Health Records on iPhone now available to U.S. veterans

Apple and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have announced that veterans across the nation and surrounding territories now have access to the Health Records feature in the Health app on the iPhone. 

The VA gradually launched Health Records to select patients this summer, and now veterans who are iOS users and receive their care through the Veterans Health Administration can see a fuller, more comprehensive picture of their health that includes information from multiple providers, says Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. 

The VA is the largest medical system in the United States, providing service to more than nine million veterans across 1,243 facilities, including hospitals and clinics. Today, the VA joins Johns Hopkins, University of California San Diego, Quest Diagnostics, Allscripts and 400 other health care provider organizations, laboratory networks and electronic health records vendors who all support Health Records on iPhone.

By signing into their providers’ patient portals in the Health app, veterans can see all of their health records in one place, including medications, immunizations, lab results and more. The Health app continually updates these records giving VA patients access to a single, integrated snapshot of their health profile whenever they want, quickly and privately, notes Williams.