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VA OUTPATIENT PHARMACY CONSTRUCTION;
FLU SHOT PREVENTION SEASON (Schedule).

My HealtheVet users have easy access to VA pharmacy and providers.

OUTPATIENT PHARMACY Construction at VAMC Togus

Monday, Oct 22—Wednesday, Oct 31

Only these Services will be provided:

• Seven day supplies for urgent medications
• Controlled substance medications
• "Take-home" medications after a procedure
• "Take-home" Medications after discharging from Togus

To order refills, My HealtheVet users can use the Prescription Refill tab. 
Other patients:  please call 207-623-8411.  After the recording, please wait for the prompt to push 1 for the pharmacy.  From there you can talk to a pharmacy rep or use the automated system. 

Premium My HealtheVet users can use Secure Messaging as needed to request prescription renewals and to ask questions of the pharmacy group.

HAVE YOU HAD A FLU SHOT?

More info at this link.

Flu Season is kicking off, but so is Flu Prevention Season at VA Maine. 

You can get a flu shot at a scheduled visit or at one of the big events below. 

If you have had a flu shot elsewhere, you can send us a Secure Message in My HealtheVet. We will put it in your record. 

Or call 207-623-8411 x7490 for the Call Center for the latest clinics and to report a flu shot. 

Walgreens provides VA patients flu shots at no cost but please bring two forms of identification.

BIG FLU SHOT EVENTS

Bangor, 10/12, Fri  7:30 am—2 pm

Rumford, 10/15, Mon, 8 am—12 Noon

Lewiston, 10/16, Tues, 7:30am—12 Noon

Bangor, 10/19, Fri, 7:30 am—2 pm

Lewiston, 10/23, Tues, 7:30—12 noon

Togus VAMC,  (Lobby, Bldg 200)

     October 11, Thursday, 7:30 am—2 pm

     October 18, Thursday, 7:30 am—2 pm

*Your premium My HealtheVet account provides 24/7 info.    

(Access Problems?  Keep reading below*.) 

As a registered My HealtheVet user, you may already be renewing your VA prescriptions online. Are you using all the features listed below?  Have you checked out Secure Messaging?

You can now download X-rays, MRIs, and CTs with your Premium account. 

Here are some of the favorite features you have available: 

Refill prescriptions online,      
    check appointments, 
       make or request primary care and mental health appointments on-line,
         review labs,
           read progress notes,
               download parts of your health record,
                 send a secure message to your healthcare teams,
and download your medical images!

****To log into My HealtheVet, go to 
https://www.myhealth.va.gov/

*NEED HELP or having trouble with access?

You can call our national My HealtheVet helpdesk, 877-327-0022 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (Eastern), Monday through Friday. You can also call VA Maine's coordinator Mike L'Abbe, (207) 512-6983 or Togus extension 5924.

Best regards,

Mike L’Abbe, VA Maine’s on-line experience coordinator
(207) 512-6983
michael.labbe@va.gov