A substantial administrative burden is placed on healthcare professionals as they manage and progress through their careers. Identity verification, pre-employment screening and appraisals: the bureaucracy associated with each of these processes takes precious time out of a healthcare professional's day. Time that could have been spent focused on patient care. In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it is more important than ever to optimize these professionals' time. This paper presents the synthesis of a design workshop held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) and subsequent interviews with healthcare professionals. The main research question posed is whether these processes can be re-imagined using digital technologies, specifically Self-Sovereign Identity? A key contribution in the paper is the development of a set of user-led requirements and design principles for identity systems used within healthcare. These are then contrasted with the design principles found in the literature. The results of this study confirm the need and potential of professionalising identity and credential management throughout a healthcare professional's career.

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Trust-by-Design：评估临床护照中的问题和看法

在医疗保健专业人员的管理和职业发展过程中，他们承担了沉重的行政负担。身份验证、就业前筛查和评估：与这些流程中的每一个相关的官僚机构占用了医疗保健专业人员一天的宝贵时间。本来可以花在病人护理上的时间。在 COVID-19 危机期间，优化这些专业人员的时间比以往任何时候都更加重要。本文综合介绍了在爱丁堡皇家内科医师学院 (RCPE) 举办的设计研讨会以及随后对医疗保健专业人员的采访。提出的主要研究问题是是否可以使用数字技术重新想象这些过程，特别是自我主权身份？本文的一个关键贡献是为医疗保健中使用的身份系统开发了一套以用户为主导的需求和设计原则。然后将这些与文献中的设计原则进行对比。这项研究的结果证实了在医疗保健专业人员的整个职业生涯中专业化身份和证书管理的必要性和潜力。