The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Staff Launchpad contains all VA applications (apps) for care teams. The app organizes more than a dozen apps into categories. With VA Staff Launchpad, VA intends to save you time and help you better integrate available VA apps into Veteran care.

The VA Staff Launchpad is available in the VA App Catalog on your GFE iPhone or iPad.

Features:

With VA Staff Launchpad, you can access apps that allow you to:

• Access patient information from the Electronic Health Record (EHR) including vitals, medications, allergies, lab results, consults and more.
• Schedule and conduct video sessions, send texts and send and receive secure email messages.
• View patient generated data related to specific chronic conditions (e.g., kidney disease, coronary disease).
• View information on special health care needs including mental health and women Veterans.

The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) Pay mobile application (app) is an interactive tool to assist Veteran beneficiaries and/or medical providers in looking up the participation status of CHAMPVA medical codes. The app accepts Current Procedural Technology (CPT), International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (IDC-10), National Drug Code (NDC), and Durable Medical Equipment (HCPCS-DME) codes and returns the reimbursement status.

Features:

• Identify the participation status of CHAMPVA medical codes for use by a Veteran's beneficiaries and/or medical providers
• See coverage status: covered, covered with conditions, not covered or if you need to call for more information
• Link to the CHAMPVA website and CHAMPVA Guide

If you are a member of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care team, the Patient Viewer, Version 3.2 mobile application (app) will allow you to find information quickly from patients’ Electronic Health Records (EHRs) from the convenience of a mobile device. The app will help you have a thorough understanding of a patient’s health and gain immediate access to EHR data – both in your VA facility and on the go.

This app is designed for use with VA Mobile tablets. If you have not used your device lately and need help with it or would like to request a device for testing, please contact the VA Mobile Help Desk 24/7 via web at http://help.vamobile.us, emailing help@vamobile.us, emailing help@vamobile.us, or by calling 844-4VA-MOBILE, (844-482-6624), 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (CT).

Please Note: Patient Viewer is a web app that can be bookmarked on your mobile device. Read the instructions here.

Features:

• Access data from a patient’s EHR such as:
• Contact Information (Cover Sheet)
• Vital Signs
• Medications
• Progress Notes
• Documents and Reports
• Consults (both by Staff and by Patient)
• Lab Results
• Radiology Reports
• Graph data from your patients’ records, such as vital signs and lab results
• View selected Veteran’s Self-Entered Data (SED)
• Schedule and start video visits with your patients
• View Orders

Apps for Health Care Professionals that display a lock icon require VistA account credentials because they connect to the VA Electronic Health Record (EHR). 

The Cardiac Rehabilitation Provider (CR Pro) application (app) aids VA care teams in electronically facilitating care management of Veterans participating in home cardiac rehabilitation. Veterans enter their fitness, health, and mood information into the VA FitHeart App. Clinicians then use the CR Pro App to view the data and, if desired, export it as a progress note into the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).

Features:

• Track patients’ fitness, health and mood information
• View a patient’s recent health measurements and progress towards goals
• Create reports from patients’ data, which can be exported directly into CPRS
• Create and manage CPRS patient lists

If you are a member of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) care team, the Patient Viewer, Version 3.2 mobile application (app) will allow you to find information quickly from patients’ Electronic Health Records (EHRs) from the convenience of a mobile device. The app will help you have a thorough understanding of a patient’s health and gain immediate access to EHR data – both in your VA facility and on the go.

This app is designed for use with VA Mobile tablets. If you have not used your device lately and need help with it, contact the VA Mobile Help Desk 24/7 via web at http://help.vamobile.us, emailing help@vamobile.us, or by calling 844-4VA-MOBILE, (844-482-6624), 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (CT)..

Please Note: Patient Viewer is a web app that can be bookmarked on your mobile device. Read the instructions here.

Features:

• Access data from a patient’s EHR such as:
• Contact Information (Cover Sheet)
• Vital Signs
• Medications
• Progress Notes
• Documents and Reports
• Consults (both by Staff and by Patient)
• Lab Results
• Radiology Reports
• Graph data from your patients’ records, such as vital signs and lab results
• View selected Veteran’s Self-Entered Data (SED)
• Schedule and start video visits with your patients
• View Orders

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Pain Coach mobile application (app) for Care Teams (Pain Coach) is a helpful tool for tracking a patient’s pain management journey. From the app you will be able to view a patient’s daily pain diary and monthly check-ins and monitor his/her progress managing pain with tools and treatments. The app provides helpful tables and graphs of changes in a patient’s pain level over time and rates if their pain is improving, staying the same or declining.

Features

• View completed monthly check-ins
• See pain diary entries
• Graph check-ins and diary entries
• Use Single Sign on Internal (SSOi) service to get into the app

If you are a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) scheduler, the Scheduling Manager App allows Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) schedulers to receive and book appointment requests sent by patients through the Veteran Appointment Request (VAR) App and securely send messages to patients who are using the VAR App. Scheduling Manager is primarily used by schedulers designated by their site as VAR request managers. Visit the VAR App page for a list of sites where VAR is currently available.

Features:

• Send messages about appointments and scheduling to patients who are using the VAR App
• Book appointments that patients have requested through the VAR App
• Update the status of appointment requests for patients who are using the VAR App

The VA Tool Set mobile application (app) lets VA staff members adjust settings for a site's types of care for which Veterans can submit requests or self-schedule appointments using the Veteran Appointment Request App. Types of care may include audiology, primary care, optometry, express care and outpatient mental health with more options to be added in the future. The settings selected using VA Tool Set affect the settings at the facility you’re logged into as well as all of the facility’s related divisions.

Features:

• Adjust settings based on the types of care supported at your facility
• Modify options based on timeframes
• Edit settings for a variety of care types
• Customize default messages

Apps for Health Care Professionals that display a lock icon require VistA account credentials because they connect to the VA Electronic Health Record (EHR).

The MyVA Health Video mobile application (app) for Care Teams allows VA providers to request that their Veteran patients take and securely upload short video clips, of approximately one to three minutes, for the provider to review.

These videos will help you to visualize and understand issues your patients might be experiencing at home, helping you provide guidance and care even when you are not in the same physical location. After requesting videos from your patients, you can securely view the videos online and monitor your patients’ health conditions remotely via the app.

Features:

• Add new requests
• View video records
• Add notes to videos