Privacy Policy
Health
Care Excel is committed to maintaining the privacy of
web site visitors. This Privacy Policy applies solely to
information collected at the www.hce.org web site.
Terms of Use
By using our
web site, you agree to the following terms
of use, which constitute an agreement between Health
Care Excel and you. We may occasionally change these
terms, but you may view the most
current version by clicking on a link at the bottom of
any page on our site.
Our Information
Our web site includes a wealth of information. Information on the web
site is intended for adult health care consumers or
other state holders. For health care
professionals, it should not serve as a substitute for
clinical judgment. Health care consumers should not
rely on the information as professional medical advice
or use it to replace any relationship with their
physician or other qualified health care professional.
Information Collection and Use
Personal or other identifying information is not necessary to
use our web site. Identifying information generally is required only
when users request materials or register for continuing education
activities. The information is voluntarily and only sufficient information
will be
collected to comply with a request; e.g., name, address,
e-mail address (if an e-mail response has been requested).
When a request has been fulfilled, we do not retain
identifying information, with two exceptions--to add a
user's name and address to a mailing list for receipt of
a regularly issued publication, or to process for
continuing education credits. Both are done solely
at the request of the user.
Health Care Excel is the sole owner of the information
collected on its site. Personal identifying
information supplied by users will not be
disclosed to a third party. When it is necessary
to disclose sensitive information to serve your needs, we request that the user contact us.
Continuing Education Registration
Continuing education activities require registration
before they can be used. Personal or other identifying
information provided by continuing education
participants through our web site may be disclosed
only to professional licensure or certification boards
upon written request for purposes of continuing
education audits. Participants requesting their
personal records must submit to HCE a written request
and identifying information. Information collected from participants will not be
sold, transmitted, or otherwise released except
as necessary to process registration, obtain and/or
verify continuing education credits, evaluate
activities, and plan future educational events. The
user may be requested to provide demographic
information (such as income level and gender), and
unique identifiers (such as license or certification
number). Any information that is not necessary for the
purposes of the registration will be optional.
Sharing
We share information on the use of our web site with some
of our customers, such as the Center for Medicare &
Medicaid Services, some state agencies, and others. We do not share personal identifiable information. Generally, reports are for
verifying the level of page hits to our web site.
Links
Health Care Excel is not responsible for the security,
privacy, or content of any sites linked from this its
site. When navigating to other web sites, users are
encouraged to read privacy policies.
Security
Only HCE
personnel who
need the information to perform a specific task have
been granted access to personal
identifiable information. Furthermore, personnel
are informed on security and privacy
practices and what they can do to ensure that
information is protected. Finally, the computer servers
are kept in a secure environment.
Notification of Revisions
We will make a reasonable effort to notify users of any
significant revisions to the privacy policy. Minor
changes may occur that will not affect our use of
individual identifiable information. When the privacy
policies change that significantly affects the
way we handle personal information, we will not use the
information that was previously gathered without
obtaining consent from the appropriate individual(s). We will post timely the privacy policy changes on our web site.
