Web Policies

CCME is committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our participating physician practices and visitors to our DOQ-IT website. We have created this web policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy and the protection of your information.

Personal Information

You do not have to give personal information to visit the public portion of the DOQ-IT website. This public section gives visitors the chance to read and obtain more information on the DOQ-IT project and CCME. Additional activities on our site require you to be a registered participant of the DOQ-IT project in order to access the Members Only section.

In order to access the Members Only DOQ-IT website, you will be required to apply to participate in the DOQ-IT program. Once your physician practice has been accepted into the DOQ-IT project, a unique username and password will be assigned to your practice. This unique username and password will be used to log in to the Members Only site and will track your movement through our site.

As part of the registration process, you will be asked to provide information about the physician practice, the physicians in this practice, and the DOQ-IT project contact leader.

Our primary purpose in collecting personal and practice information is to provide you with a safe, smooth, efficient, and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that will best meet your needs, and to customize our service to make your experience safer and easier. We only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose.

Our Use of Your Information

We use your personal information to facilitate the services you request. We use your personal information in the file we maintain about your practice, and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the site to troubleshoot problems; measure consumer interest in our services; inform you about online and offline services and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. We may compare and review your personal information for errors, and omissions and for accuracy.

When you apply, you agree that we may use personal information about your practice to analyze site usage, improve our content, and customize the site's content, layout, and services, and to improve our marketing efforts. These uses improve the DOQ-IT site/project and tailor it to better meet your needs, so as to provide you with a smooth, efficient, safe and customized experience while using the DOQ-IT website.

Collection of Information

Personally identifiable information or personal information is defined as information that identifies your physician practice, physicians in your practice and the project contact leader. It includes the name of your physician practice; names of the physicians in your practice and their UPIN numbers; the project contact leader’s name; and the physician practice’s and project contact leader’s addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers and e-mail addresses.

We only collect personally identifiable information about your practice after you have specifically and knowingly provided such information to us. By voluntarily providing this information to us during the application process, you will be consenting to the collection and use of your personal information by CCME.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

If you provide personal information, such as your mailing or e-mail addresses, telephone or fax numbers, or other demographic information, CCME will not share (disclose or sell) it to third parties. This information is strictly for use for the DOQ-IT project and will be used only by CCME staff.

Non-Personal Information

We analyze traffic to this website in order to understand our members’ and visitors' needs and to continually improve our site for them. The DOQ-IT website automatically collects and records non-personally identifiable information, which is information that does not identify you personally, but becomes available to us as a result of your visit to our site. This information includes: date and time of visit, pages visited on our site, type of computer and browser the visitor is using, and the location of visitor’s machine (by country, not street address). Many websites gather this information, though most do not notify visitors. We use this information to improve our services to you and do not share it with third parties.

DOQ-IT Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent to your Internet browser from a web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive. A cookie cannot read data off of your computer hard disk or read cookie files created by other websites. Cookies do not damage your system. You can choose whether to accept cookies by changing the settings of your Internet browser. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies, or allow your browser to show you when a cookie is being sent. CCME will not be able to assist you with changing the setting on your computer, so that it may accept our cookie.

Certain applications on www.thecarolinascenter.org/doqit require session cookies to function correctly. If you have session cookies disabled, you may not be able to use these applications or features of our site.

Where they are used, DOQ-IT's session cookies and/or session variables remember your selection criteria. You do not need to have session cookies enabled to view static web content on www.thecarolinascenter.org/doqit.

We have set our software so that your browser will only return cookie information to the domain where the cookie originated (in this case, www.thecarolinascenter.org/doqit). No other site can request it.

Note: Regardless of the particular uses for cookies on the DOQ-IT website, we will not share any cookie information with any third parties.

Email

Electronic mail is not secure against interception. If your communication to us is very sensitive, we recommend sending it by postal mail instead of e-mail. Our postal address is 100 Regency Forest Drive, Suite 200, Cary, NC 27511-8598. Send it to the attention of the DOQ-IT Team.

Why did you receive an e-mail from us?

By accepting the Web Policies, you expressly agree that we may use your personal information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in some cases, is targeted to your interests.

If you received a mailing from us, (a) your e-mail address is either listed with us as someone who has expressly shared this address for the purpose of receiving information in the future (“opt-in”), or (b) you have registered or otherwise have an existing relationship with us. We respect your time and attention by controlling the frequency of our mailings.

If you have received unwanted, unsolicited e-mail sent via this system or purported to be sent via this system, please forward a copy of that e-mail with your comments to DOQIT@ncqio.sdps.org for review.

Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to information on other websites. We do not have any control over these other websites; therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide while visiting those sites. Those sites are not governed by these Web Policies. If you have questions about how a site uses your information, consult that site's privacy statement.

Bulletin Board

If you wish to participate in the DOQ-IT Bulletin Board, please remember that any information disclosed will be available for viewing by the other members/users of this community. Users should exercise caution when deciding to disclose personal or personally identifiable information.

Accessibility

CCME is committed to providing access to our web pages for individuals with disabilities. Comments on the accessibility of our website should be sent to webmaster@thecarolinascenter.org.

Medicare Contracts

Some of this material was prepared by The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence under contracts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. In addition, some material appearing on this site was prepared for CCME by outside contractors, and does not necessarily reflect the policy of CCME.

Limitations on Use

Authorized users may download materials from this site provided that any reproduction of the material is for noncommercial purposes, does not alter the material, and gives appropriate attribution. Online course materials are limited to authorized course enrollees and should be used only in conjunction with course instruction. CCME reserves the right to remove materials or take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized access to materials, at any time without notice.

Disclaimer

The information provided through these web pages is made available as a public service and should not be relied upon as medical or legal advice. This site includes information on quality improvement related to specific clinical topics, including articles, references, tools and best practice information. The information is intended for a professional audience and is not meant to be used without appropriate clinical, medical, or professional judgment. All state and federal regulatory requirements should continue to be followed by practices. Any user of the information acknowledges and agrees that CCME and its officers, directors, employees, and agents shall not be responsible in any way for any use of the information contained in this site contrary to these instructions.

No Warranty

The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence expressly disclaims any and all warranties, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose with respect to products, services, information, or results related to this initiative; and in no event will Medical Review of North Carolina, Inc., be liable for any damages whatsoever, including, without limitation, direct, consequential, indirect, incidental, or special damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of or unauthorized access to information, and the like, arising out of this initiative, even if The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

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Policy Updates

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of the information you provide to us as outlined in these Web Policies. CCME may occasionally update these policies. Notice of revisions will be posted here.