{"id":233976,"date":"2024-07-24T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=233976"},"modified":"2024-07-24T15:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T15:09:45","slug":"my-healthevet-coordinator-connects-veterans-to-top-tier-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=233976","title":{"rendered":"My HealtheVet coordinator connects Veterans to top-tier health care"},"content":{"rendered":"

For more than 10 years, Larry Wilson has been a bridge between Veterans and My HealtheVet, VA\u2019s online patient portal. As a My HealtheVet Coordinator at Eastern Colorado VA<\/a>, he spends his days helping Veterans navigate My HealtheVet and connecting them to their health care.<\/p>\n

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Larry Wilson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Working with Veterans comes easily to Wilson. After all, he spent 25 years serving as an Air Force medic. He also uses My HealtheVet for his own care.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy HealtheVet gives Veterans freedom to take control of their own care. I love helping Veterans and their families communicate better, have a better experience at VA and bridge those gaps in communication,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bridging communication<\/h2>\n

Wilson meets with Veterans virtually and in person to answer any questions and help them better understand My HealtheVet. Veterans sometimes ask him about a problem they\u2019ve been having for years and he\u2019s been able to solve issues sometimes within minutes.<\/p>\n

Along with troubleshooting issues, Wilson encourages Veterans to take advantage of My HealtheVet\u2019s tools and features. For his own care, Wilson uses the portal to refill his VA prescriptions. He also loves using the Secure Messaging feature to get in touch with his VA care team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always tell people that I want to take the telephone out of business. I want everybody to use Secure Messaging,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Leading the way<\/h2>\n

There are more than five million Veterans with active My HealtheVet accounts. Since the portal\u2019s launch 20 years ago, there have been more than 280 million prescription refills requested and 230 million secure messages initiated.<\/p>\n

Wilson believes that My HealtheVet is \u201cleading the way\u201d for online patient portals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our Veterans get some of the best health care in the world. We have some of the best tools and, every day, I talk to Veterans who are pleased with VA and love My HealtheVet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

My HealtheVet is currently transitioning to VA.gov, which means that Veterans\u2019 sign-in process may change. Wilson is excited for Veterans to have both their health care and benefits in the same place. To learn more about the transition, visit the VA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To learn more about My HealtheVet, visit the My HealtheVet homepage<\/a> or talk to your VA care team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For more than 10 years, Larry Wilson has been a bridge between Veterans and My HealtheVet, VA\u2019s online patient portal. As a My HealtheVet Coordinator at Eastern Colorado VA, he spends his days helping Veterans navigate My HealtheVet and connecting them to their health care. Larry Wilson Working with Veterans comes easily to Wilson. After […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":233978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,440],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-my-healthevet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233979,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233976\/revisions\/233979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/233978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}