Policy
ATTENTION:
THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, LEGAL RESTRICTIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY ("TERMS AND CONDITIONS") APPLY TO THE CONTENT AND ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE (REFERRED TO HEREAFTER AS THE OR THIS "SITE"), INCLUDING ANY OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE. PLEASE CAREFULLY READ ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THIS SITE. BY USING THIS SITE, YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THAT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SUPERSEDE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE RELATED TO THIS SITE IN ANY PRIVATE AGREEMENT, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDTIONS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.


These Terms and Conditions supplement the applicable provider, client and member contracts, policies and benefit plans and represent the complete agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter hereof. Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics may modify these Terms and Conditions at any time by publication on this Site. Your continued use of the Site following notice of any such modification will be conclusively deemed to constitute acceptance of the revised terms of these Terms and Conditions. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provisions of these Terms and Conditions. Failure to insist on strict performance of any term of these Terms and Condition will not operate as a waiver of subsequent default or failure of performance. No waiver of any term of these Terms and Conditions will be valid unless in writing and acknowledged in writing or electronically by both parties.

General
The content in this Site is provided for lawful purposes only. Unless otherwise stated herein:
1) Permission is given to view, print and use the content in this Site only for your personal, non-commercial home use, provided that no copyright, service/trademark, or other proprietary notices which accompany any such content are deleted or changed;
2) Use of the content in this Site for any other purpose violates Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics’ intellectual property rights; and
3) Nothing in this Site will be construed as conferring any license for any Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics or any third party's intellectual property rights.

Restrictions on use of materials
Content in this Site may not be copied, reproduced, transmitted, displayed, downloaded, uploaded, posted, distributed, rented, sublicensed, altered, stored for subsequent use, or otherwise used in whole, or in part in any manner without Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics’ prior written consent.

Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us, so at Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics, we carefully guard your confidential, individual-identifiable information (commonly referred to as your "personal information"). Personal information includes information that identifies you, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, social security number and date of birth, and information related to your health status, such as pharmacy and medical claims data, when coupled with one of the identifiers. Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics obtains your personal information through its administrative, clinical management, network services and various services related to health plans, insurance policies and workers' compensation claims (what we call "health benefits services"), through corporate activities (such as investor and public relations), and also when you send it to us (through this Web site or otherwise).
We limit our collection and use of information to the minimum required to deliver and inform you about health benefits services.
Because maintaining your trust is a fundamental part of our business, we protect your personal information through a combination of security mechanisms:
We use non-published URLs , logins and passwords for certain sites where authentication of online users is essential;
We require any organization that provides services to Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information, and reserve the right to audit them for compliance.
We provide training to our employees in the proper handling of personal information, and limit access to employees who have a legitimate need-to-know.
Please note that Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics does not guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material sent to/from Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics through this site. Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics undertakes to comply with all health information privacy laws that apply to us.
Consistent with our respect for you and your privacy, we will not use or share your personal information for purposes other than treatment. Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics will also use your personal information to provide health benefits services and related quality assessment, regulatory and mandatory legal activities, as well as to contact you periodically about our available services. If you do not wish this periodic contact, please call or write to Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics about your wishes.
Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics does not sell, lease or license your personal information to other companies. Dr. Bernstein Diet & Health Clinics may, in its sole discretion, use what is known as "cookie" technology. A "cookie" is a data element sent to your browser by a Web site when you link to that Web site. By assigning a unique data element to each visitor, the Web site is then able to recognize repeat users and track usage patterns to better serve visitors when they return to that Web site and to improve the performance and content of our Site. The cookie does not extract personal information, and most browsers provide a simple procedure that enables users to control whether they want to receive cookies or notifies them when a Web site is about to deposit a cookie file.

Use of this Site is also subject to additional Terms and Conditions. Please read carefully before using.

Medical Care Policy:
  • We respect the patient's right to participate in making decisions about his or her medical care...

  • We will talk openly with the patient about his or her care. The patient's care will be guided by the best medical practice. While the patient will be asked to participate in medical research studies, participation is voluntary. The patient's medical needs have priority over the objectives of any research study.

  • We encourage patients to designate someone to make decisions for them, if they are unable to make decisions for themselves.

  • If a patient's condition reaches a point where recovery is not realistically possible, we will not recommend treatments that prolong suffering. We will make every reasonable effort to keep the patient comfortable and without pain.

Last Modified: September 1, 2008 12:18 (UTC)