Website Privacy and Patient Data Statement
Advanced Hernia Specialists respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal and health-related information you choose to share with us through this website.
This website may allow visitors to submit information such as their name, phone number, email address, general reason for contacting us, and other information they choose to provide. Some visitors may also choose to share health-related details, such as symptoms, prior diagnoses, previous hernia repairs, surgical history, insurance questions, or interest in becoming a patient.
We use this information only for appropriate practice-related purposes, including responding to inquiries, helping determine whether our practice may be able to assist you, scheduling consultations, coordinating care, answering patient questions, and improving the way we communicate with patients.
Please do not use this website for emergencies or urgent medical issues. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
Please also use discretion when submitting sensitive information online. We do not request Social Security numbers through our website or by email, and you should not submit highly sensitive personal information unless specifically instructed by our office through an appropriate communication method.
Our website is hosted through Wix. Advanced Hernia Specialists has entered into a Business Associate Agreement with Wix for HIPAA-related compliance purposes. Information submitted through the website may be stored or processed through Wix’s platform and related website tools. We also may use other appropriate systems, including email, scheduling tools, electronic medical record systems, and practice management systems, to respond to inquiries and manage patient communication.
Advanced Hernia Specialists does not sell patient information. We do not share patient information with outside companies for their own marketing purposes. Information may be used or disclosed only for appropriate practice operations, patient communication, scheduling, care coordination, payment-related matters, legal compliance, or as otherwise permitted or required by law.
This website may use cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies to help us understand website traffic, improve site performance, and make information easier for visitors to find. These tools may collect general information such as browser type, device information, pages visited, time spent on the site, and how visitors interact with the website.
We may contact you by phone, email, text message, postal mail, or other appropriate methods in response to your inquiry or for practice-related purposes. If you prefer not to be contacted by a certain method, please let us know, and we will make reasonable efforts to honor your request when practical and permitted by law.
Patients of Advanced Hernia Specialists receive a separate patient privacy statement as part of the intake process. That formal privacy notice provides additional information about how protected health information may be used and disclosed and describes patient rights under applicable privacy laws. Patients are asked to acknowledge receipt and review of that notice during the intake process.
If you have questions about this website privacy statement or how information submitted through the website is handled, please contact us:
Advanced Hernia Specialists
4788 Hodges Boulevard, Suite 102
Jacksonville, Florida 32224
Phone: 904-808-5658
Email: support@advancedherniaspecialists.com
We may update this website privacy statement from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page and will take effect when posted.