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TERMS OF USE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND www.ezmedicaloffice.com
(henceforth called EMedical or
the Site).
Welcome to EMedical ! In order to begin,
you must read and accept the terms and conditions documented here
(henceforth called the 'Agreement').
The EMedical web site is
comprised of a web site and its associated services and is
operated by EMedical.com, Inc.
The EMedical web site and its associated services are
offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without
modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained
herein. Your use of the Site and its associated services
constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, and
notices. If, at any time, you do not accept the Agreement, in
whole or in part, you may not use or continue to use the site.
You agree that EMedical
may revise the Agreement without prior notice other than
posting the revised Agreement immediately
after your initial use. Continued use of the Site after any
such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes.
You agree to familiarize yourself with the Terms of Use
and other terms and guidelines found throughout the EMedical web
site and abide by them if you choose to use the sites, pages or
services to which they apply.
For purposes of this Agreement, user,
"you" means and includes you, your agents and
employees, and any other persons or entities who or which are
lawfully subject to your direction or control.
SERVICES
This Site is intended to provide health care practitioners
with a tool for preparing medical records as well as the ability
for practitioners to store and access their medical records
electronically. Each user acknowledges that this website is not
intended as a "paperless" substitute for printed office
files and records, and each user accepts the sole responsibility
for printing and maintaining paper copies of its records and
synchronizing and/or updating its files and records with respect
to information stored on this website. Each user acknowledges
that, like all websites, this website may experience periodic and
unexpected loss of services or slowdowns in response time and
agrees that EMedical shall not be held liable for loss, damage or
injury sustained as a result thereof.
SUBSCRIPTION AND MEMBERSHIP
Use of this Site is provided to user based on a monthly
subscription. However, EMedical shall have no responsibility to
provide any equipment, access to the World Wide Web, or any other
products or services. In consideration of the use of the website,
each user agrees to provide current, complete and accurate
information about the user and/or the user's organization as
requested from time to time, and to maintain and update such
registration information and data as necessary to keep it
current, complete and accurate.
TERM
& TERMINATION
Term:
The term of this Agreement will begin on the date you
successfully register with the Site and shall remain in effect
until it is terminated by either party, subject to your payment
of fees and all other terms and conditions herein.
Termination: Either party may terminate this Agreement
immediately in the event of default by the other party. You may
terminate this Agreement for convenience at any time upon written
notice to the Site. EMedical reserves the
right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the EMedical Web Site and
the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without
notice. Upon any expiration or termination of this Agreement, you
shall immediately discontinue the use of the Site and its
Services, and remove any Patient Data or Practice Data
stored by you in the EMEDICAL Data Facilities.
Payment
Terms: Monthly recurring charge will be billed in advance of the
provision of services. If Customer credit card is declined, a
clerical fee of twenty-nine dollars ($29) will be assessed to the
Customer. If Customer is delinquent in its payments for more than
sixty (60) consecutive days, Customer will be given notice five
(5) days to cure. If Customer fails to pay fees by the end of
cure period, EMEDICAL may suspend or terminate Services.
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
Use
and disclosure of health information and patient records
("health information") is subject to extensive United
States Federal and state regulation, including the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
("HIPAA"). You agree to comply at all times with their
respective obligations under HIPAA, all regulations promulgated
thereunder from time to time and all other applicable Federal and
state laws and regulations. While EMedical provides
an infrastructure for efficient storage, retrieval and
distribution of health information, making medical and/or legal
determinations on disclosure, sharing and distribution of
information is solely the responsibility of Users and their
advisors.
ACCESS
Access
to health information and patient records will be strictly
controlled by passwords, issued to individual Users. It is the
responsibility of each User to maintain secrecy of passwords, and
other security measures at all times to prevent unauthorized use
and access. User shall indemnify EMedical from and against all
liability, loss or damage arising from unauthorized use of Users'
password, and/or authentication device, unless such unauthorized
use is solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of EMedical .
SHARING
You
may from time to time wish to share health information with
insurance companies, HMOs, other health care providers,
laboratories and the like. It is your responsibility to comply
with HIPAA and all other applicable laws in connection with such
sharing. Without limitation, you understand that written patient
consent to disclose or release health information is required in
some or all circumstances prior to disclosure or release of
health information.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
EMedical web site may contain links to other web sites
("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the
control of EMedical and EMedical is not responsible for the
contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any
link contained in a Linked Site. EMedical is not responsible for
webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any
Linked Site. If you decide to visit third-party Sites
by utilizing the links on EMedical , you do so at your
own risk. To protect your rights and interests, please review the
terms and conditions and privacy statements of these third-party
web sites.
THIRD PARTY SERVICES
EMedical may have contractual
relationships with other third party organizations to provide
specific services. If the user signs up for these services, we
will share names or other contact information that is necessary
for the third party to provide these services.
USER CONDUCT
As a condition of your use of the EMedical Web Site and
services, you warrant to EMedical that you will not use
the EMedical Web Site or services for any purpose that is
unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices.
You may not use the Site or its associated services in any
manner which could damage EMedical, disable, overburden, or
impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and
enjoyment of the Site or its associated services. You agree not
to upload, post, or otherwise transmit through or on this Site
any viruses or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files;
You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or
information through any means not intentionally made available or
provided for through the Site.
You
agree not to attempt to decipher, decompile, disassemble or
reverse engineer the Software or Services or allow others to do
so. You further agree not to modify or create derivative works of
the Software or Services. You shall not grant rights to any third
party to reproduce, implement, modify, translate, or reverse
engineer the EMedical Technology, or otherwise determine or
attempt to determine source code for the EMedical Technology or
to create derivative works thereof without EMedical written
authorization.
In
addition, you agree that you are solely responsible for actions
and communications undertaken or transmitted under your account,
and that you will comply with all applicable local, state,
national and international laws and regulations, including but
not limited to United States export restrictions, that relate to
your use of or activities on this Site. This Site is controlled
and operated in the United States. If you are in a jurisdiction
which restricts you from accessing this Site, do not access or
use this Site. EMEDICAL makes no representation that the Site is
appropriate or available for use outside the United States.
LICENSE TO YOU
EMedical grants you a
single, non-exclusive, non-transferable and limited personal
license to access and use EMedical as long as any
applicable subscription fees are paid and complete
compliance with the terms and conditions in the Agreement is
maintained.
CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMATION.
You acknowledge that information related to the Software,
EMEDICAL Technology and Services, including the method and manner
of providing the Services, are confidential information owned by
EMEDICAL ("EMEDICAL Confidential Information"). You
agree to use the EMEDICAL Confidential Information only for the
Services Period and solely for the purpose of participating in
the Services, and to take all steps reasonably necessary to
maintain and protect the EMEDICAL Confidential Information in the
strictest confidence for the benefit of EMEDICAL. You agree that
it will not, at any time, without the prior written permission of
EMEDICAL, disclose the EMEDICAL Confidential Information directly
or indirectly to any third person.
LICENSE TO EMedical
By posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, submitting
any feedback or suggestions, or engaging in any other form of
communication with or through the EMedical Web Site, you
warrant and represent that you own or otherwise control the
rights necessary to do so and you are granting EMedical and its
affiliated companies permission to:
1.
Use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display,
publicly perform, reproduce, publish, sublicense, create
derivative works from, transfer, or sell any such communication.
2.
Sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise
any of the foregoing rights granted with respect to the
communication.
The foregoing grants shall include the right to exploit any
proprietary rights in such communication, including but not
limited to rights under copyright, trademark, services mark or
patent laws under any relevant jurisdiction. No compensation will
be paid with respect to EMedical' use of the materials contained
within such communication. EMedical is under no obligation to
post or use any materials you may provide and may remove such
materials at any time in EMedical' sole discretion.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER
THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, AND SERVICESS INCLUDED IN OR
AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE AND SERVICES MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES
OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANEMEDICALS ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO
THE INFORMATION HEREIN. EMedical AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE
SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANEMEDICALS IN THE EMedical
WEB SITE OR SERVICES AT ANY TIME. ADVICE RECEIVED VIA THE SITE OR
SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL
MEDICAL, LEGAL OR FINANCIAL ADVICE AND YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN
APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL FOR SPECIFIC ADVICE TAILORED TO YOUR
SITUATION.
EMedical AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAKE NO
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE SUITABILITY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY,
TIMELINESS, AND ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS,
SERVICESS AND RELATED GRAPHICS CONTAINED ON OR OBTAINED THROUGH
THE SITE OR SERVICES FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICESS AND RELATED GRAPHICS ARE PROVIDED
"AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. EMedical
AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES
AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS INFORMATION, SOFTWARE,
PRODUCTS, SERVICESS AND RELATED GRAPHICS, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINEMEDICALMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL EMedical AND/OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICESS, WITH THE DELAY OR
INABILITY TO USE THE SITE OR RELATED SERVICESS, THE PROVISION OF
OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICESS, OR FOR ANY INFORMATION,
SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, SERVICESS AND RELATED GRAPHICS OBTAINED
THROUGH THE SITE OR SERVICES, OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT,
NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF EMedical
OR ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE
EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IF
YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH ANY PORTION OF THE SITE OR SERVICES, OR
WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY IS
TO DISCONTINUE USING THE SITE AND ITS RELATED SERVICESS.
ANY ACTION OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED
WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE WEBSITE MUST BE COMMENCED WITHIN ONE
(1) YEAR OF THE DATE UPON WHICH THE CAUSE OF ACTION AROSE.
SERVICES CONTACT
Contact Customer Services
with questions or problems with this Web site.
ASSIGNMENT
You cannot
assign or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, by
operation of law or otherwise, this Agreement or any of your
rights or obligations hereunder. EMedical reserves the
right to suspend or terminate your account if it determines in
its sole discretion that you have attempted to make any such
assignment or transfer.
GENERAL
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of
California, U.S.A. You hereby consent to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of courts in Los Angeles County,
California, U.S.A. in all disputes arising out of or relating to
the use of the EMedical
Web Site or services. Use of the EMedical Web Site and
services is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give
effect to all provisions of these terms and conditions, including
without limitation this paragraph. You agree that no joint
venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists
between you and EMedical
as a result of this agreement or use of the EMedical Web
Site or services. EMedical may assign this agreement, in whole or
in part, at any time. EMedical
' performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and
legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in
derogation of EMedical' right to comply with governmental, court
and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use
of the EMedical Web Site or services or information provided to
or gathered by EMedical
with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is
determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable
law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and
liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or
unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid,
enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the
original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall
continue in effect. This agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the user and EMedical with respect to the
EMedical Web Site and services and such agreements supersede all
prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether
electronic, oral or written, between the user and EMedical with
respect to the EMedical Web Site and services. A printed version
of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form
shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings
based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and
subject to the same conditions as other business documents and
records originally generated and maintained in printed form.
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICES
All rights reserved. No part of the Site may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording,
and/or otherwise, without the permission of EMedical.com, Inc.
TRADEMARKS. EMedical, EZChart, and other names of EMedical
products and/or services referenced herein are trademarks or
registered trademarks of EMedical.com, Inc. The names of actual
companies and products mentioned on the EMedical Web Site
may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved.
NOTICES AND PROCEDURE FOR MAKING CLAIMS OF COPYRIGHT
INFRINEMEDICALMENT.
Notice of Infringement. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. § 230, as
amended by Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, you
agree to send all notices of alleged or claimed infringement to:
SON H. LE,M.D.
EMedical
8232 Garvey Avenue, Suite 107
Rosemead, CA 91770
Copyright © 2004 EZMedicalOffice. EZMedicalOffice.com is a trademark of EMEDICAL, INC.
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