Privacy & Legal Information
Confidentiality Statement
Your health is a serious personal matter and GHIMEDICAL LLC. (hereafter
also GHI) understands that confidentiality is of utmost importance. To
ensure your privacy, we offer a variety of payment options so you can
choose the method that is best for you.
GHI uses only the highest level of customer and web site security
features to guarantee your privacy and security. It is our policy to never
allow any 3rd party access to any of your personal financial or medical
information.
Your Test Results
You and only you receive your test results unless you direct us in
writing to forward your results to a medical practitioner or an additional
3rd party.
Although some positive results such as HIV are required to be reported
to certain government agencies only the minimum required information will
be reported.
You privacy is important to us and we use every care to secure your
privacy rights.
HIPAA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act
This notice describes how medical information about you may be disclosed
and how you can get access to this information. Please review this carefully.
In compliance with the 1996 Congressional act to protect the privacy
of patients protected health information, GHIMEDICAL, LLC. will safeguard
all client information and will disclose or share only minimal information
necessary for the following purposes:
Treatment: Information regarding current or past health information
necessary for the agency to carry out appropriate care of the clients requesting
home care services which may included but is not limited to: History and
physical, progress notes, laboratory reports, x-ray reports, operative
reports, consultation reports, hospital discharge reports, hospital DNR
, to be obtained from any clinic, hospital, skilled nursing facility, physician
office or health care agency involved in the patient/client’s present
and future care.
Payment: Information requested by the insurance company or mediary,
necessary for the processing of claims for payment of services.
Operations: Review of medical records by any peer review organization,
accrediting body, state or regulatory body for statistical or agency evaluation
purposes only. Any information disclosed will be held in strict confidence
and not used for any public disclosure.
If you feel that your privacy rights have been violated you may contact
GHIMEDICAL, at 727 , 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and ask for the Director
of Operations. The director will investigate all claims and will provide
you with a written report of their findings within 10 days. If you are
not satisfied with the report and corrective action taken, the Director
will provide you with an appropriate state or federal organization address
and or telephone numbers to file a complaint.
GHIMEDICAL, LLC will maintain a log for each patient it services
which will list what information was released and for what purpose. The
patient has the right to review this log upon request.
What information do we collect?
When ordering or registering, we may ask you for your name, e-mail
address, mailing address, phone number, credit card information or other
information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously. Like many websites,
we use "cookies" to enhance your experience and gather information about
visitors and visits to our websites. Please refer to the "Do we use 'cookies'?" section
below for information about cookies and how we use them.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register,
purchase lab tests or for marketing communication, surf the website, or
use certain other site features in the following ways:
- To personalize your site experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
- To allow us to better service you in response to your customer service requests.
- To quickly process your transactions.
- To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
- If you have opted-in to receive our e-mail newsletter, we may send you periodic e-mails. If you would no longer like to receive promotional e-mail from us, please refer to the "How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided to us?" section below. If you have not opted-in to receive e-mail newsletters, you will not receive these e-mails. Visitors who register or participate in other site features such as marketing programs and 'members-only' content will be given a choice whether they would like to be on our e-mail list and receive e-mail communications from us.
How do we protect visitor information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety
of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind
secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons
who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep
the information confidential. When you place orders or access your personal
information, we offer the use of a secure server. All sensitive/credit
information you supply is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology
and then encrypted into our databases to be only accessed as stated above.
Do we use "cookies"?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider
transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you
allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize
your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance,
we use cookies to help us remember and process your past lab history. They
are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous
or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved
services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site
traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences
and tools in the future.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie
is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through
your browser (like Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer) settings. Each
browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn
the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, you won't
have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient
and some of our services will not function properly. However, you can still
place orders over the telephone by contacting customer service.
Do we disclose the information we collect to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your
personally identifiable information.
How can you opt-out, remove or modify information you have provided
to us?
To modify your e-mail subscriptions, please let us know by modifying
your preferences in the "My Account" section. Please note that due to email
production schedules you may receive any emails already in production.
To delete all of your online account information from our database,
sign into the "My Account" section of our site and remove your shipping
addresses, billing addresses & payment information. Please note that
we may maintain information about an individual sales transaction in order
to service that transaction and for record keeping.
Third party links
In an attempt to provide you with increased value, we may include
third party links on our site. These linked sites have separate and independent
privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for
the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek
to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these
linked sites (including if a specific link does not work).
Changes to our policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes
on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after
the date of the change. This policy was last modified on January
25th 2007
Questions and feedback
We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy.
Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any other
issue.
Online Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected
through our website and not to information collected offline.
Your consent
By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.
Terms and Conditions
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE
USING THIS WEBSITE. All users of this site agree, that access to and use
of this site, are subject to the following terms and conditions and other
applicable law. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please
do not use this site.
Copyright
The entire content included in this site, including but not limited
to text, graphics or code is copyrighted as a collective work under the
United States and other copyright laws, and is the property of GHI. The
collective work includes works that are licensed to GHI. Copyright 2006,
GHI, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Permission is granted to electronically copy
and print hard copy portions of this site for the sole purpose of placing
an order with GHI or purchasing GHI services. You may display and, subject
to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific
material, download or print portions of the material from the different
areas of the site solely for your own non-commercial use, or to place an
order with GHI or to purchase GHI services. Any other use, including but
not limited to the reproduction, distribution, display or transmission
of the content of this site is strictly prohibited unless authorized by
GHI. You further agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices
from materials downloaded from the site.
Trademarks
All trademarks, service marks and trade names of GHI used in the
site are trademarks or registered trademarks of GHI.
Warranty Disclaimer
This site and the materials and products on this site are provided "as
is" and without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. To
the fullest extent permissible pursuant to applicable law, GHI disclaims
all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and
non-infringement. GHI does not represent or warrant that the functions
contained in the site will be uninterrupted or error-free, that the defects
will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes the site
available are free of viruses or other harmful components. GHI does not
make any warrantees or representations regarding the use of the materials
in this site in terms of their correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness,
timeliness, reliability or otherwise. Some states do not permit limitations
or exclusions on warranties, so the above limitations may not apply to
you.
Limitation of Liability
GHI shall not be liable for any special or consequential damages
that result from the use of, or the inability to use, the materials on
this site or the performance of the products, even if GHI has been advised
of the possibility of such damages. Applicable law may not allow the limitation
of exclusion of liability or incidental or consequential damages, so the
above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
Typographical Errors
In the event that a GHI product is mistakenly listed at an incorrect
price, GHI reserves the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for
product listed at the incorrect price. GHI reserves the right to refuse
or cancel any such orders whether or not the order has been confirmed and
your credit card charged. If your credit card has already been charged
for the purchase and your order is cancelled, GHI shall issue a credit
to your credit card account in the amount of the incorrect price.
Termination
These terms and conditions are applicable to you upon your accessing
the site and/or completing the registration or shopping process. These
terms and conditions, or any part of them, may be terminated by GHI without
notice at any time, for any reason. The provisions relating to Copyrights,
Trademark, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification and Miscellaneous,
shall survive any termination.
Notice
GHI may deliver notice to you by means of e-mail, a general notice
on the site, or by other reliable method to the address you have provided
to GHI.
Miscellaneous
Your use of this site shall be governed in all respects by the laws
of the state of Florida, U.S.A., without regard to choice of law provisions,
and not by the 1980 U.N. Convention on contracts for the international
sale of goods and services. You agree that jurisdiction over and venue
in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating
to this site (including but not limited to the purchase of GHI products)
shall be in the state or federal courts located in Hillsborough county,
Florida. Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to the
site (including but not limited to the purchase of GHI products and services)
must be commenced within one (6) Six months after the claim or cause of
action arises. GHI's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance
of any provision of these terms and conditions shall not be construed as
a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between
the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any of these terms and
conditions. GHI may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to
any party at any time without notice to you.
Use of Site
Harassment in any manner or form on the site, including via e-mail,
chat, or by use of obscene or abusive language, is strictly forbidden.
Impersonation of others, including a GHI or other licensed employee, host,
or representative, as well as other members or visitors on the site is
prohibited. You may not upload to, distribute, or otherwise publish through
the site any content which is libelous, defamatory, obscene, threatening,
invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, illegal, or otherwise
objectionable which may constitute or encourage a criminal offense, violate
the rights of any party or which may otherwise give rise to liability or
violate any law. You may not upload commercial content on the site or use
the site to solicit others to join or become members of any other commercial
online service or other organization.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless GHI, its officers,
directors, employees, agents, licensors and suppliers (collectively the "Service
Providers") from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from any violation of these terms
and conditions or any activity related to your account (including negligent
or wrongful conduct) by you or any other person accessing the site using
your Internet account.
Third-Party Links
In an attempt to provide increased value to our visitors, GHI may
link to sites operated by third parties. However, even if the third party
is affiliated with GHI, GHI has no control over these linked sites, all
of which have separate privacy and data collection practices, independent
of GHI. These linked sites are only for your convenience and therefore
you access them at your own risk. Nonetheless, GHI seeks to protect the
integrity of its web site and the links placed upon it and therefore requests
any feedback on not only its own site, but for sites it links to as well
(including if a specific link does not work).
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