Women’s Health and Menopause Center Terms of Use
This Web site is intended for informational and educational purposes only. The Women’s Health and Menopause Center is not responsible for any liability arising from its use, misuse of the information provided, Web sites linked to this site, or for confidentiality/security of e-mail or attachments sent through the site.
Use of this Website is subject to the terms and conditions listed below. Using this site indicates your agreement to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.
USE OF THIS SITE IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. E-mail sent over the Internet is not secure and should not be used to communicate confidential and/or health information directly to the Women’s Health and Menopause Center. Please be aware that the Women’s Health and Menopause Center cannot guarantee the confidentiality or security of any information you send to us over the Internet when using e-mail. The Women’s Health and Menopause Center shall not be liable for any breach of confidentiality resulting from such use of e-mail via the Internet.
The Women’s Health and Menopause Center maintains this Web site to give the public access to information about the practice and a variety of important health care decision-making matters. Please note that the information presented on this Web site and sent through e-mail on this site is intended for general informational and educational purposes only. The information contained on this site is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Information on this site can be improved, changed or updated without notice to you. We do not have the obligation to update this site, so information contained on this site may be out of date for a period of time.
The Women’s Health and Menopause Center shall not be liable for any improper or incorrect use of the information described and/or contained herein and assumes no responsibility for anyone’s use of the information. The Women’s Health and Menopause Center does not assume any responsibility or risk for the use of this Web site. IN NO EVENT SHALL the Women’s Health and Menopause Center BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OR SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS WEB SITE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. This disclaimer of liability applies to any damages or injury, including but not limited to those caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, computer virus, communication line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, alteration of, or use of record, whether for breach of contract, tortuous behavior, negligence or under any other cause of action.
For your convenience, the Women’s Health and Menopause Center Web site contains hypertext or other links to external Internet sites that are not provided or maintained by the Women’s Health and Menopause Center. Please note that WHMC cannot guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of these external sites. In addition, the inclusion of these is not intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites. Links to other Web sites are subject to change without notice.
NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICIES FOR Women’s Health Care Physicians
We will use your health information for payment.
For example: A bill may be sent to you or a third-party payer. The information on or accompanying the bill may include information that identifies you, as well as your diagnosis, procedures, and supplies used.
We will use your health information for regular health operations.
For example: Members of the medical staff, the risk or quality improvement manager, or members of the quality improvement team may use information in your health record to assess the care and outcomes in your case and others like it. This information will then be used in an effort to continually improve the quality and effectiveness of the healthcare and service we provide.
Business associates: There are some services provided in our organization through contacts with business associates. Examples include physician services in the emergency department and radiology, certain laboratory tests, and a copy service we use when making copies of your health record. When these services are contracted, we may disclose your health information to our business associate so that they can perform the job we’ve asked them to do and bill you or your third-party payer for services rendered. To protect your health information, however, we require the business associate to appropriately safeguard your information.
Directory: Unless you notify us that you object, we will use your name, location in the facility, general condition, and religious affiliation for directory purposes. This information may be provided to members of the clergy and, except for religious affiliation, to other people who ask for you by name.
Notification: We may use or disclose information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, personal representative, or another person responsible for your care, your location, and general condition.
Communication with family: Health professionals, using their best judgment, may disclose to a family member, other relative, close personal friend or any other person you identify, health information relevant to that person’s involvement in your care or payment related to your care.
Research: We may disclose information to researchers when their research has been approved by an institutional review board that has reviewed the research proposal and established protocols to ensure the privacy of your health information.
Funeral directors: We may disclose health information to funeral directors consistent with applicable law to carry out their duties.
Organ procurement organizations: Consistent with applicable law, we may disclose health information to organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or transplantation of organs for the purpose of tissue donation and transplant.
Marketing: We may contact you to provide appointment reminders or information about treatment alternatives or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you.
Fund raising: We may contact you as part of a fund-raising effort.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): We may disclose to the FDA health information relative to adverse events with respect to food, supplements, product and product defects, or post marketing surveillance information to enable product recalls, repairs, or replacement.
Workers compensation: We may disclose health information to the extent authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with laws relating to workers compensation or other similar programs established by law.
Public health: As required by law, we may disclose your health information to public health or legal authorities charged with preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability.
Law enforcement: We may disclose health information for law enforcement purposes as required by law or in response to a valid subpoena.
Federal law makes provision for your health information to be released to an appropriate health oversight agency, public health authority or attorney, provided that a work force member or business associate believes in good faith that we have engaged in unlawful conduct or have otherwise violated professional or clinical standards and are potentially endangering one or more patients, workers or the public.
