In an emergency, a SOSChain Card number helps a verified healthcare professional find important information and request access to it. PetChain, VetChain and SOSChain are connected to Global-DataCare, a trusted European data space. Connectech.info operates the cloud infrastructure for the SOSChain network in the Americas.
The Unified International Index works like a secure address book. It shows a verified professional where to ask for emergency information while the information stays with the service that holds it.
Emergency coordination
Calling someone, following the care journey and sending information are separate actions. Permission for one does not allow the others.
A doctor or veterinarian can call the family member or other emergency contact chosen by the person or animal caregiver. They can talk by voice or video, or leave a written or recorded message. The personal phone number stays private unless the contact chooses to share it.
A family member or caregiver with permission can see which hospital or service received the person and whether they were moved to another service. This shows where they are in the care journey. It does not open the medical record.
A clinic or veterinary service can securely exchange permitted test results and other information with a patient or caregiver. Messages and files are signed and encrypted.
A person or animal caregiver can ask their chosen data index provider to check the blockchain for a safety alert linked to a medicine, vaccine or batch. They can then contact their doctor or veterinarian, even after changing country or phone number.
PetChain, VetChain and SOSChain are connected to Global-DataCare, a trusted European data space. PetChain helps animal caregivers. VetChain helps veterinary teams. SOSChain helps people prepare, respond and stay connected during an emergency.
The technology behind the card number
The patented protocol connects SOSChain Cards to the Unified International Index. The card helps a verified professional find where to request emergency information. It does not open the information by itself.
U.S. Patent 11,636,776
For animal caregivers
An owner or caregiver can register the animal, add its emergency contacts and choose what information can be shared if the animal needs help.
Impact: if the owner or caregiver has an accident, a doctor or veterinarian can reach the animal's chosen emergency contacts.
For veterinary teams
A verified veterinary organization can request access to an animal's permitted information, add care records and issue signed credentials for vaccinations and other treatments.
Impact: signed vaccination and treatment credentials can be printed as QR codes and placed in the animal's international health booklet.
For emergency readiness
SOSChain helps people prepare emergency information and permissions, receive trusted alerts, let verified professionals request what they need, contact family members and exchange permitted documents safely.
A SMART Health Card is a signed QR carrying selected information in the international HL7 FHIR format. It makes important animal health credentials portable and verifiable.
A veterinarian can issue a signed SMART Health Card for a vaccination or other treatment. The QR can be printed and placed in the animal's international health booklet. When travelling, compatible verifier software can check who issued each credential and confirm that it is still valid.
Simple meaningThe animal can travel with health information that another service can verify.
A veterinarian can create a signed identity QR with the animal's SOSChain ID, its microchip when it has one, and a reference to the caregiver's SOSChain Card.
Important limitThe QR identifies the animal and its trusted relationships. It does not grant access to private veterinary records.
A person can prepare emergency information and permissions before help is needed. Professional evidence adds trust when someone requests an action.
Add emergency information, contacts and permissions.
Professional evidence helps services recognize doctors, nurses, paramedics, lifeguards, veterinarians and other professionals.
The card finds the responsible provider. The provider checks the card owner's consent and shares only what the owner has allowed.
Share permitted information, contact family and follow the care journey.
The chosen index provider protects the index and the separate emergency backup. Blockchain keeps only protected directory and trust records for this emergency flow. It does not hold emergency or medical information.
The chosen index provider protects the minimum links needed to reach the services holding permitted information. The index contains no medical record.
The chosen index provider encrypts and protects a separate emergency backup created or imported by the person, or sent by a clinical or veterinary service. It is not stored in the index or on blockchain.
Messages, recorded audio, documents and emergency copies are protected while they travel and while they are stored.
A protected reference on blockchain shows which provider manages a card's index. Other protected records connect an organization with its employees and their roles. Blockchain stores neither the index, the emergency backup nor medical records, and it grants no access.
Prepare before help is needed, coordinate during the emergency and keep essential information moving between services.
Prepare a card for yourself, for another person you care for, or for an animal in your care. If you are a professional, use the professional service to request permitted information.
Prepare cards, relationships, permissions and trusted health alerts before an emergency occurs.
Open ↗Identify the subject, request emergency information and coordinate authorized assistance.
Open ↗Prepare the animal card, caregiver relationships and emergency permissions.
Open ↗Veterinary teams can issue animal health information using international standards. They can use the animal's complete history in emergencies or consultations. They can also use the complete history to create a digital twin for research.
Open ↗Organizations and public services can test integration with their internal systems. Examples include municipal and emergency services, healthcare organizations and veterinary organizations. They can identify a card and request permitted emergency data without using production data. Subject to applicable rules, unless the client has denied secondary research use, a healthcare or veterinary clinic can also test generating digital twins from data exported in Excel or CSV format.
