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Are you receiving medical care outside the VA?
In addition to the VA, are you receiving health care from the Department of Defense (DoD), Kaiser Permanente, or other local health care facilities? If so, you may sign up to participate in the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Program.
What is VLER?
The Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health is a new program that shares select parts of a Veterans’ medical record electronically, safely, and privately with other approved health care facilities that are members of a secure Internet network known as the Nationwide Health Information Network. The VLER Health program pioneers the exchange of information between different health care systems. It is a very important step into the future of health care.
How to sign up?
Signing up is easy. You may sign up in person or through mail:
In person:
By mail:
VA San Diego Healthcare System
Attn: Release of Information Office
3350 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, CA 92161
For more information about the VLER Health program in San Diego, call:
(877) 771-VLER (8537)
Benefits to Veterans who participate in the VLER Health Program
Before VLER Health, when a VA doctor needed medical records from outside the VA, it often took weeks of waiting for the paper records to arrive. VLER Health does the same thing in just seconds. Some of the information, for example medications and allergies, may be critical to patient safety. Because doctors will have more information available, it will improve the quality of care that they provide to our Veterans.
The VA is currently sharing the following medical information with VLER Health approved providers:
- Allergies
- Health Problems
- Outpatient Medications
- Some Blood Test Results (Chemistry and Hematology)
- Vital Signs
- Immunizations
In the future, other documents such as doctor’s notes and discharge summaries will be available for sharing between the VA and participating VLER Health providers.
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