The clinic of DOCS Foot and Ankle, led by Dr. Bob Baravarian (hereafter referred to as the “Clinic”), is dedicated to enhancing the quality of medical and health information available on the World Wide Web. As a result, we pledge the following:
Authoritative
Any medical or health advice provided and hosted on this site should be confirmed with your own physician. The information provided on this site is intended to support, not replace, the relationship between a patient/site visitor and their existing physician.
Complementary
The information provided on this site is intended to support, not replace, the relationship between a patient/site visitor and their existing physician.
Privacy
The confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to this medical website, including their identities, is respected. The website owners undertake to honor or exceed the legal requirements of medical/health information privacy that apply in the country and state where the website and mirror sites are located.
We will never sell or trade any information about our website visitors or patients for commercial purposes.
We use Google Analytics on our website to analyze our audience and improve our content. No personal information is ever collected from Google Analytics. For further information on the privacy policy concerning Google Analytics, please go to: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
SMS Terms of Service
By opting into SMS via a web form or any other method, you agree to receive messages from DOCS Foot Ankle and Dr. Bob Baravarian. This includes messages for scheduling appointments, reminders, post-visit instructions, lab updates, and billing alerts. Message frequency varies, and standard message and data rates may apply. Please review our privacy policy available in the footer of our website at https://docsfootankle.com. Reply to any text message with the word “HELP” for assistance or “STOP” to opt out of any SMS message.
Attribution
Where appropriate, information contained on this site will be supported by clear references to source data and, where possible, will have specific HTML links to that data. The date when a clinical page was last modified will be clearly displayed (e.g., at the bottom of the page).
The medically related content is written by the doctors and staff of and associated with the Clinic. Authorship is attributed to the content page, and all information is reviewed by the clinic’s doctors and/or education team.
Justifiability
Any claims relating to the benefits/performance of a specific treatment, commercial product, or service will be supported by appropriate, balanced evidence in the manner outlined above.
Please note that there are no guarantees that every medical treatment or surgery will satisfactorily cure or repair every condition, for every person, every single time.
Regarding any before-and-after pictures displayed on our website, the following are true:
- The person in the before picture and the after picture are the same.
- Each surgery has unique results for each patient, and no one can ever guarantee the same result for every person visiting our website.
- The Clinic has the explicit consent of the patients to take their pictures and publish them on its website.
Transparency
The designers of this website strive to provide information in a clear and concise manner and include contact information for visitors seeking additional details or support. The Webmaster’s email address is webmaster@odcsfootankle.com.
Financial Disclosure
No third-party commercial or non-commercial organizations have ever provided any financial support or services for this website. If that changes, it will be disclosed, including the identities of both commercial and non-commercial organizations that have contributed funding, services, or materials to the site.
Advertising Policy
The Clinic does not accept any advertising from companies or individuals and has never done so. If that changes, the source of funding will be disclosed, along with a brief explanation of the advertising policy adopted by the website owners. If advertising or other promotional materials are ever presented to website visitors, they will be clearly differentiated from the original content created by the organization operating the site.
ADA Accessibility and Compliance
ADA website compliance is very important to the clinic. We strive to make our online content accessible to people with disabilities, adhering to the accepted industry standard of conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Level AA. If you are experiencing any issues accessing our site, please contact us at webmaster@docsfootankle.com or call us at (424) 343-8990.
Additional Website Terms and Conditions of Use
Terms
By accessing this website, you are agreeing to be bound by this website’s Terms and Conditions of Use, applicable laws and regulations, and their compliance. If you disagree with any of the stated terms and conditions, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this site are secured by relevant copyright and trademark law.
Use License
Permission is allowed to temporarily download one duplicate of the materials (data or programming) on the Clinic’s site for individual and non-business use only. This is just a permit or license and not an exchange of title, and under this permit, you may not:
- Modify or copy the materials.
- Use the materials for any commercial use or for any public presentation (business or non-business).
- Attempt to decompile or rebuild any product or material contained on the Clinic’s site;
- Remove any copyright or other restrictive documentation from the materials; or
- Transfer the materials to someone else or even “mirror” the materials on another server.
This permit may be terminated if you violate any of these restrictions, and the Clinic reserves the right to end it at any time when deemed necessary. After permit termination or when your viewing permit is revoked, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession, whether electronic or printed. Disclaimer: The materials on the Clinic’s site are provided “as is.” The Clinic makes no guarantees, expressed or implied, and disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other rights. Additionally, the Clinic does not warrant or make any representations regarding the accuracy, potential results, or reliability of the materials on its website or associated sites.
Constraints
Under no circumstances should the Clinic or its suppliers be held responsible for any harm, including but not limited to loss of information or benefit or business interference, resulting from the use or inability to use the materials on the Clinic’s Internet webpage. This applies even if the Clinic or an authorized agent has been advised orally or in writing of the possibility of such harm. Since some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties or disclaimers of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.
Amendments and Errata
The materials displayed on the clinic’s site may contain typographical or photographic errors. The Clinic does not warrant that any of the materials on its site are accurate, complete, or up to date. The Clinic reserves the right to update the materials on its site without prior notice. However, the Clinic makes no commitment to continually update the materials.
Links
The Clinic has not reviewed the majority of the websites or links connected to its website and is not responsible for the content of any such connected webpage. The incorporation of any connection does not imply support by the Clinic of the site. Utilization of any such connected site is at the user’s own risk.
Site Terms of Use Modifications
The Clinic reserves the right to update these terms of use for its website without notice. By utilizing this site, you are consenting to be bound by the then-current form of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
Governing Law
Any case involving the Clinic’s site should be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the General Terms and Conditions applicable to the Use of a Website.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is critical to us. Likewise, we have established this Policy to inform you about how we collect, use, disclose, and manage individual data. The following blueprints our privacy policy.
- Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
- We will gather and use individual data solely for the purposes stated by us and for other legitimate purposes, unless we obtain the individual’s consent or are required to do so by law.
- We will retain individual data for the duration necessary to fulfill those purposes.
- We will gather individual data by lawful and reasonable means, and where appropriate, with the consent or assent of the individual concerned.
- Personal information ought to be important to the reasons for which it is to be utilized, and, to the degree essential for those reasons, ought to be exact, finished, and updated.
- We will protect individual data with security shields against loss, theft, or unauthorized access, disclosure, duplication, use, or alteration.
- We will promptly provide customers with access to our policies and procedures for the administration of individual data.
We are committed to leading our business in accordance with these standards, with the specific goal of ensuring that the privacy of individual data is secure and maintained.
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