Segal Institute for Clinical Research's Privacy Policy is designed to protect patients who have volunteered to participate in a clinical trial. Segal Institute enacts the HIPAA Policy Act in order to ensure the protection of patients rights. The HIPAA Act has included a series of conditions that require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions. Segal Institute accumulates patients personal information, i.e. name, address, phone number, or E-mail address, only when this evidence has been voluntarily supplied.

Any time that there is any information exchanged between a patient and this website, whether that information is channeled through questionnaires or forms on this site or via regular E-mail, will be monitored Internet security measures, i.e. firewalls, in order to preserve high standards of patient confidentiality.

The information posted on this website is not intended to interfere with those relationships between patient and his or her personal physician. Information concerning diagnosis, condition, treatment, or evaluation is meant solely for educational purposes.