[{"innerBlocks":[],"name":"core\/freeform","postId":211,"blockType":{"name":"core\/freeform","keywords":[],"attributes":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"providesContext":[],"usesContext":[],"selectors":[],"supports":{"className":false,"customClassName":false,"reusable":false},"styles":[],"variations":[],"apiVersion":3,"title":"Classic","description":"Use the classic WordPress editor.","category":"text"},"originalContent":"More than 5 million American veterans have registered for the My Healthe<\/i>Vet personal health record and patient portal to enable them to better manage their healthcare.The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday a \u201crecord landmark\u201d for the online tool, which is designed to refill prescriptions, view scheduled VA appointments, send secure messages to care givers, as well as download personal health records.Developed by the Veterans Health Administration and launched in 2003, My Healthe<\/i>Vet has enabled veterans to refill more than 148 million prescriptions, send in more than of 86 million secure messages, view upcoming VA appointments more than 74 million times and download more than 37 million health data reports.\u201cMy Healthe<\/i>Vet is a shining example of how veterans can play a more active role in their healthcare journey,\u201d said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie in a written statement. \u201cVA is committed to providing the necessary technologies to ensure that veterans receive care when and where they need it.\u201dLast year, Paul Lawrence, undersecretary for benefits at the VA\u2019s Veterans Benefits Administration, told a Senate committee that the agency has technologies that support interoperable patient health information exchange nationwide.\u201cVA\u2019s My HealtheVet Blue Button is piloting technology that allows veteran patients to share their VA health records with their community care provider directly from their personal devices,\u201d Lawrence testified. \u201cVA\u2019s eHealth exchange technology is a rapidly growing network that connects VA with community health providers who can then securely share clinical information using a standardized approach.\u201dAccording to the agency, with the VA Blue Button feature, veterans are now able to:
Customize and download a report (as a PDF or text file) to share with VA and non-VA providers.<\/li><\/ul>
Print a report or summary to take a copy to a medical appointment.<\/li><\/ul>
Send an electronic version of information in secure message to VA clinicians.<\/li><\/ul>
Build a Personal Health Record (PHR) by self-entering personal information or data veterans have tracked.<\/li><\/ul>Among its capabilities, users of My Healthe<\/i>Vet can record and track online nine vital signs including blood pressure, cholesterol and heart rate, as well as record daily activity and food intake. \u201cBefore you can use the VA Blue Button, you must be registered and logged in to your My HealtheVet account,\u201d states the agency\u2019s user guide. \u201cInformation that you have entered into My HealtheVet is labeled as Self-Reported. Information from the VA Electronic Health Record (EHR) is labeled as VA."","saveContent":"More than 5 million American veterans have registered for the My Healthe<\/i>Vet personal health record and patient portal to enable them to better manage their healthcare.The Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday a \u201crecord landmark\u201d for the online tool, which is designed to refill prescriptions, view scheduled VA appointments, send secure messages to care givers, as well as download personal health records.Developed by the Veterans Health Administration and launched in 2003, My Healthe<\/i>Vet has enabled veterans to refill more than 148 million prescriptions, send in more than of 86 million secure messages, view upcoming VA appointments more than 74 million times and download more than 37 million health data reports.\u201cMy Healthe<\/i>Vet is a shining example of how veterans can play a more active role in their healthcare journey,\u201d said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie in a written statement. \u201cVA is committed to providing the necessary technologies to ensure that veterans receive care when and where they need it.\u201dLast year, Paul Lawrence, undersecretary for benefits at the VA\u2019s Veterans Benefits Administration, told a Senate committee that the agency has technologies that support interoperable patient health information exchange nationwide.\u201cVA\u2019s My HealtheVet Blue Button is piloting technology that allows veteran patients to share their VA health records with their community care provider directly from their personal devices,\u201d Lawrence testified. \u201cVA\u2019s eHealth exchange technology is a rapidly growing network that connects VA with community health providers who can then securely share clinical information using a standardized approach.\u201dAccording to the agency, with the VA Blue Button feature, veterans are now able to:
Customize and download a report (as a PDF or text file) to share with VA and non-VA providers.<\/li><\/ul>
Print a report or summary to take a copy to a medical appointment.<\/li><\/ul>
Send an electronic version of information in secure message to VA clinicians.<\/li><\/ul>
Build a Personal Health Record (PHR) by self-entering personal information or data veterans have tracked.<\/li><\/ul>Among its capabilities, users of My Healthe<\/i>Vet can record and track online nine vital signs including blood pressure, cholesterol and heart rate, as well as record daily activity and food intake. \u201cBefore you can use the VA Blue Button, you must be registered and logged in to your My HealtheVet account,\u201d states the agency\u2019s user guide. \u201cInformation that you have entered into My HealtheVet is labeled as Self-Reported. Information from the VA Electronic Health Record (EHR) is labeled as VA."","order":0,"get_parent":{},"attributes":[],"attributesType":{"content":{"type":"string","source":"raw"},"lock":{"type":"object"}},"dynamicContent":""}]

VA personal health record, patient portal exceed 5 million users

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