Advertising Policies

Pediatricadvice.net may allow advertisers to place ads on the website.
Advertisements will not be placed on "Ask Lisa" pages or interfere with question submission.
Pediatricadvice.net does not endorse the content of ads or any third-party websites.
Pediatricadvice.net is not responsible for the content of ads, linked third-party website, sites framed within the Pediatricadvice.net site, third party sites provided as search results or third party advertisements.
Pediatricadvice.net does not make any representations regarding an ad's content or accuracy.
Clients use third party websites at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use of such sites.
The author on the Advice page does not have any financial ties with companies or agencies of the products/ services recommended and will not benefit financially from any recommendations made.
A product/service will not be recommended by the Author on the Advice page because there is an advertisement on the Pediatricadvice.net website.
Revenue accrued from the placement of ads on the website will be used for the financial costs of running the website.
Ads placed on Pediatricadvice.net website will be screened for its appropriateness for a pediatric based website. Ads will be removed if deemed inappropriate.

Company Policies and Procedures

The purpose of this company is to augment the care that a child receives from his/her healthcare practitioner. Any advice given is not intended to replace or undermine advice given by a child's healthcare practitioner. The goal is to clarify misunderstandings/misconceptions, increase the knowledge of a child's condition, give practical applicable solutions to the parent's/caretaker's understanding of the advice already given, answer any questions that a caregiver might have regarding keeping their child healthy and to empower the parent/caretaker to access the healthcare system appropriately.
All information given will be held strictly confidential and will not be shared with any other party under any circumstance. Caregivers are instructed not to give their child's name, their name or names of practitioners or institutions involved with the child's care.
The purpose of this company is to spread knowledge with the goal of improving a child's health. There is no political or social agenda.
No referrals to a specific person will be recommended.
The purpose of the site is not to provide advice for Emergency Care or to assist in Emergency Care. It is recommended that all Emergency Care be directed to the child's local Emergency Room.
Questions for "Ask Lisa" will be chosen randomly. The goal is to touch upon various topics so that the viewers can have a variety of healthcare issues addressed. Therefore new questions with new topics will be chosen first, but any question emailed to the website may be chosen. All chosen questions will be posted on the website for educational purposes only. By sending the message, the sender gives consent to have their question and answer posted on the website.
The parent/caregiver has the right to know the credentials of the person answering the questions asked. All credentials will be posted on the site which can be reviewed before submitting a question.
In order to evaluate and improve the quality of care, there will be an option for clients to send comments, suggestions and complaints. All such comments, suggestions and complaints will be reviewed with the purpose of obtaining information to improve the company's mission, policies and practices.
Email addresses received will be held confidential and will not be used for any other reason. Email addresses will not be shared with any other company or be used in a mailing list. The email address will only be used to return the answer to the questions asked. No further contacts will be made.
At the end of the answer given a parent/caregiver may be asked to answer a short questionnaire evaluating the service. This is strictly for quality improvement purposes. The parent/caregiver is under no obligation to answer this questionnaire or email it back to the company. The company will not send any correspondence asking for this questionnaire to be returned.
Financial information given to pay for private questions will be used only for the transaction and will not be used for any other reason.
Medical information received will be used only to answer the question and will be discarded after the question is answered.
Policies will be reviewed periodically and all new policies will be posted on the website.
Any advice, referral or product recommended on the Advice page is based on the Author's personal opinion, experience and sited published article recommendations. It does not imply that a different referral, product or advice is incorrect.
Testimonials will be posted on the site only after the person giving the testimonial gives permission to have their testimonial posted on the website.

Last Updated 11-12-07