Disclaimer & Privacy Policy

Disclaimer

The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands (RHCI) web site is intended to provide general information about RHCI. The information on the site is written by the staff of RHCI. This site also provides links to the web site of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH). Some information on the Spaulding site is written by health care providers and staff affiliated with Spaulding or its affiliates through Partners Healthcare System, Inc. (Partners), while other information is from outside sources, including the health information service known as HealthGate. We also provide access to some external web sites for your convenience. RHCI is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or content of those outside sites, nor does it endorse them.

The RHCI web site is not an attempt to practice medicine or provide specific medical advice, nor does use of the site establish a doctor-patient relationship. The site should not be used to make a diagnosis or to replace or overrule a qualified health care provider's judgment. Nor should users rely upon the RHCI web site if they might need emergency medical treatment. We strongly encourage users to consult with a qualified health care professional for answers to personal questions.

You assume full responsibility for using the information on this site, and you understand and agree that RHCI and its affiliates, including Spaulding and Partners, are not responsible or liable for any claim, loss, or damage resulting from its use by you or any user. While we try to keep the information on the site as accurate as possible, we disclaim any warranty concerning its accuracy, timeliness, and completeness, and any other warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. RHCI also does not warrant that access to the site will be error- or virus-free.

Material on the RHCI web site is protected by copyright law. Unless otherwise stated, users may print or download information from this site for personal, non-commercial use only, provided they identify the source of the material and include a statement that the materials are protected by copyright law. Reprinting or otherwise reproducing any document in whole or in part is prohibited, unless prior written consent is obtained from the copyright owner.

By choosing to use the RHCI web site, you acknowledge and agree to the terms of this Disclaimer and our Privacy Policy. We encourage you to read them. We reserve the right to modify these terms and policies and recommend that you periodically review them, because if you use the site you will be expected to comply with these.

Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy interests and so operate this site by these principles:

• You may use the RHCI web site without disclosing personally identifiable information. We want to be clear that we will not obtain such information about you unless you choose to submit it to us. For example, if you email us your comments, that identifies your email address.
• We have taken reasonable steps to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of personally identifiable information that you may provide. You should understand, however, that electronic transmissions via the internet are not necessarily secure from interception and so we cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of such transmissions.
• The web server of the RHCI web site collects and saves the default information customarily logged by World Wide Web server software. Our logs contain the following information for each request: date and time, originating IP address and domain name (the unique address assigned to your internet service provider's computer that connects to the internet), object requested, and completion status of the request. We use these logs to help improve our service by evaluating the "traffic" to our site in terms of number of unique visitors, level of demand, most popular page requests, and types of errors. These logs may be kept for an indefinite amount of time, used at any time and in any way necessary to prevent security breaches and to ensure the integrity of the data on our servers.

Except for authorized law enforcement investigations or other valid legal processes, we will not share any information we receive with any parties outside of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital or Partners.