MyIMR website helps patients track medical requirements Published Feb. 18, 2013 By 18th Aeromedical Squadron Public Health Flight KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Are you experiencing frustration because you have to make repeated trips to the medical group to receive immunizations and complete other individual medical requirements? Do you wish that you could just do it in one visit? Here's how to take control of your own IMR: go to https://imr.afms.mil/imr/MyImr.aspx. You'll see your next recurring medical exams such as: immunizations, preventive health assessment, dental, occupational health and labs. Plus, you can see your age 18 or younger child's shot records. With immunizations, you can easily see when you're due for your next dose and how many doses you've received. Per federal law, the medical group isn't allowed to give vaccines prior to your due date, with the exception of Typhoid, Meningococcal and TDAP. Those three immunizations will only be given up to a week prior to your due date. With a PHA, you're due one year from the date listed in the provider review section. Per Air Force Instruction 44-170, Preventive Health Assessment, a PHA can only be done early in unique circumstances, usually in conjunction with deployment health assessments and OH physical exams. With dental, you are due one year from the dental date. The periodic dental exam may be done early, but will only be allowed on a space available basis. With labs, your blood type, RH, sickle cell, G6PD and DNA tests are one-time requirements completed when you first join the Air Force. The HIV screening is every two years from the date shown. All labs may be done early. To ask public health to order a lab test before you go to the laboratory, call 630-1998. With OH, the due date is shown. There are 23 types of OH medical exams. Each has different guidance regarding whether they can be done early or not. Please call 630-1998 and ask for the OH element if you need more information on your OH exam. Let's use an example on how the MyIMR site can help you. You are directed to get your Typhoid vaccine. You look at your MyIMR page and see you'll also need your PHA in two weeks, Anthrax in three weeks, and HIV lab and audiogram in three months. With that information, you can approach your unit health monitor to schedule your PHA on or after the Anthrax vaccine due date, and request permission to do all of the items on the same day. By doing this, you're saving time away from work. What if you become overdue while you're waiting? The majority of these readiness items have a minimum 30-day grace period and will be shown in MyIMR as yellow. If you did everything on the Anthrax due date, you wouldn't turn overdue. However, Smallpox, your first Anthrax dose, and initial labs do not have a 30 day grace period, and will show as overdue on the due date. Though these requirements are directed by the AFI, they're in place to protect your health both today and in the future. When you take control of your own IMR, you'll reduce your stress and impress your leadership by showing a proactive attitude. Please call public health at 630-1998 if you have any other questions.