What is My HealtheVet?
My HealtheVet is a web-based system that empowers veterans with information and tools so that they can improve their health to the maximum extent possible. Participating veterans are given copies of key portions of their electronic health records. This record is stored in a secure and private environment called an eVAult. The eVAult will be personalized with appropriate links to useful explanatory material to help veterans understand what is in their record, and what they can do to improve their health condition. Veterans can also add structured medical information in the “self-entered” section of their eVAult.
My HealtheVet is a Web-based system that empowers veterans with information and tools so that they can improve their health to the maximum extent possible. Participating veterans are given copies of key portions of their electronic health records. This record is stored in a secure and private environment called an eVAult. The eVAult will be personalized with appropriate links to useful explanatory material to help veterans understand what is in their record, and what they can do to improve their health condition. Veterans can also add structured medical information in the “self-entered” section of their eVAult. The veteran “owns” his/her personal health record and has complete control over who can view or update it. The veteran can give an individual full access to view and make changes. The veteran can also give limited access to an individual to only view certain subjects. These individuals are called delegates and grantees. The My HealtheVet project will explore the feasibility of p
