St. Luke's Health System Website Privacy Policy
Information We Collect:
Personal Information is information that can be used to identify or contact you. Stlukeshouston.com collects only the personal information you provide to us. We collect the Personal Information that you provide to us in two general and distinct ways: (1) When you sign up with our Patient Access Online and/or when you update your information, (2) when you request a Physician Referral and (3) when you submit information through one of our online forms.
This site also gives users the following options for removing their information from our database in order to stop receiving communications or our service:
- You can send e-mail to webcenter@stlukeshealth.org
- You can send mail to the following address:
Web Center
St. Luke's Health System
3100 Main St., Suite 815
Houston, TX 77002
Security:
This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control using a secure server. The secure server software (SSL) encrypts all information before it is sent between you and Stlukeshouston.com. While the forms you use are behind a secure site, e-mail is not secure.
Changes to our Privacy Statement:
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information practices change at some time in the future we will post the policy changes to our Web site to notify you of these changes and provide you with the ability to opt out of these new uses. If you are concerned about how your information is used, you should check back at our Web site periodically.
Physician Information:
All physician information contained in our "Find a Doctor" feature is supplied by the physician and reviewed by St. Luke's Medical Staff Services, but we do not guarantee the accuracy of the information.
THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS WEB SITE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE USED TO DIAGNOSE OR TREAT A MEDICAL CONDITION. ALWAYS CONSULT A PHYSICIAN WITH WHOM YOU HAVE OR ESTABLISH A DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP REGARDING ANY MEDICAL CONDITION OR TREATMENT.
INFORMATION IN THIS WEB SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS;" NO ONE MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY ABOUT SUCH INFORMATION; AND ST. LUKE'S HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF ANY COPYRIGHT OR OTHER RIGHT, ACCURACY, OR COMPREHENSIVENESS. BY ACCESSING AND USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU WAIVE ANY CLAIM THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE OR MAKE AGAINST US AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE AND YOU WAIVE ANY LIABILITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE (WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR OTHER DAMAGES) FOR ANY SUCH CLAIM.
ALL INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THIS WEB SITE (OTHER THAN LINKS) IS OWNED BY OR LICENSED FOR USE ON THE WEB SITE. OUR LICENSORS AND WE RETAIN ALL PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION COPYRIGHTS, TO THE INFORMATION ON THE WEB SITE. YOU MAY PRINT OR DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY; INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE WEB SITE MAY NOT OTHERWISE BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED, DOWNLOADED, DISTRIBUTED, OR DISPLAYED WITHOUT OUR EXPRESS CONSENT.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WEB SITE MAY PROVIDE LINKS TO OTHER SITES ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB. SOME OF THE LINKS MAY BE TO SITES OF NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS TO SITES OF COMMERCIAL ENTITIES.
WE DO NOT REPRESENT THAT WE HAVE ASSESSED, IN ANY WAY, THE CONTENT OF ANY SITE TO WHICH THE WEB SITE MAY OFFER A LINK, AND WE DO NOT MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY IN ANY RESPECT REGARDING THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RELIABILITY OF THE CONTENT OF ANY SUCH SITE OR ANY CHARACTERISTIC OF ITS SPONSOR.
YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY ST. LUKE'S HEALTH SYSTEM AND ITS EMPLOYEES AGAINST ANY LIABILITY, EXPENSES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES), AND DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ANY CLAIM BASED ON YOUR USE OF THE WEB SITE. WE WILL NOTIFY YOU AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICAL OF ANY SUCH CLAIM AND WILL ALLOW YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR DEFENSE AGAINST SUCH CLAIM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT OR END ANY SUCH PARTICIPATION IF, IN ST. LUKE'S HEALTH SYSTEM REASONABLE OPINION, YOUR PARTICIPATION IS OR IS LIKELY TO BECOME HARMFUL TO OUR INTERESTS.
IF ANY OF THE ABOVE PROVISIONS IS OR BECOMES ILLEGAL, INVALID, OR UNENFORCEABLE, THEN ANY SUCH PROVISION SHALL BE SEVERABLE AND THE OTHER PROVISIONS SHALL REMAIN VALID AND ENFORCEABLE.
