Thank you for visiting our web site and for reviewing this Privacy Policy. Pease Integrative Medicine Office is committed to quality patient care first and foremost. Our goal is to maintain compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This means we will comply with the highest standards of web site privacy so visitors can feel comfortable and safe in using this site for their health care information needs.

Other than routine web transaction information that is automatically collected and stored (see below) – we do not collect information about you unless you choose to provide information to us.

INFORMATION COLLECTED

Once we receive your transmission of personal information, Pease Integrative Medicine Office treats the information as confidential.

Our system routinely collects information about site navigation and browser of web site visitors. We also collect data on search terms you used to find information on this web site, the pages you visited, and the address of the web site from which you came to visit. This information is used for trend analysis to help make this web site more useful to visitors. We do not collect any identifying or personal data on site users unless that information is submitted in request for services, programs or information.

VISITOR-PROVIDED INFORMATION

You do not have to give us personal information to visit this web site. If you choose to provide additional information via an e-mail message, form, survey, etc. we only maintain the information for as long as needed to fulfill your request, or to track surveys and forms on the web site.

DISCLOSURE

Pease Integrative Medicine Office does not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information about our website visitors, unless required by law enforcement or statute.

SECURITY MEASURES

When you submit personal information to Pease Integrative Medicine Office through the Patient Portal, the Patient Portal encrypts the information using encryption technology which is the industry standard means to protect information that passes over the web to Pease Integrative Medicine Office’s server. Pease Integrative Medicine Office’s encryption is provided through a SSL certificate, a protocol which is used to communicate over the Internet in a secure fashion.

While Pease Integrative Medicine Office is committed to enhancing security through use of encryption technology, at this time no data transmission over the Internet can be made 100% secure. Pease Integrative Medicine Office cannot ensure that encryption technologies are undecipherable or that servers on or off Pease Integrative Medicine Office premises are impenetrable. Pease Integrative Medicine Office will not be liable for disclosures of your personal information as a result of interrupted transmission or unauthorized acts of a third party.

ONLINE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS

Pease Integrative Medicine Office uses Stripe and ElationPay to process online credit card payments. Stripe and ElationPay adhere to strict PCI compliance standards for encrypted transmission.

Elation Patient Payments is powered by Stripe. Stripe is a secure, digital, payment processing platform that is Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant and utilizes best-in-class security tools to maintain a high level of security. Any information you enter during the payment process is securely encrypted. For more information in regards to Stripe’s Security and Privacy Policy, please see:

• Security info: https://stripe.com/docs/security/stripe

• Privacy Policy: https://stripe.com/privacy

 

Sensitive credit card information is not stored in our office. It is stored on a secure website called a gateway that is completely compliant as required by law. We access your information only on this site to process a payment. The secure method of payment will not be kept along with patient medical records and any payment method ID numbers will not be stored on site, nor within the EMR/PM system, nor be visible to Pease Integrative Medicine Office staff once the payment method has been captured.

OTHER WEB SITES

This Privacy Policy addresses only uses of your personal information by Pease Integrative Medicine Office as obtained through this Web Site and the Patient Portal. This Privacy Policy does not extend to other web sites and Pease Integrative Medicine Office makes no warranties regarding the use of personal information you disclose to other web sites, even if those web sites are linked to the Pease Integrative Medicine Office Web Site. We encourage you to review the privacy policy(ies) of all other web sites that you access.

Pease Integrative Medicine Office makes these links available to provide additional health care information and services. Links to third party sites are provided as a convenience to you. Pease Integrative Medicine Office does not exercise control over content, software, or products found on linked sites.

CHANGES TO THIS WEB SITE PRIVACY POLICY

Pease Integrative Medicine Office reserves the right to revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. Pease Integrative Medicine Office reserves the right to make any revised policy effective for personal information already collected through the Pease Integrative Medicine Office website and Patient Portal, as well as personal information collected in the future. Your continued use of the Pease Integrative Medicine Office Web Site and Patient Portal constitutes acceptance of any changes to this Privacy Policy.

PEASE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE OFFICE HIPAA PRIVACY PRACTICES

For information about how Pease Integrative Medicine Office use and disclose health information collected as a result of services you obtain at Pease Integrative Medicine Office (not through this Web Site), please review the Pease Integrative Medicine Office HIPAA Privacy Policy a copy of which is provided for you on this Web Site.

DISCLAIMER

Pease Integrative Medicine Office offers information on this web site for general educational purposes only. This information should not be used for diagnosis and treatment, nor should it be considered a replacement for counsel with your physician or other health care professional. If you have questions or concerns about your health, contact your health care provider.

While Pease Integrative Medicine Office makes every effort to ensure accuracy of the information on this web site, we do not guarantee the accuracy, and the information is provided without warranty or guarantee of any kind.