Summer 2007	My HealtheVet: Your Online Gateway to Better Health
My HealtheVet is a powerful gateway to veteran health benefits and services. You get trusted health information, links to federal and VA benefits and resources, the Personal Health Journal and online VA prescription refill. Have you visited My HealtheVet lately? If not, now’s a good time to go to www.myhealth.va.gov and have another look. What’s New We’ve added these features to My HealtheVet: • an upgraded Rx Refill, which now includes drug names as well as numbers • screening tools for post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and alcohol use Later this year, you’ll be able to view online VHA health information, including your VA appointments, co-pay balances, certain lab test results and select VA electronic health records. No Computer? No Problem! Even if you don’t own a computer, you can still use HealtheVet. All five Healthcare Network Upstate New York VA medical centers have patient resource rooms with private computer stations and secure Internet access. Staff or volunteers and the local My HealtheVet point of contact can help get you started. Rooms are open Monday through Friday. For times, call your local VA Medical Center. Since My HealtheVet’s introduction in 2003, thousands of veterans and their loved ones have taken advantage of its convenient, safe and secure resources. Don’t wait — step through this growing gateway to health information and benefits today! Surf Safely with My HealtheVet: Come in to Verify Your ID With our new enhancements to My HealtheVet, it’s more important than ever that your private information’s security is guaranteed. To ensure this, VA is asking veterans to make a one-time only visit to a VA facility. This in-person authentication process will verify your identity and allow us to release your records to the system. However, before you’re authenticated, you must: 1. Register on the My HealtheVet Web site at www.myhealth.va.gov as a VA patient and view the 12-minute orientation video. If you don’t have access to the Web, you can come to your local VA Medical Center to watch the video. 2. Print, read and sign the Special Consent and Participation form (10-5345a-MHV), available on the Web site or at your VA facility. 3. Present a form of government-issued photo ID to a qualified VA staff member. Once you complete these steps, you’ll be able to access all My HealtheVet’s features, as well as any new features released in the future.
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