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Manage Your Health Records

Two women sitting at a computer using My HealtheVetForgot the name of a prescription medicine? Can't remember the date of a surgery? Use My HealtheVet to access your VA medical records and organize your personal health information. Members registered in My HealtheVet can manage their health by using My HealtheVet's Blue Button feature to customize a report or access their VA Health Summary. The VA Blue Button feature helps you better manage your health care needs and communicate with your health care team. With the VA Blue Button feature, you can:

  • Customize and download a report (as a PDF or text file) to share with your VA and non-VA providers

  • Print a report or summary to take a copy to your next appointment

  • Send an electronic version of your self-entered information in Secure Message to your VA health care team

  • Build your Personal Health Record (PHR) by self-entering your personal information or data that you have tracked

Start building your PHR by self-entering your personal information, such as your health history, emergency contacts and medications. You can monitor your vital signs and use the journals to track your diet and physical activity. Even if you are not a Veteran, you can take advantage of this convenient way to organize your information.

If you are a Veteran who receives care from VA, you can access your VA medical records and create a customized report that can also include your self-entered data. Many Veterans can also include a copy of their military service information from the Department of Defense (DoD).

Several smartphone apps are also available through a variety of non-VA sources. While VA does not endorse specific apps, there are now creative, secure and easy-to-use ways of viewing Blue Button data. Search for Blue Button in your smartphone apps library to learn more.

The VA Health Summary:

  • Is a Continuity of Care Document (CCD) that contains specific information

  • Provides a summary of your health information that can be used to review your medical record and to share essential information with your health care providers

  • Allows health information that is in one health care system to be electronically exchanged with another health care system that is providing care

You can get your VA Health Summary information in two file formats: An easy to read and print PDF and an XML format that can be read by computer systems.

Sign in to manage your health records

After January 2025, you'll need to use a Login.gov or ID.me account to sign in to My HealtheVet and other VA tools. Sign in or create an account

You must be a VA patient to access some parts of your VA health record. If you’re not enrolled in VA health care, you can apply now. Learn how to apply for VA health care

Look for the VA Blue Button icon Blue Button icon on the My HealtheVet home page after you sign in to customize a report or health summary.

VA is seamlessly and securely sharing VA Patients electronic health record with community providers who are part of their health care team through the Veterans Health Information Exchange (VHIE). VHIE gives VA Patients’ health care providers a more complete view of their health records. For more information on the benefits of sharing, visit Sharing Health Records Safely.

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Updated October 4, 2024