HPEC

HPEC (Humanitarian Physicians Empowerment Community) is a digital identity platform launched in 2022 that focuses on providing Self-Sovereign Identity solutions for healthcare professionals. The platform implements W3C DID standards and works with protocols developed by the World Wide Web Consortium and the Decentralized Identity Foundation to enable physicians to manage their professional credentials through a digital wallet system.

The core technical implementation consists of a cloud-based credential wallet that allows physicians to:

• Store and manage professional credentials
• Receive verifiable digital credentials directly from issuing institutions
• Control sharing and verification of credentials through decentralized identity protocols
• Participate in a verified physician-only network
• Engage in end-to-end encrypted communications with colleagues

The platform aims to streamline the traditional medical credentialing process by implementing blockchain-based verification while maintaining physician control over their professional data. While currently in beta, HPEC is working on pilot projects with credential issuing bodies like academic medical centers and state licensing boards to enable direct issuance of verifiable digital credentials to physicians' wallets. The system requires verification through government ID and facial recognition, along with validation against state medical license databases to maintain the integrity of the physician-only network.

Notable technical features include:

• Integration with multiple DID protocols including did:polygon and did:ion
• Self-sovereign credential storage and sharing
• Cryptographic self-moderation protocols for community governance
• Automated credential verification against primary sources