This website helps to champion the cause of health care quality and to accelerate improvement in the value of health care. Much of the content is designed to help improve the health of the population, the patient care experience, including quality, and the affordability of care.

Its primary audience is the physicians and other health care professionals at our member medical groups and hospitals and nonprofit health plan sponsors in Minnesota and surrounding areas. Other health care providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders and citizens in the regional health community are a secondary audience. The information provided on this website is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient/site visitor and his/her physician.

Two ICSI staff persons are responsible for website content:

• Mary Beth Schwartz, Communications Manager, is responsible for overall ICSI branding, messaging, subject categories and accuracy of content, organizational news, podcasts, links with other websites, and overall maintenance of the site. Ms. Schwartz has a MA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has more than 30 years of experience in editorial, marketing, and corporate communications.
• Claire Neely, MD, Chief Medical Officer, is responsible for the content and accuracy of ICSI’s scientific documents (evidence-based guidelines and protocols). Dr. Neely has held clinical leadership positions with HealthPartners Medical Group for more than 20 years. She earned her MD from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, MO, and completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Dr. Neely is also an Archibald Bush Medical Fellow.

Advertising Policy

ICSI members and health plan sponsors provide funding for this website. ICSI does not accept external funding to support the operation of this website, and does not display paid advertising on the website. If ICSI ever accepts paid advertising, such advertisements shall be identified in a manner that differentiates them from original material created by ICSI.

Privacy Information

ICSI does not collect personal information that can be used to identify or contact users of this site, except for information provided by users who contact ICSI via the "Contact Us" page or register online for ICSI events. Such information will be used only by ICSI and will not be released to other organizations unless you give us permission to do so or ICSI is required to by law.

ICSI uses "cookies" (small computer files we transfer to your computer's hard drive) to enable employees of ICSI's member and sponsor organizations to access areas of the site that are intended for their exclusive use. Cookies may also be used when registering online for ICSI events.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how the site is being used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

This website also utilizes a Google Analytics feature called User ID, which connects multiple devices, sessions, and engagement data to the same visitors with unique IDs. Each unique User ID is considered to be a unique user in Google Analytics, which provides more accurate user counts in our reports. We will not collect nor store any personally identifiable information, and plan to use the data to provide better user and customer experience on our site. If you wish to opt-out, follow instructions here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Last updated 02/25/2016