If you track your health using a device or mobile app, you can now share your data with your VA care team by using VA’s Share My Health Data app. Examples of ways you can share data include fitness devices such as a Fitbit, Garmin or Apple Watch, and Bluetooth-enabled devices such as weight scales and Accu-Chek glucometers. Compatible mobile apps include Apple Health, Google Fit and more, which you can see in Share My Health Data. Be sure to let your provider know that you are using Share My Health Data to share your data. Features Share data from fitness devices such as a Fitbit or Apple Watch, apps like Apple Health or Google Fit, and Bluetooth-enabled devices such as weight scales and Accu-Chek glucometers. Share health data by category or choose to ‘allow all’ data. Review and discuss your data with your provider during your next visit.
Needs more Community Provider connection
This concept was overdue to help both VA and community providers communicate exam and diagnostic notes; as well as access lab work and personal health monitoring data from all sources. Duplication of lab tests, and lack of awareness of different diagnoses and treatments by multiple providers outside VA adds costs of healthcare while impeding positive outcomes. Not all veterans get to communicate concisely what treatments they receive between VA and Community providers. Also the advent of personal health monitoring technologies should be fully exploited to share data among all healthcare providers for the benefits of early symptom warnings, as well as the more realistic picture of total health that providers can leverage for better outcomes. To that end, reports need to be built into the apps to better communicate the data on focus areas such as Cardiology, Diabetes, Respiration, to name a few. Also a wider outreach to connect community providers is vital to sharing data in regions where there are few healthcare providers per capita, and even fewer specialists, as providers leave the field.
Same as most
Like many others, I can’t get past the terms and conditions screen.
Works great 08/17/23
Works great with both of my paired Bluetooth devices and my Fitbit and Garmin connected devices. Great!
Updates Appreciated
Creating an account is much easier with the new app and updates. Particularly appreciate the changes to allow staying signed in longer and use Face ID. Convenient option for logging blood sugar data to share with VA providers.
Excellent Update!!!
The new login process is amazing!
Great service
Thank you for this innovative app. This is an excellent way to share data with my provider so we can discuss lifestyle changes personalized to my lifestyle!
Works great 05/17/2023
Works great with both of my paired Bluetooth devices and my Fitbit and Garmin connected devices. Great!
- New step wizard for better understanding of the app - issue fix with high frequency data steps for Apple Health - Added error handling for when biometrics expires
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