My HealtheVetMission


The mission of MyHealtheVet (MHV) is to improve health care for ALL veterans, independent of where they receive care, by providing health information and health assessments via the web.


What is MyHealtheVet?

MHV is a web-based application designed for veterans and their families with the goal of optimizing veterans' healthcasre.

MHV is intended for all veterans and their families with the goal of optimizing veterans' healthcare.

MHV is intended for all veterans and offers additional services to those receiving care at VA medical centers. MHV has more than 568,000 registered users and 71% are VA patients.

MHV is the gateway to veteran health benefits and services. It provides access to:

Online VA prescription refill-more than 5.5 million refills have been processed through MHV.

Trusted health information.
Personal Health Journals and healthelogs.

Links to Federal and VA benefits and resources.

Using MHV, veterans create and use their Personal Health Record to make informed to make informed health care choices, stay healthy and obtain services when needed. Personal Health Record (PHR) features empower veterans to:

Refill VA prescriptions online.

Keep track of personal health information such as emergency contacts, treatment providers, insurance carriers, and other health care information.

Self-enter comprehensive personal and family health histories.

Record important events from military service including exposures and assignments related to their health history.

Track illnesses, accidents, or other events by logging their date, treatments prescribed and comments.

keep track of medications, allergies, immunications, test, food intake and daily exercise activities.

Monitor readings for common health metrics such as blood sugar cholesterol, body temperature/weight, heart rate, and pulse oximetry.

VA patients who have completed the In-Person Authentication Process can vew medication names when refilling their VA prescription histories. VA patients can also obtain a blended view of self-enetered and extracted medication information from their VistA Records, which enhances paient safety. In the future, MHV users will be able to view their VA appointment, review lab test results, obtain wellness remindes and request, store and share copies of key portions of their VA electonic health record with their health roviders and family members. Additionally, the impending introduction of Secure Messaging betwen veterans and clinicans will enhance communication collaboration and improve quality of care.