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

## : Request that a VHL authorization mechanism be issued - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-03-12

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    {
      "resourceType" : "Requirements",
      "id" : "InitiateVHLGenerationRequest",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: Requirements InitiateVHLGenerationRequest</b></p><a name=\"InitiateVHLGenerationRequest\"> </a><a name=\"hcInitiateVHLGenerationRequest\"> </a><p>These requirements apply to the actor <a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html\">VHL Holder</a></p><table class=\"grid\"><tr><td><b><a name=\"initiate-request\"> </a></b>Initiate Request</td><td>SHALL</td><td><div><p>Initiate a request to generate a Verified Health Link (VHL)</p>\n</div></td></tr></table></div>"
      },
      "url" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/InitiateVHLGenerationRequest",
      "version" : "0.0.2-current",
      "name" : "InitiateVHLGenerationRequest",
      "title" : "Request that a VHL authorization mechanism be issued",
      "status" : "active",
      "date" : "2026-03-12T12:40:14+00:00",
      "publisher" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
          "telecom" : [
            {
              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "A [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html) initiates a request to a [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html) to generate a Verified Health Link (VHL) that references one or more health documents. The resulting VHL allows the Holder to subsequently share access to those documents with a [VHL Receiver](ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html).\nThe Holder MAY include optional parameters to constrain or protect the issued VHL-such as defining an expiration period, scoping which documents are included, or requiring a passcode for retrieval. These parameters guide the Sharer's issuance of the VHL and influence the conditions under which the associated documents may be accessed.\n\n**Preconditions:**\n  * The [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html) SHALL trust that the [VHL Sharer](ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html) has been authorized by its jurisdiction to generate VHLs and to provide access to the corresponding health documents.\n  * Optionally, the [VHL Holder](ActorDefinition-VHLHolder.html) has selected consent directives or selective disclosure preferences, as permitted by the applicable content profile. ",
      "jurisdiction" : [
        {
          "coding" : [
            {
              "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
              "code" : "001"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "actor" : [
        🔗 "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLHolder"
      ],
      "statement" : [
        {
          "key" : "initiate-request",
          "label" : "Initiate Request",
          "conformance" : [
            "SHALL"
          ],
          "requirement" : "Initiate a request to generate a Verified Health Link (VHL)"
        }
      ]
    }