For Patients & Customers

DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. IN AN EMERGENCY CALL 911.
Welcome to St. Alexius Medical Center’s online “Ask an Expert” service which was created to help assist you with your healthcare questions and research. We invite you to select an expert and submit your question with complete confidence that the question and answer are confidential and exchanged only between you and the expert.

INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH “ASK AN EXPERT”
The “Ask an Expert” site is intended for information purposes only. Any content of the “Ask an Expert” site and any response which may be submitted under the “Ask an Expert” site is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advise, diagnosis or treatment. You are advised to always seek the advice of your physicians or other qualified health professionals with any questions you may have regarding any medical condition. You are advised to never disregard medical advice of your physicians or healthcare professionals or delay the seeking of treatment because of something you may have read or have seen through the “Ask an Expert” site.

St. Alexius Medical Center does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, opinions, treatment protocols, or other information that may be mentioned on the Internet site for the “Ask an Expert” site. Reliance upon any information provided through the “Ask an Expert” site through responses of physicians responding through this site is solely at your own risk. The “Ask an Expert” site and all contents of the “Ask an Expert” site are provided on an “AS IS” basis.

The responses to the inquiries are not medical opinions and there is no intent to practice medicine through the operation of this website.

LIABILITY OF ST. ALEXIUS MEDICAL CENTER AND ITS EXPERTS
The use of the “Ask an Expert” site and the content and any responses submitted through this site is at your own risk. When using the “Ask an Expert” site, information will be transmitted over a medium that is beyond the control and jurisdiction of St. Alexius Medical Center. St. Alexius Medical Center assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any information transmitted in connection with the use of this site. The “Ask an Expert” site and its content are provided on an “as is” basis, without warranty of any kind.

WEB SITE LINKS TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
At times our experts may provide you, the user, with links to health information or other websites. St. Alexius claims no affiliation with these websites or the individuals and organizations responsible for the websites. In providing these links, St. Alexius does not imply that St. Alexius has investigated the content of such information or opinions and does not warrant the accuracy of the information or opinions which may be contained at such websites. The links that may be provided are provided only for your convenience. The third party links that may be provided are not under the control of St. Alexius and St. Alexius is not be responsible for the content of the third party links, or updates made to the third party links. The inclusion of a third party link does not imply that St. Alexius endorses the information, products, or services that are contained on those sites.

PRIVACY STATEMENT
Your privacy concerns are important to St. Alexius Medical Center and we are committed to protecting your privacy interests. We understand how personal and private health matters are and we want to ensure that your health concerns remain personal and private. In order to maintain your privacy, we at St. Alexius Medical Center offer secure server software (SSL), which encrypts all information before it is sent to St. Alexius. SSL ensures that information that you are sending to St. Alexius will remain private and will be protected against unauthorized access. St. Alexius does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others. However, St. Alexius may release account information when it is believed, in good faith, that such release is reasonably necessary to comply with law, enforce or apply the terms of any of our user agreements or protect the rights, property or safety of St. Alexius, our users, or others.

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