Patient Information & Policies

Non-discrimination

Kamath Orthopedics does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. The Practice does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Privacy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing a safe online experience. This Privacy Statement applies to our Practice's website and governs our data collection and usage practices. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this Privacy Statement.

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Collection of Your Personal Information

This Practice collects personally identifiable information provided by you, such as your email address, name, home or work address, or telephone number. This Practice may also collect anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests, and favorites. There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by this website. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of this website. Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. This Practice encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from the website so that you can understand how those websites collect, use, and share your information. This Practice is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on any other websites.

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Use of Your Personal Information

This Practice collects and uses your personal information to operate the website and deliver the services you have requested. This Practice also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from this Practice and its affiliates. This Practice may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered. This Practice does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. This Practice may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information. This Practice does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent. This Practice will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law.

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Use of Cookies

The website may use "cookies" to help this Practice personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a webpage server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

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Security of Your Personal Information

This Practice secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. This Practice secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

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Changes to This Statement

This Practice will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to be informed of how this Practice is protecting your information.

Terms & Conditions

Kamath Orthopedics offers this website (“Site”) to you under the condition that you accept without modification the terms, conditions, and notices outlined herein. By using this Site, you express your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and notices.

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Terms of Use Modification

We maintain the right to modify the terms, conditions, and notices governing the use of this Site, including associated charges, at our discretion.

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External Site Links

This Site may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). We do not have control over Linked Sites' content and are not accountable for their content, links, changes, or updates. We are not accountable for any webcasting or transmission from any Linked Site. We offer these links only for your convenience and including these links does not imply endorsement by us of the site or any connection with its operators.  Likewise, any direct or indirect presentation or inclusion of third-party or other commercial products is for visual and informational purposes only.  The practice is not making any direct clinical or care recommendation to those viewing those products, and is not liable for any use of those products without clinical discussion with a care provider.

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No Unlawful or Prohibited Usage

Your use of this Site must adhere to lawful and unprohibited activities outlined in these terms. This includes refraining from actions that could harm, disable, or interfere with the proper functioning of the Site, and you will not disrupt any other party’s ability to use and enjoy this site. You will not acquire or attempt to acquire any materials or information through any processes not intentionally made available or provided through normal use of this Site.

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User-Generated Content

When utilizing communication features on this Site, there may be opportunities to communicate with the public at large or with many people (collectively, “Communication Services”). You may submit only appropriate and relevant content.

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By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not post anything containing:

• Personal and confidential information 

• Inappropriate content, such as offensive, derogatory, obscene, profane, or inflammatory language

• Threats or personal attacks directed at others

• Discriminatory content or hate speech, including material that opposes groups based on race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or veteran status

• Misrepresentations, including fraudulent submissions on behalf of others or misrepresentation of your identity or connection with us or our practice

• Irrelevant content, including posts unrelated to us or our practice

• Advertising or solicitations

• Illegal content 

• References to or information about ongoing legal matters or proceedings

You further agree that you will not: 

• Share files containing software or material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents

• Share files containing viruses, corrupt files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage another user’s computer operation

• Forward or conduct surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, or chain letters

• Download files posted by another user of a Communication Service you know or reasonably should know cannot be legally posted in such a manner

• Change or erase any legal proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded

• Restrict or disrupt another user from using and enjoying the Communication Services

• Go against any code of conduct or other guidelines applicable to any Communication Service

• Collect any information about others without their consent

We are not obligated to watch over Communication Services. However, we maintain the right to review content posted on a Communication Service and remove any posting we deem does not adhere to our terms or contains information that is personal and confidential. We maintain the right to end your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time for any reason without notice. If you would like to remove your own review from this Site, please contact us.

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Liability Disclaimer

THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THIS SITE MAY CONTAIN INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN ARE MADE PERIODICALLY, AND WE AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES TO THIS SITE AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED THROUGH THIS SITE SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PERSONAL, MEDICAL, LEGAL, OR FINANCIAL DECISIONS, AND IT IS ADVISABLE TO CONSULT AN APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR SITUATION.

OUR PRACTICE AND ITS SUPPLIERS MAKE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, TIMELINESS, OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS FOUND ON THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF ANY KIND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. WE AND/OR OUR SUPPLIERS DO NOT CLAIM ANY WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS REGARDING THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF LAW SHALL WE OR OUR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS WEBSITE, DELAY OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WEBSITE OR RELATED SERVICES, THE PROVISION OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICES, AND RELATED GRAPHICS ON THIS WEBSITE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF OUR PRACTICE OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THIS WEBSITE OR THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS TO DISCONTINUE THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE.

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Trademarks

The names of real companies and products mentioned on this Site may be trademarks of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, people, and events portrayed here are fictional. No association with any actual company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved.

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Northern Ohio Surgery Center - link to Patient Rights and Responsibilities , Privacy Policy , and example Surgical Consent form

Industry Relations

Dr. Kamath and Kamath Orthopedics collaborates with pharmaceutical or medical device industries to help develop medical breakthroughs or provide medical expertise or education. Dr. Kamath strives to make scientific advances that will benefit patient care and support outside relationships that promise public benefit. In order for these discoveries to benefit the public, these discoveries must be commercialized in partnership with industry. As an international expert in the field of orthopedics and medicine, Dr. Kamath is sought after by industry to consult, provide expertise and education.

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Dr. Kamath may serve as an industry partner, and as such may receive or have the right to receive royalties or hold any equity interest for his role as an inventor, discoverer, developer, founder or consultant.  These relationships are publicly disclosed, and Dr. Kamath strives to provide information as accurately as possible about his connections with industry.  For any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to Kamath Orthopedics.