CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and
ATLANTA, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:
IBM) Watson Health and Healthcare IT Leaders today announced the
integration of IBM Digital Health Pass with Healthcare IT Leaders
Healthy Returns, a comprehensive suite of enterprise COVID-19
services.
The IBM Digital Health Pass is designed to enable organizations
to verify COVID-19 test results or vaccination status for
employees, customers and visitors entering their site, such as a
sports stadium, airplane, university, government building or
workplace. Relying on a combination of encryption, QR codes and
blockchain technology, the IBM Digital Health Pass is a
secured, voluntary digital alternative to paper test results or
vaccination cards and provides another option, if needed, for
individuals to share that they have tested negative or been
vaccinated for COVID-19.
In addition to the IBM Digital Health Pass, services offered
through the Healthcare IT Leaders Healthy Returns practice include
managed COVID-19 testing, delivered onsite or at home with
enterprise-level reporting, and a range of vaccination support
services.
"New regulations are challenging many organizations to implement
COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirements in their workplace or
businesses," said Bob Bailey,
Principal and Founder, Healthcare IT Leaders. "We are working with
organizations such as the American Logistics Association (ALA) and
many others to streamline and make the process of COVID-19 status
verification easier with the use of the IBM Digital Health
Pass."
President of ALA Steve Rosetti
added, "It's important to provide a digital ID designed to cut
through complex procedures and produce a secure COVID-19 credential
that is easily produced, recognized and validated by our
clients."
IBM Digital Health Pass can help generate secure COVID-19
vaccination and test credentials through a network of labs and
providers, such as Healthcare IT Leaders. Multiple types of
COVID-19 health credentials, in addition to the IBM Digital Health
Pass, such as Good Health Pass, SMART Health Card and EU Digital
COVID Certificate, can be verified with the IBM Digital Health Pass
Verify app with its multi-credential verification capability.
"We are committed to collaborating with organizations and
industry groups to support the use of digital COVID-19 health
credentials," said Eric Piscini,
Global Vice President, Emerging Business Networks, IBM Watson
Health. "We are delighted to be working with Healthcare IT leaders
to integrate IBM Digital Health Pass into their applications and
existing organizational networks to deliver unique solutions to our
clients."
About IBM Watson Health
IBM Watson Health is a data,
analytics, and technology partner for the health industry.
Supported by the innovation of IBM and intelligence of Watson,
we are committed to helping build smarter health ecosystems.
Through the combination of our deep industry expertise in health,
data and analytics, actionable insights, and reputation for
security and trust, Watson Health is working together with its
clients and partners to help them achieve simpler processes, better
care insights, faster breakthroughs, and improved experiences for
people around the world. Learn more
at https://www.ibm.com/watson-health.
About Healthcare IT Leaders
Healthcare IT
Leaders is a national leader in health-related IT consulting
and workforce solutions, connecting organizations with experienced
technology talent for implementation services, project management,
consulting, and full-time hiring. Our COVID-19
practice, Healthy Returns, delivers COVID-19 testing, contract
tracing, and vaccination services for leading businesses and
schools. To learn more,
www.healthcareitleaders.com and www.healthyreturns.info.
MEDIA CONTACTS
Carolyn Castel
IBM Watson Health
Carolyn.castel@IBM.com
Alex Gramling
Healthcare IT Leaders
agramling@healthcareitleaders.com
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