Disclaimer

This Service provides health information, not medical advice.

The information and online services we provide through this Service are not meant to replace the advice and care you receive from your physician or other health care professionals. Unless specifically stated otherwise, any chat rooms or other message forum accessed via this Service are not moderated by a healthcare professional, and any communications in such chat rooms do not constitute medical advice and should not be relied upon as such. We hope that this information will help you to be better able to participate with your health care providers in making informed decisions about your care. Except where explicitly stated otherwise, it is not intended as specific medical advice. It is not a substitute for appropriate professional medical treatment or diagnosis.

Do not attempt to access emergency care through this Service. If you think you have a medical or psychiatric emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital.

What is a medical or psychiatric emergency?

An emergency medical condition is a medical or psychiatric condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that you could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in any of the following:

serious jeopardy to your health
serious impairment in your bodily functions
serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part

Examples of symptoms that may be an emergency medical condition include the following:

chest pain or pressure which may radiate to the arms, neck, back, shoulder, jaw, arm, or wrist
sudden onset of severe abdominal pain
severe shortness of breath
sudden decrease in or loss of consciousness
sudden inability to talk or to move one side of the body, or sudden slurred speech
severe, persistent bleeding that cannot be stopped
major injuries such as gunshot or stab wounds or severe injuries from a vehicle accident

If you think you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately! Do not attempt to access emergency care through this Service.

If you are not sure what type of care you need, please call your personal physician.

What is an urgent symptom?

An urgent care need is one that requires prompt medical attention, usually within 24 to 48 hours, but is not an emergency medical condition. Examples of urgent care situations include:

minor injuries
sore throats and upper respiratory symptoms
earaches
coughs
backaches
frequent urination or burning sensation when urinating

If you think you have an urgent symptom, please do not send a message through this Service. Please call your local medical facility or advice nurse.

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E-mails

We may use a third-party vendor to help us manage some of our e-mail communications with you. While we may supply this vendor with e-mail addresses of those we wish them to contact, your e-mail address is never used for any purpose other than to communicate with you on our behalf. When you click on a link in an e-mail, you may temporarily be redirected through one of the vendor's servers (although this process will be invisible to you) which will register that you've clicked on that link, and have visited our Service site. The San Francisco Spine Center never shares any information, other than your e-mail address, with our third-party e-mail vendor, which does not share these e-mail addresses with anyone else.

Messages and transactions

Comments or questions sent to us using e-mail or secure messaging forms will be shared with the San Francisco Spine Center staff and health care professionals who are most able to address your concerns. We will archive your messages once we have made our best effort to provide you with a complete and satisfactory response. However, they will not become part of your medical record or a designated record set unless and until you are seen and examined in person by a CHW healthcare professional.

Links

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We may revise our policies and the information provided by this Service or change or update the Service without notice. The San Francisco Spine Center may also make improvements and/or changes in products and/or services described in this information or add new features at any time without notice. Any revised policy will apply both to information we already have about you at the time of the change, and any personal information created or received after the change takes effect. We encourage you to periodically reread these disclaimers to see if there have been any changes to our policies that may affect you.

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Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments the San Francisco Spine Center can be reached by calling 415-353-6464 or by e-mail at info@sfspinecenter.com.