Cardiac Institute of Central California

Website and Patient Portal Use Disclaimer

Your access and use of this site and any page contained herein beginning with www.ciocc.org and the patient portal is subject to the following terms of use and all applicable laws. By viewing Web pages in this site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, these terms. 


  • Online communications will be used only for limited purposes.  Online communications cannot be used for emergencies or time-sensitive matters.  It should be used with caution.  If there is other information that you don't want transmitted via online communications, you must inform your provider.
  • Cardiac Institute cannot and will not send any patient information by means of "normal" email services, such as Yahoo, Gmail, live.com, any patient information that is made available online will be presented through the patient portal. 
  • Cardiac Institute cannot be held responsible for any delays in online communication, transmittal or accuracy of information.
  • Follow-up is solely your responsibility.  You are responsible for scheduling any necessary appointments and for determining if an unanswered online communication was not received.
  • You are responsible for taking steps to protect yourself from unauthorized use of online communications, such as keeping your password confidential.  Cardiac Institute is not responsible for breaches of confidentiality caused by you or an independent third party.
  • The services on the patient portal are provided on an “As-Is” and “As available” basis.
  • Cardiac Institute does not make any express or implied warranties about the patient portal, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
  • Cardiac Institute disclaims all warranties that the patient portal will meet your needs, or that they will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free. 
  • You acknowledge that you understand and assume full responsibility for the risks associated the use of the portal service and your use of the portal services is at your sole risk.