# Resource CreateSecureChannel



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "Basic",
  "id" : "CreateSecureChannel",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.url",
    "valueUri" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateSecureChannel"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.version",
    "valueString" : "0.0.2-current"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.name",
    "valueString" : "CreateSecureChannel"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.title",
    "valueString" : "Create Secure Channel"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.status",
    "valueCode" : "active"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.date",
    "valueDateTime" : "2026-03-12T12:40:14+00:00"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.publisher",
    "valueString" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.contact",
    "valueContactDetail" : {
      "telecom" : [{
        "system" : "url",
        "value" : "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.contact",
    "valueContactDetail" : {
      "telecom" : [{
        "system" : "email",
        "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.contact",
    "valueContactDetail" : {
      "name" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
      "telecom" : [{
        "system" : "email",
        "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.description",
    "valueMarkdown" : "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."
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.jurisdiction",
    "valueCodeableConcept" : {
      "coding" : [{
        "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
        "code" : "001"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.derivedFrom",
    "valueCanonical" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/EstablishTrust"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.actor",
    "valueCanonical" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLReceiver"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/5.0/StructureDefinition/extension-Requirements.actor",
    "valueCanonical" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLSharer"
  }],
  "code" : {
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fhir-types",
      "code" : "Requirements"
    }]
  }
}

```
