Monday, March 2, 2015

Download Your Own VA Medical Records - Free!

Have you ever need to remember what year you had surgery or the name of that hard-to-pronounce prescription you’re taking?  Or maybe you'd like an easier way to keep track of your appointments or how stable your blood sugar levels have been lately.
The new My HealtheVet’s Blue Button  lets you see, print, download and store information from your personal health record (PHR) - everything in one place for you to see when you want.
Your downloadable PHR can show you:

  • Information for emergency contacts, health care teams and insurance providers 
  • Over-the-counter medications, allergies, military health history, medical events and lab tests
  • Daily records in your diet and physical activity (exercise) journals 
  • Recorded Vitals & Readings (blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, heart rate, body temperature, weight, pain level, etc.) 
  • Military service information from your VA and/or DoD records 
  • Prescription history.

With the Blue Button, you can:

  • Download your Personal Health Record to share with your family and personal doctor, if you wish.  
  • Get it as your choice of a simple text file or a fancier PDF
  • Pick a date range, if you don't want the whole thing
  • Limit the categories of information you wish to include. 
  • Monitor your vital signs and use the journals to track your diet and physical activity. 
  • If you get care from VA, you can set your preferences so that some VA and/or DoD records feed into your VA Blue Button copy of your PHR, such as your military service information.
This is all voluntary, but it costs you nothing if you choose to sign up. Why not sign up today?

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