Description
For your security, MyVA Health Journal requires you to enter ID.me, DS Logon, or My HealtheVet account Credentials.
If you are a Veteran enrolled in VA health care, the MyVA Health Journal App empowers you to take charge of your health and well-being. The app allows you to 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 and create new health entries so you remember to track your health. By enabling you to enter and track information about your health, the app serves as a one-stop shop for all your important health information. You can easily pull up the information you want whenever you need it and wherever you need it.
At this time, information you submit using the MyVA Health Journal App may not be reviewed by your VA care team. VA is working on functionality that will allow your VA care team to receive notifications when you submit your information. When this is available, you will receive a notice within the app. Also at that time, you will be able to request a review by calling your clinic or sending a Secure Message to your health care team or during an in-person visit with your provider.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) My VA Health App allows you to enter, view and track personal 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.
To use the MyVA Health Journal App, you must be enrolled in VA health care, and have ID.me, DS Logon Level 2 (Premium) or My HealtheVet Premium Account credentials. If you do not have an ID.me, DS Logon Level 2 (Premium) or My HealtheVet Premium Account, or you are not sure, visit mobile.va.gov/login-information for more information.
Your VA care team may not review your information unless you request it. You can make a request by phone, Secure Message or in person.
These are the app’s core features:
- 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.
There are two menus to help you navigate 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.
Each feature in the My VA Health App is broken out into subcategories. Most of these categories allow you to enter your health and wellness information related to the subcategories’ topic. As you are viewing a My VA Health App feature, tap the subcategory you would like to view. The details of the subcategory will appear in the right pane of the screen. Tap the + in the upper right corner of the screen, and you will go to a screen that allows you to enter your information. Each entry’s fields will vary depending on the feature, but here are the options you may see:
- 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.
Most of the My VA Health App features allow you to filter information to narrow down or expand the data you would like to view. The filters vary depending on the feature, but here are the options you may see:
- 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.
Some of the features allow you to create notifications (e.g., My Reminders, Personal Trackers, Assessments and the Goals component of My Story). On these features’ screens, tap Notification. You will go to a Notification screen, and tap the circle next to either On or Off. If you select Off, the screen will become gray, and the fields will not be able to be edited. If you select On, fill out the fields:
- 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.
My Reminders allows you to set reminders for appointments, preventive service (provider-recommended due dates for screenings and vaccinations), medication and other health-related items. When you are viewing a My Reminder subcategory, tap the + in the upper right corner of the screen. You will go to an Add Reminder screen. The fields will differ depending on the reminder you are creating, but here are the options you may see:
- 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.
When you are viewing the Assessments feature, tap the assessment you would like to take from the Assessment List. The assessment will appear in the right pane of the screen, and tap Start Assessment. You will be presented with one multiple-choice question per screen, and tap the circle next to the answer you would like to choose (for answers with boxes next to them, you can select every option that applies to you). Tap Next to proceed to the next screen. When you have reached the end of the assessment, tap Submit. A pop-up Submission Confirmation box will appear. Tap Submit to submit and save your answers officially (you cannot change your answers after this point). While taking the assessment, you can tap Back to go to previous questions that have been asked. You can also tap Save Draft to save the assessment with the answers entered thus far and return to it later.
You can create a report from the data you have stored in the My VA Health App. The data can include health care summaries (most recent vital sign entries and overviews of selected personal and medical data), detailed personal and medical data (with categories of data you select), and tracked data (data within a selected date range). When you are viewing the Health Report feature, tap boxes next to the types of information you would like to include in your health report. Tap Generate Report, and your health report will download to your device as a PDF. Save or print as you would most documents.
You may log into MyVA Health Journal with ID.me, DS Logon Level 2 (Premium) or My HealtheVet Premium account credentials.
- ID.me Account users: Access MyVA Health Journal, and tap ID.me. Enter your email address and password on the ID.me Sign In screen, and tap Sign in. If you have questions about your ID.me account, visit www.id.me/about.
- DS Logon Level 2 (Premium) Account users: Access MyVA Health Journal, and tap DS Logon. Enter your DS Logon Level 2 (Premium) Account username and password on the DS Logon screen, and tap Login. If you have questions about your DS Logon account, visit mobile.va.gov/dslogon or dial 1-800-983-0937 for assistance.
- My HealtheVet Premium Account users: Access MyVA Health Journal, and tap My HealtheVet. Enter your My HealtheVet Premium Account User ID and password on the My HealtheVet screen, and tap Login. If you have questions about your My HealtheVet Account, visit https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/user-login or dial 1-877-327-0022 for assistance.
In the User Manual, you will see sections on the medications and allergies features which are not currently included in the app. This is due to these features being updated for future versions of the app. These features were included at the time of the MyVA Health Journal User Manual’s publishing, but were then temporarily removed.
Additional information about other available VA Apps can be found on mobile.va.gov/appstore as well as mobile.va.gov in the VA Mobile Apps General FAQs.
More resources, such as a User Manual, Quick Start Guide and Slideshow can be found on mobile.va.gov and search for the app to access the resources.
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 in a new browser window where you can access additional instructions for using the app.
If you need assistance with the MyVA Health Journal App, dial 1-877-470-5947 to speak with a VA representative. The Help Desk is open Monday through Saturday 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 feel your information may have been compromised, contact your local VA facility to get contact information for your Privacy Officer. To locate your local VA facility, visit VA’s Facility Locator: http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isflash=1. NOTE: You should never use this app in an emergency. If you encounter an emergency, call your local medical center or dial 911 immediately.
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 in a new browser window where you can access additional instructions for using the app.
If you need assistance with the MyVA Health Journal App, dial 1-877-470-5947 to speak with a VA representative. The Help Desk is open Monday through Saturday 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 feel your information may have been compromised, contact your local VA facility to get contact information for your Privacy Officer. To locate your local VA facility, visit VA’s Facility Locator: http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isflash=1. NOTE: You should never use this app in an emergency. If you encounter an emergency, call your local medical center or dial 911 immediately.
