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## : Create Secure Channel - JSON Representation

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    {
      "resourceType" : "Requirements",
      "id" : "CreateSecureChannel",
      "text" : {
        "status" : "generated",
        "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: Requirements CreateSecureChannel</b></p><a name=\"CreateSecureChannel\"> </a><a name=\"hcCreateSecureChannel\"> </a><p>These requirements apply to the following actors: </p><ul><li><a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLReceiver.html\">VHL Receiver</a></li><li><a href=\"ActorDefinition-VHLSharer.html\">VHL Sharer</a></li></ul><p>These requirements derive from <a href=\"Requirements-EstablishTrust.html\">Establish Trust</a></p><table class=\"grid\"/></div>"
      },
      "url" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/CreateSecureChannel",
      "version" : "1.0.0-comment",
      "name" : "CreateSecureChannel",
      "title" : "Create Secure Channel",
      "status" : "active",
      "date" : "2026-06-14T15:37:09-05:00",
      "publisher" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
      "contact" : [
        {
          "telecom" : [
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              "system" : "url",
              "value" : "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "telecom" : [
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              "system" : "email",
              "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
          "telecom" : [
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "description" : "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.",
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          ]
        }
      ],
      "derivedFrom" : [
        🔗 "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/Requirements/EstablishTrust"
      ],
      "actor" : [
        🔗 "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLReceiver"🔗 ,
        "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/VHL/ActorDefinition/VHLSharer"
      ]
    }