WILMINGTON, N.C., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Organization
for Associate Degree Nursing (OADN) and the American Association of
Colleges of Nursing (AACN), together representing over 80% of
nursing education in the United
States, have chosen Real Vaccination ID to help students,
faculty and staff prove they have received the COVID-19
vaccination.
As the two most influential nursing education associations in
the nation, OADN and AACN have partnered with CastleBranch to
help provide their members with access to the unique cards. Each
Real Vaccination ID card provides validated, physical proof of an
individual's COVID-19 vaccination status, convenient digital access
to primary source vaccination documents, and includes sophisticated
anti-counterfeit technology to prevent fraud and forgery.
"OADN and AACN are the two most prominent organizations in
nursing education in the nation, and they have a deep understanding
of the challenges we face when proving COVID-19 vaccination
status," said Brett Martin,
CastleBranch CEO. "Their partnership is an essential step to
helping protect millions of healthcare students, faculty and
professionals, and validates both the need for cards like this and
the legitimacy behind our approach."
CastleBranch, the creator behind Real Vaccination ID, is the
leading provider of vaccine and immunization review for healthcare
education programs in the nation. Each Real Vaccination ID card
includes a photo ID of the individual, along with their name,
address, date of birth, physical identifiers, and a QR code. Cards
are embedded with sophisticated technology to prevent
counterfeiting and forgery, are laminated to prevent damage or
destruction, and are backed up electronically in CastleBranch's
secure platform.
Third parties can use the physical card to confirm vaccination
status, and can also view digital versions of primary source
vaccination records by scanning the card's QR code and entering the
cardholder's unique access code and PIN. Vaccination documents are
reviewed by CastleBranch's team of highly trained experts before a
Real Vaccination ID card can be issued. The team will confirm
vaccine manufacturer, administration date, time between doses, and
verify the individual's identity in a manner consistent with state
and federal privacy laws. CastleBranch has reviewed more than 35
million medical documents and records over the course of its 20+
year history.
Within nursing education, Real Vaccination ID cards can be used
to help students prove vaccination status and return to clinical
rotations – a critical component of the students' education
required before they can transition to and through professional
life. Protecting this pathway is important now more than ever, with
healthcare facing a nationwide nursing shortage despite an
incredibly high demand due to the COVID-19 and other stressors.
According to Brett Martin,
personal data used to create these cards will never be sold to
advertisers or third–party databases to ensure individuals retain
complete control over their own self–sovereign digital
identity.
"CastleBranch's Real Vaccination ID will be your passport to the
world - but the world requires so much more of us than to just
prove our vaccination status," said Martin. "Those in healthcare
know all too well the power of data and its importance in our
everyday lives. But as more data is required of us to progress
through everyday life, it becomes ripe for abuse by big tech and
third parties who want to exploit that data."
CastleBranch, said Martin, rejects this common practice.
"We believe the individual should own their own data – control
their personal self-sovereign digital identities – not advertisers
or search engines," he said. "Real Vaccination ID is our initial
offering to help people collect and control their own personal data
to help them progress through life. For healthcare professionals
and students, it's the beginning of a journey of self-knowledge and
self-control, of discovering the power that comes when you're in
the driver's seat of your own identity and your own destiny."
For more information on Real Vaccination ID cards, visit
www.RealVaccinationID.com.
About CastleBranch:
Located in Wilmington, N.C.,
CastleBranch is a compliance management and
infectious disease screening company serving over 17,700 healthcare
programs, tens of millions of individuals, and tens of thousands of
employers, schools and healthcare facilities nationwide by
verifying identity, tracking over 35 million medical documents, and
helping individuals transition to and through professional
life. CastleBranch has 20+ years of experience, employs
over 500 team members and has a long track record of providing
innovative solutions for complex problems.
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