How to enter your Medical Information
How to use VIA medical records:
Use these forms to
organize and keep all of your medical information for your own use as well
as by your physician or other health care provider. Take printouts of
medications, your medical diary, and any other relevant information with
you to medical appointments, especially if you are seeing more than one
doctor. Include information about dietary supplements, over the counter
medications, vision and dental care, counseling, chiropractic care and /
or physical therapy, and any alternative therapies you may use. Keeping a
complete record of all your health related activities will help you and
your health care professionals make more informed decisions about what is
best for you.
Some recommendations for using VIA:
Although VIA
records are stored individually and are securely encrypted, if putting
personal information on the "web" still concerns you, you may increase the
anonymity of your information by leaving certain identifying fields blank.
For example, on the Personal Information page, name, address, phone,
social security number and / or the drivers license fields can be left
blank to be filled in when printed out for use by your medical providers.
Use nicknames or other non-identifying words for your username and
password at login to VIA.
Tell a trusted family member or friend that you are a VIA
subscriber and provide them with your username and password in case you
should become unable to speak for yourself. Alternatively, put a copy of
the VIA subscription page with the username and password on it
in a safe location for family members to have access to should they need
it.
Entering the information into your personal medical record:
Once you have
successfully subscribed to VIA, we suggest that you print out
the page which lists your login and password to keep. On your home page,
you will see several icons representing pages for information storage.
Each of these icons has three options tabbed next to the page name: view
records, add new records, and update records.
Enter new information in the Add New Records screen. When you
select this button you will be given a blank form with fields for entering
information. Once you have completed each form, you must select "add
record" at the bottom of the screen to save that information. Some
fields will have predefined lists indicated with an arrow at the end of
the field. When you click on that arrow, the list pops up. Select from the
list by clicking or double clicking on your selection. If the list does
not have what you are looking for, you can select "other" and enter your
information.
Make changes or deletions to the information you have entered in the
Update Records screen. You will have the option to change or delete
each entry. If you have selected Change you will be brought back to
the data entry screen to make changes to any field. When you are finished
making changes you must select "save changes" at the bottom of the screen.
If you select Delete, you will be asked to confirm that deletion by
clicking on "Delete this information" at the bottom of the screen.
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