It is a “virtual card” on your smartphone that combines your COVID-19 vaccine information with results of a particular type of COVID-19 antibody test. It is a safe, secure (HIPAA compliant) record that is medically verified, which is important since there is no “official” nationwide database by which to verify vaccine cards. The VaccinePlus™ Card is also verifiable by anyone you want to share it with. No special apps are required.

Once you have saved it to your smartphone, you can open the file from your downloads folder or from your photo library. On the bottom, you’ll notice a QR scan code. If you hold up your phone to show it to another person, they can then point their phone’s camera at the scan code, which will initiate an online search of our secure database and return a verification message to them about your record. (It sometimes makes it easier for the other person if you zoom in a bit on the QR code.)

We provide the VaccinePlus™ Card to individuals for free. To comply with current guidelines of the Cares Act, the testing lab may collect your insurance information, but it is our current understanding that with or without insurance there is no charge for the testing.

It starts when you log in and upload a photo/scan of your paper vaccine record to us at least two weeks after your last required dose of the vaccine. We’ll review that information along with your answers to a few online questions, and if all is in order, we’ll provide you with a doctor’s prescription to get an antibody test. The results from that test are sent directly to us, so the process is clear from any suspicion of fraud. If the test comes back positive, then it is medical proof that you got vaccinated, since without the vaccine, you wouldn’t have antibodies. (You could possibly have antibodies from a previous infection, but the end result is the same: at this point you have antibodies, which is the goal of the vaccine in the first place.) We’ll send your VaccinePlus™ Card to your phone, and you can have high confidence in its reliability.

You will find a QR code at the bottom of your VaccinePlus™ Card. When you choose to show your card to someone else, they can use their smartphone to scan your code. This initiates a query of our secure database, which returns a message to their phone confirming your VaccinePlus™ Card is valid.

The antibody tests we use are extremely reliable, but there is a very slight chance that you can get a false negative result on the test, and taking another antibody test may reveal that you actually do have antibodies. If a second test confirms that you are negative, then this is important medical information for you to know! Not everyone who gets a vaccine will develop a sufficient quantity of antibodies to provide protection. It means that you are still at risk and should behave accordingly. If you get a negative result on your antibody test, the prescribing physician will send you some recommended next steps.

SOE has a patented, HIPAA-compliant platform (the rigorous government standard for medical record security) that allows patients to store, access, and share their medical records, including the VaccinePlus™ Card. We have been safely and securely using this platform for several years to help people with their medical decisions. You stay in control of your stored information; we only share it if you ask us to, and only with those you designate.

Requesting your card online should only take you a few minutes. It’s up to you how long it takes for you to get to the lab for your test. Once you visit the lab, we typically have results within 1-2 days and can issue you your card (or send information about what to do if you got a negative result).

You could, but you have to be careful because there are antibody tests available that cannot detect the antibodies that are generated by the vaccines. We help to streamline the process for you and then provide the results to you in a verified form that allows you to easily and safely share it with others. Also, we will continue to monitor the pandemic, and we will occasionally inform you if there are any future recommended steps you should be considering.

SOE (SecondOpinionExpert, Inc.) is an 8-year-old healthcare technology company whose goal is to empower people to make well-informed medical decisions. We developed a patented platform for providing patients with expert medical opinions, utilizing our HIPAA-compliant technology for storing, accessing, and sharing medical records and our panel of over 400 world-class, independent, board-certified medical specialists who can provide expert advice. “SOE Verified” is our patent-pending system for validating certain medical records and creating virtual versions for the patient’s smartphone that can be verified by a third party (with the permission of the patient).