1Privacy
When you use the Services, TLC Med Clinics will collect certain personally identifiable information from you. When you use the Services, TLC Med Clinics has access to, and in many cases will monitor, your usage of the Services. By using the Services, you agree that TLC Med Clinics may collect, use, and disclose information you provide during your use of the Services. As part of providing you the Services, we may need to provide you with certain communications, such as appointment reminders, service announcements and administrative messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your Account, which you may not be able to opt out from receiving. In addition, certain cookies may be left on your computer or handheld device, which help us in identifying your device.
Secure electronic messaging is always preferred to insecure email, but under specific circumstances, insecure email communication containing protected health information (“PHI”) may take place between you and TLC Med Clinics.
For your convenience, TLC Med Clinics lets you choose whether to receive email communications containing PHI. This email communication is not encrypted and may include messages from your Treatment Provider, appointment reminders, treatment referrals, and prescription information.
You should consider that standard email is not a secure means of communication. There is some risk that any PHI contained in email may be disclosed to, or intercepted, printed, or stored by, unauthorized third parties. TLC Med Clinics cannot ensure the security or confidentiality of messages sent by email.
You will receive email communication from TLC Med Clinics and Treatment Providers. If you choose to receive PHI in emails, you authorize TLC Med Clinics to send you messages that include PHI. This authorization indicates you understand and accept the risks involved with insecure email communication of your PHI.
You may always elect not to receive message content containing PHI. In that case, you would instead receive secure notifications of new messages that require you to log in to TLC Med Clinics’ secure site to read message content. We recommend this option if you want to increase the security and confidentiality of your communications on TLC Med Clinics.
You may revoke this request by changing this setting at any time on the user registration page, at the bottom of emails from TLC Med Clinics, or in your account profile even if you have requested us to send email containing PHI to you.
TLC Med Clinics also may contact you to cancel, schedule or reschedule appointments via phone. By providing your contact information and agreeing to these Terms of Service, you give your consent to TLC Med Clinics to leave voice messages or speak with third parties at the phone numbers provided by you. Such contact by TLC Med Clinics will not divulge your personal health information and will be limited to confirmation or rescheduling of appointments with Providers. If you wish to opt out of such communications, please contact customer services to request “Confidential Communications” and all reasonable requests shall be accommodated.
2Electronic communications
When you send e-mails, text messages, and other communications from your desktop or mobile device to TLC Med Clinics or use our Service, you are communicating with us electronically. You consent to receive a variety of communications from us electronically. You understand and agree that (a) all agreements and consents can be signed electronically and (b) all disclosures, notices, and other communications that we provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such notices and other communications be in writing.
3Third party access to your account
Upon your request and consent, TLC Med Clinics will grant access to a third party, such as someone in your physician’s or therapist’s office, or other third party, or a care coordinator. For the purpose of setting up your user account, that account will have to be activated by you using the activation key sent to the email account that you provided us and to no other email account. By activating the account you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms of service, and to grant access to that third party to the contents of your user account, TLC Med Clinics Profile, Treatment Provider notes, appointment reminders and record of consultations/sessions conducted through the Site, until such time as you revoke this access by emailing a secure message via your TLC Med Clinics account to the TLC Med Clinics Administrator requesting removal of that third party’s access to your account.
4Your dashboard and profile
TLC Med Clinics has created a specific dashboard for customers in order to conveniently access the site. Your TLC Med Clinics profile will be established and maintained for you as a registered user of the Services to enter, store, and access your health information online, and for your Treatment Providers to communicate with you about your care. Most of these functions can be accessed by you through this dashboard once you have logged into your account. This may include history, current conditions, symptoms, complaints, allergies and medications. All of the information contained in your TLC Med Clinics profile will be maintained in accordance with our Terms and our Privacy Policy. You agree to provide accurate and complete information for your TLC Med Clinics profile, to periodically review such information, and to update information that you provide as needed.
Treatment Providers may add electronic progress notes to their TLC Med Clinics account or personal records after consultations with you, detailing the findings, diagnosis, treatment plan, and recommendations, including any laboratory tests that were ordered and any medications that were prescribed by your Treatment Provider. We will make available to your Treatment Provider and others you have authorized, any progress notes and other information in your TLC Med Clinics profile.
We may also include in your TLC Med Clinics profile information provided by your employer or its third-party administrator, or your health insurer, concerning your health plan application, medical history, and claims information. You consent to our access to this information and to our adding it to your TLC Med Clinics profile. This information will assist us in verifying your identity and it will assist our Treatment Providers in providing online treatment and counseling services to you. As part of your TLC Med Clinics profile, this information will be subject to the protections under our Privacy Policy.
It is your responsibility to confirm the accuracy of any third party information uploaded to your TLC Med Clinics profile.
It is the obligation of each of your Treatment Providers and TLC Med Clinics to use and disclose any information included in your TLC Med Clinics profile in accordance with applicable state and federal laws, including, without limitation, obtaining any consents for treatment or authorizations that may be required for your information to be shared with third parties. By registering for the Services and designating your Treatment Provider(s) and other authorized representatives, you agree to disclose the contents of your complete TLC Med Clinics profile to your designated Treatment Provider(s).
Except for counselling sessions which are not recorded, all communications transmitted through the Services, including without limitation TLC Med Clinics’ secure messaging platform, may be monitored for quality assurance, training and other purposes. By accepting these Terms of Service, you consent to any such monitoring. Similarly, all messages transmitted through TLC Med Clinics’ secure messaging platform are saved and become part of your TLC Med Clinics profile.
5Use of the Services by children
The provision of online medical treatment and counseling services by Treatment Providers through the Services is available for use by children age 3 and above, but the registered user for all patients under the age of 18 must be the patient’s parent or legal guardian. If you register as the parent or legal guardian on behalf of a minor, you will be fully responsible for complying with our Terms and our Privacy Policy and you accept these Terms and Privacy Practices as applicable to your dependents, in just the same way as it applies to you.
6User supplied material
If you supply any comments, information, or material via the Site, you represent and warrant to us that you have the legal right to supply such material and that it will not violate any law or the rights of any person or entity. Except for any individually identifiable health information you submit to us, all information or material you supply to us through the Site shall be deemed and shall remain our property, and you hereby assign to TLC Med Clinics all right, title, and interest in and to any such information or material, without any restriction or obligation to you.
7Contacting us
We encourage you to contact us if you have any questions concerning our Terms. Please note that email communications will not necessarily be secure; accordingly, you should not include credit card information or other sensitive information in your email correspondence with us. If you would like to contact us via physical mail, our mailing address is: TLC Med Clinics, 221 G-1, Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan.
Questions about this document?
- info@tlcmedclinics.com
- +92 310 040 4444
- 221-G1 Johar Town, Near Doctors Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan