Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.goodshepherdrehab.org.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Notice of Privacy Rights

• Click here to read Good Shepherd’s notice of privacy rights.
• Click here to read Good Shepherd’s notice of privacy rights in Spanish.

If you have any questions about this notice, or to obtain a copy of this notice, please contact our privacy specialist, Director of Quality and Regulatory Compliance, 850 S. Fifth Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103-3295; (610)-778-9266.

Joint Commission Public Notice

The purpose of the survey is to evaluate the organization’s compliance with established Joint Commission standards. The survey results will be used to determine the terms and conditions under which accreditation should be awarded to the organization.

Joint Commission standards deal with organizational quality of care issues and the environment in which care is provided. Anyone believing that he or she has pertinent information about such matters may request a Public Information Interview with the Joint Commission’s field representatives at the time of survey. Information presented at the interview will be carefully evaluated for relevance to the accreditation process. The request should indicate the nature of the information to be provided at the interview.

Please address written requests to:
Division of Accreditation Operations
Office of Quality Monitoring
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

Fax your request to 630-792-5636
Email your request to complaint@Joint Commission.org
Call the Joint Commission directly at 1-800-994-6610

The Joint Commission will acknowledge such a request in writing or by telephone, and will notify Good Shepherd of the request for any interview. Good Shepherd will then notify the interviewee of the date, time and place of the meeting.

Non-Discrimination Statement

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not exclude, deny access/benefits to health care, or otherwise discriminate against or treat differently any person on the basis of age, sex, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, ancestry, national origin, marital status, familial status, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, culture, language, socioeconomic status, veteran status, domestic or sexual violence victim status, source of income, or source of payment. 

Good Shepherd:

• Provides free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as:
  • Qualified sign language interpreters
  • Written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
• Provides free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as:
  • Qualified interpreters
  • Information written in other languages

If you need these services, contact Good Shepherd’s Corporate Compliance Information Line at 610-776-3367.

If you believe that Good Shepherd has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex or other classification noted above, you can file a grievance with:

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network
Corporate Compliance
850 S. 5th Street
Allentown, PA 18103
610-776-3367 (phone)

You can file a grievance in person or by mail, fax or email. If you need help filing a grievance, call Good Shepherd’s Corporate Compliance Information Line at 610-776-3367.

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal, available at ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/portal/lobby.jsf, or by mail or phone at:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)

Complaint forms are available at hhs.gov/ocr/office/file/index.html.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network cumple con las leyes federales de derechos civiles aplicables y no excluye, niega el acceso / beneficios a la atención médica, ni discrimina ni trata de manera diferente a ninguna persona por motivos de edad, sexo, raza, color, etnia, religión, género, discapacidad, ascendencia, origen nacional, estado civil, estado familiar, información genética, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, cultura, idioma, estado socioeconómico, estado de veterano, estado de víctima de violencia doméstica o sexual, fuente de ingresos o fuente de pago.