Encircle Healthcare Website User Privacy Statement
Website User Privacy
Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC respects your privacy as a user of our web site. We
want you to make the most of our internet-based services and feel confident
while doing so. Our policy regarding user privacy is simple: we collect no
private, personal information unless voluntarily supplied. This privacy
statement explains under what circumstances we gather your personal information,
how we use it, and who may access that information. It also details how you may
"opt out" of providing personal information that you do not wish to provide.
Your privacy, as well as the privacy of patient information, is of the utmost
importance to us. This statement conforms to the Federal Trade Commission's fair
information practices of notice, choice, access, and security. We hope that you
will provide comments on how we can improve our privacy policy so that we may
better accommodate your needs. Please provide any comments to LINK.
This privacy policy applies to our Encircle Healthcare website. This privacy
statement specifically does not apply to other web sites to which we may link.
We have marked each of our web pages with the Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC
trademark so you will always know where this policy applies.
Privacy - HIPAA
In 1996, the Federal Government enacted the Health Information Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA). This Act governs access, privacy and transmission
criteria for electronically stored and transmitted health information data.
Encircle Healthcare complies with HIPAA regulations. As a user, you may have
access to protected health information (PHI). As a health care provider or a
patient, it is your responsibility to:
- Secure your access codes
- Take precaution to protect your access code and the PHI available to you
- Know and respect the rights of patients regarding the privacy of their health
information
- Recognize it is a criminal offense to sell, transfer or use PHI for any purpose
other than the provision of patient care and related services
For more information regarding Encircle Healthcare’s Patient Notice of Privacy,
contact LINK or click on the link HIPAA NOTICE of PRIVACY.
Personal Information We Collect
When you visit EncircleHealth.com, we do not collect any personal information
without your consent. If you are perusing our sites and have not willfully
submitted your personal information to us, none of your personal information is
collected. On certain pages within our web site, you are invited to register
with us using online forms and applications. In order to complete these forms,
information such as name, address (including street name or post office box,
city, state, and postal code), Social Security number, and email address are
required. If you prefer not to provide such information online, but are still
interested in registering with Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC, you may address your
inquiry to LINK
Surveys and Registration Forms
Our site might request information from users via surveys or registration forms.
Participation is voluntary, and the user therefore has a choice whether or not
to disclose personal information. Information requested may include contact and
demographic information. In these cases, your contact information may be used
for notification purposes. If you choose not to provide certain required
information, you may be precluded from receiving access to information or
available services.
How We Protect Your Information
Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC is dedicated to the security of your personal
information and the security of protected health information. We take every
reasonable precaution to maintain that protection. To prevent unauthorized
access or disclosure, maintain accuracy, and aid in the appropriate use of
information, we use physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to attempt
to protect personal and private health information we collect. Encryption tools
are used when collecting or transferring sensitive information such as Social
Security and prescription numbers. Additional database content is protected
using encryption and being located behind a firewall using security software.
If you have any questions about the security at Encircle Healthcare.com, please
contact us by email at LINK
Cookies
"Cookies" are small random user name data files stored on your own computer's
hard drive. These files are generated by web sites to provide users with a
personalized experience when visiting a site. By assigning and storing a cookie
on your hard drive, we are able to offer you personalized collection, filtering,
and delivery of information that will be of best interest and value to you.
Content that not only includes our web site's original content, but also
information especially targeted to you in accordance with your preferences and
traffic patterns, as discovered by the cookie. Overall, your usage pattern
information helps us improve our offerings by showing us how different areas of
the web site are being used.
Be assured that cookies, by themselves, cannot be used to reveal or discover the
identity of the individual user; your acceptance of a cookie from the Encircle
Healthcare, Inc. web site will not compromise your anonymity. If you choose to
reject the cookie, you may still use our web sites; however, be aware that
certain functions may be not be allowed, and you will not be able to benefit
from personalized and enhanced services.
Our Use of Personal Information
Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC does not rent, sell or otherwise share user personal
information or patient health information with any third party. Our primary use
of the personal information you volunteer is strictly for our own internal
purposes including list management and demographic matching with other internal
database information. Patient health information is used strictly to provide
patient care and affiliated functions.
We specifically reserve the right to access, monitor, and retrieve
password-protected information to ensure your compliance with our Terms of Use
and to comply with laws and regulations, such as HIPAA.
Additionally, composite tracking information generated by cookies for traffic
accounting and content analysis may be shared with third parties for the purpose
of documenting site activity and other trends. We emphasize that the foregoing
statistical information is not linked to any personal information and cannot
identify any individual user of our web site.
Our Retention of Personal User Data
Once you have registered with Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC, we will store and
maintain the personal information you have volunteered for so long as you remain
actively registered with Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC or for so long as we are
required by law. Our retention of your data allows us to continue providing you
with enhanced and personalized services without interruption.
Choice
Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC believes that choice is one of the most important
privacy issues. You have the choice not to volunteer your personal information
to us. When you refrain from providing required personal user information, you
will be unable to access our online services as a user. You also may choose to
submit only those mandatory fields of data absolutely required for registration
on our web site. Although we do not currently share personal information with
third parties, you may choose to limit the future use of or access to your
personal information by requesting that we refrain from sharing all such
information with any third parties. You may "opt out" in this way at any time
simply by contacting us at LINK
By registering as a user, you do recognize that from time to time you may
receive, from Encircle Healthcare (or related business units), user-related
information by mail, e-mail or other transmission methods.
Access and Accuracy
Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC aims to keep your personal information as accurate as
possible. As an online user, we may contact you regarding any status changes in
your personal information. To modify your contact information prior to our
contacting you, you may send an email request to LINK specifying your status
change. By doing so, we will add, delete, or change the data in your personal
profile. Should you at any time desire to remove your name from our list of
Encircle Healthcare.com registrants, you may contact us at LINK. After receipt
of such a request, we will remove your personal
Links
The Encircle Healthcare website may contain links to other sites. We
encourage our users to read the privacy statements of web sites that collect
personal information.
This Encircle Healthcare privacy statement applies solely to information
collected by Encircle Healthcare Management, LLC on its web site, and Encircle Healthcare,
Inc. does not bear any responsibility for any actions or policies of other third
party web sites.
Consent
By using our web site, you consent to the collection and use of information as
set forth in this privacy policy. You acknowledge our commitment to HIPAA
compliance and the privacy of health information. You also acknowledge our right
to change this policy, without prior notification, and our commitment to post
any such changes on this page so that you are fully informed of the types of
information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, it
is disclosed.
Give Us Your Feedback
We are committed to protecting your privacy and the privacy of the health
information for the patients we serve. To comment on or help us improve this
privacy policy, please contact us by email at LINK