App Description
If you are a Veteran enrolled in VA health care, the MyVA Health Journal App allows you to access your official VA medical record and enter information about your health. With the app, you can store contact information and health and military histories, as well as record your wellness goals, monitor your mood and create entries about a variety of health topics. You can also set reminders about appointments or to create new health entries so you remember to track your health.
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Features:
- Store military and occupational history
- Reflect on values and goals, and rate your state of health and wellness
- Create appointment plans, store medical history, and record symptoms and medical events
- Enter and track health items (e.g., diet, exercise, glucose)
- Set reminders for appointments, medications and more
- Receive notifications from VA based on data in the app
- Store health care, personal and insurance contacts and record when you last communicated with them
- Assess your health and rate your hospital and outpatient care
- Save files related to your health or military service
- Create a report from data in the app
Training Materials
Frequently Asked Questions
- My Profile – Store military and occupational history.
- My Story – Reflect on values and goals, and rate your state of health and wellness.
- My Medical – Create appointment plans, store medical history, and record symptoms and medical events.
- Personal Trackers – Enter and track health items (e.g., diet, exercise, glucose).
- My Reminders – Set reminders for appointments, medications and more.
- Notifications – Receive notifications from VA based on data in the app.
- Contacts – Store health care, personal and insurance contacts and record when you last communicated with them.
- Assessments – Assess your health and rate your hospital and outpatient care.
- Images and Documents – Save files related to your health or military service.
- Health Report – Create a report from data in the app.
- Menu (four-line icon in upper left corner) – Slide-out menu that allows you to access Home, My Profile, My Story, My Medical, Personal Trackers, My Reminders, Notifications, Contacts, Assessments, Images and Documents and Health Report.
- Options (four-line icon with silhouette in upper right corner) – Slide-out menu that allows you to access About, Help, Resources, Launchpad and Logout.
- Names/Notes – Type the data or comments into the box.
- Categories – Tap the bar under the heading, and a drop-down menu will appear. Tap the option you would like to select.
- Dates – Either (1) type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format, or (2) tap the calendar icon. A pop-up calendar will appear. Scroll to select the month, day and year. Tap Set.
- Status – Tap the bubble next to options.
- Scale – Slide the dot along the bar to indicate measurement or assessment.
- Attaching Files – Tap Attach File, and attach an image or document from your device to upload.
- Dates – Either (1) type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format, or (2) tap the calendar icon. A pop-up calendar will appear. Scroll to select the month, day and year. Tap Set.
- Categories – Tap the bar under the heading, and a drop-down menu will appear. Tap the option you would like to select.
- Status – Tap the circle next to status category.
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To sort data by the filters you set, tap Apply. To return to all data after sorting, tap Reset.
NOTE: The date ranges must not exceed one year.
- Start Date – Either (1) type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format, or (2) tap the calendar icon. A pop-up calendar will appear. Scroll to select the month, day and year. Tap Set
- Notify Me – Tap the bar under the heading, and a drop-down menu will appear. Tap either Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
- Notification Time – Type the time in HH:MM AM/PM format.
- Notification Delivery – Tap to check the box(es) next to In-App and/or Email.
- Names/Titles/Locations – Type the names into the box.
- Notes/Reasons – Types comments and explanations into the box.
- Status – Tap the circle next to On or Off.
- Dates – Either (1) type the date in MM/DD/YYYY format, or (2) tap the calendar icon. A pop-up calendar will appear. Scroll to select the month, day and year. Tap Set.
- Notify Me – Either tap (1) the bar to select from the drop-down menu options, or (2) tap the box next to the day on which you would like to receive your notification.
- Notification Delivery – Tap to check the box(es) next to In-App and/or Email.
A User Manual, Quick Start Guide, Slideshow and FAQs for the MyVA Health Journal App are available at mobile.va.gov.
To access Training Materials from within the app, tap Options (four-line icon with silhouette in upper right corner), and a slide-out menu will appear. Tap Help, and a pop-up Help box will appear. Tap the Training Materials hyperlink, which will open up a new browser window where you can access additional instructions for using the app.
If you need assistance with the My VA Health App, dial 1-877-470-5947 to speak with a VA representative. The Help Desk is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT. For TTY assistance, dial 711. For clinical questions regarding your personal medical information, please contact your VA care team.
If you have questions about your DS Logon account, visit mobile.va.gov/dslogon or dial 1-800-983-0937 for assistance.