Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 01/01/2025

Welcome to Broward Pulmonary and Sleep Specialists. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use our website and our services, including any patient portals, telehealth features, scheduling, messaging, or billing tools (collectively, the “Services”).

1) Information We Collect

• Personal Information: e.g., name, contact details, date of birth, and other identifiers necessary to deliver healthcare or related services.
• Protected Health Information (PHI): medical history, symptoms, diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, insurance and billing information that you or your providers submit through the Services.
• Usage Data: technical information like IP address, device/browser type, pages visited, and interactions used to maintain and improve the Services.

Mobile number use: We will not share your mobile information with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes.

2) How We Use Information

• Provide, coordinate, and support healthcare, telehealth, scheduling, billing, and patient communications.
• Send essential notices (e.g., appointment reminders, care instructions). Message and data rates may apply.
• Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Services.
• Comply with applicable laws and regulations.

3) HIPAA, HITECH, and State Privacy

When acting as a health care provider or a covered entity/business associate, we handle Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the HITECH Act, and applicable state privacy laws. Where required, we execute Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with service providers that handle PHI on our behalf.

4) Disclosure of Information

• Care Team: To authorized clinicians, staff, and affiliates involved in your care.
• Service Providers: To trusted vendors that support hosting, communications, analytics, telehealth, EHR, payment processing, and similar operations, bound by confidentiality and security obligations.
• Legal/Regulatory: To comply with laws, regulations, court orders, and government requests, or to protect rights, safety, and security.

5) Messaging (A2P/10DLC) Consent & Opt-Out

By opting in and providing your mobile phone number to our office (at registration, at your appointment, or via the form below), you consent to receive text messages from Hull and Hull Medical Specialists, LLP DBA Broward Pulmonary and Sleep Specialists at the number provided.

6) Cookies & Tracking

We use necessary and analytic cookies to enable security, personalization, and performance. You can control cookies via your browser settings; some features may not function if cookies are disabled.

7) Data Security

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect information, including access controls, encryption in transit (e.g., TLS/SSL), and restricted access for authorized personnel only.

8) Your Rights

You may request access, correction, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us at the address below. HIPAA-specific rights regarding PHI may also apply, including requests for copies, amendments, and accounting of disclosures.

9) Children’s Privacy

Our Services are not directed to children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verified parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information.

10) Third-Party Links

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or platforms. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those sites.

11) Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via a prominent notice or by email to the address associated with your account.

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