“This month, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is celebrating the 15th anniversary of My HealtheVet an online patient portal created to empower Veterans to become active participants in their health care.”
“Launched on Veterans Day 2003, My HealtheVet has grown from a simple website to a robust suite of tools and resources that further enables Veterans to take charge of their health care by allowing them to refill their VA prescriptions, exchange private secure messages with their VA health care team, access their VA health records and more…”
“To date, My HealtheVet has more than 4.5 million registered users who have requested over 127.7 million prescription refills, downloaded nearly 32 million personal health records and exchanged more than 69.4 million secure messages with their VA health care teams.”
“Earlier this year, My HealtheVet won a 2018 Government Innovation Award for the VA Medical Images and Reports feature, which allows Veterans to view, download and share electronic copies of their radiology studies, such as X-rays, MRI and CT scans from their VA electronic health records…” Read the full press release here.
Source: VA Marks 15th Anniversary of My HealtheVet – November 27, 2018. VA.gov.
