The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is celebrating the 15th anniversary of My HealtheVet an online patient portal created to empower Veterans to become active participants in their health care. Launched on Veterans Day 2003, My HealtheVet has grown from a simple website to a robust suite of tools and resources that further enables Veterans to take charge of their health care by allowing them to refill their VA prescriptions, exchange private secure messages with their VA health care tea