==ServiceLink project overview[[image:Sharing2.jpg width="270" height="180" align="right" caption="Sharing an immunization form"]]==
The Service Link project demonstrated how community service providers can easily share electronic versions of records while maintaining the convenience and security of their existing paper­based processes. Unlike other electronic systems, partner agencies can share individual records on demand without the need to agree on a common format or centralized administration. Developed in collaboration with community clinics and other providers, a Service Link prototype was piloted at a Head Start provider in Fremont, CA. In short, paper forms are scanned and stored digitally, in an encrypted format. They can be shared in two ways:
# Electronically, with a system of encryption keys that grant access to one specific document to one specific account holder; or
# Paper ­based, with a printed receipt that enables the bearer to retrieve and decrypt the pre­authorized record at any net worked machine.
[[image:275px-ImmunizationCardExample.jpg align="right" caption="Picture of a small card or token for exchange"]]
As of Jan 2008, a field trial of this technology is being deployed as part of the [[http://servicelink.myricoh.org/|ServiceLink2]] project which is a joint effort of Dimagi, Savvy Clinic, and the Community Network Services at Ricoh Innovations.

See the [[http://www.sharedrecords.org/|SharedRecords website]] for the free web service and the [[sharedrecords:home|project wiki]] for background technical information.