Blue Button Ready for All Feds

Millions of federal employees, retires and their families will soon have access to a technology that gives them easy online access to their personal health information, the Office of Personnel Management announced Jan. 19.

In August 2010, President Barack Obama announced the “Blue Button” initiative that allows veterans to download their personal health information from their My HealtheVet account. The Veterans Affairs Department realized the effort, working closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Defense Department and the Markle Foundation's Consumer Engagement Workgroup...