Notice of Privacy Practices of Community Hospital - This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information.

Cathleen Jensen, Privacy Officer, (308) 344-8329, cjensen@chmccook.org

Lori Beeby, Information Security Officer, (308) 344-8325, lbeeby@chmccook.org

Privacy Policy & Disclaimer - This policy and disclaimer pertains to our website content and the privacy of your  personal information.

Privacy Policy and Disclaimer

Thank you for visiting our web site and for reviewing our Privacy Policy.  Our policy is clear:

We collect no information about you, other than information automatically collected and stored (see below), when you visit our web site unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Information Automatically Collected and Stored:
When you browse through any web site, certain personal information about you can be collected. We automatically collect and store the following information about your visit:

• the name of the domain you use to access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are using an American Online account;
• which browser and browser version you are using (i.e. Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc.)
• the search terms you use to find information on our web site
• the pages you visited; and
• the address of the web site you came from when you came to visit.

We use this information for statistical purposes and to help us make our site more useful to visitors. Unless it is specifically stated otherwise, no additional information will be collected about you.

Personally Provided Information:
You do not have to give us personal information to visit our web site. If you choose to provide us with additional information about yourself through an e-mail message, form, survey, etc., we will only maintain the information as long as needed to respond to your question, to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication and/or to track use of surveys and forms placed on the web site.

Disclosure:
Community Hospital does not disclose, give, sell or transfer any personal information about our visitors, unless required for law enforcement or statute.

Intrusion and Virus Detection:
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, we employ software programs to monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. In the event of authorized law enforcement investigations, and pursuant to any required legal process, information from these sources may be used to help identify an individual.

Disclaimer
Community Hospital offers the information on this web site for general educational purposes only. This information should not be used for diagnosis, nor should it be considered a replacement for consultation with a health care professional. If you have questions or concerns about your health, please contact your health care provider.

While Community Hospital has endeavored to make sure the information contained in this site is accurate, Community Hospital cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information, and it is provided without warranty or guarantee of any kind.

Links to other Web sites:
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that Community Hospital is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this web site.

Links to third party web sites, on this site, are provided solely as a convenience to you. Community Hospital is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. Community Hospital does not endorse or make any representations about their software, products or materials found there; as well as, any results that may be obtained from using them.

Copyright
Copyright © 2001-2007 Community Hospital

All design, methods, structures, and material is Copyright ©  2001-2007 by Community Hospital. Any part or whole of this site may not be copied or reproduced in any form without written permission from Community Hospital.

Changes to our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer
If we ever change our privacy policy or disclaimer statement, we will post any changes on this page so that you are always aware of the information that we collect and how we use it.

We welcome your feedback. If you have questions or comments about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us.

Effective date of Privacy Policy and Disclaimer:  June, 2002