MIT SafePaths Card (MiSaCa): Augmenting Paper Based Vaccination Cards with Printed Codes
This addresses vaccine distribution challenges for public health officials and clinics, but appears incremental as it builds on existing QR code and digital signature technologies.
The paper tackles the problem of vaccine distribution by proposing a card-based system using digitally signed QR codes for administration, verification, and symptom reporting, aiming to provide a privacy-preserving and efficient framework globally.
In this early draft, we describe a user-centric, card-based system for vaccine distribution. Our system makes use of digitally signed QR codes and their use for phased vaccine distribution, vaccine administration/record-keeping, immunization verification, and follow-up symptom reporting. Furthermore, we propose and describe a complementary scanner app system to be used by vaccination clinics, public health officials, and immunization verification parties to effectively utilize card-based framework. We believe that the proposed system provides a privacy-preserving and efficient framework for vaccine distribution in both developed and developing regions.