Terms of Use
Our Audience
We aim to provide accessible, informed, fact-checked, and officiated information with regard to Hospitals for our audience, who are not considered to be medical professionals; information submitted or presented by medical officials will be documented accordingly.
Our Purpose
Hospital.com does not wish to replace the need for medical research or investigation undertaken by its visitors. In contrast, Hospital.com is committed to institute a complementary enhancement of the relationship shared between patients and physicians upon the provision of researched, factual, and officiated information that has undergone a stringent oversight process with regard to the integrity of any and all medically-related content produced. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment; the content is in no way considered direct medical advice. We encourage our visitors to seek the advice of a qualified health provider or medical facility with regard to questions and concerns involving any or all respective medical conditions. We urge our visitors to abstain from disregarding professional advice in lieu of content featured on Hospital.com.
Content Use
The contents of hospital.com are to be used for personal, noncommercial uses only. Any article or content can be downloaded provided that the proper referential citations are included:
Author. Title of the Article. URL. "Copyright ©2011, hospital.com, Inc. All rights reserved" or other copyright notices included in the content
Any use of the content not expressly permitted by the terms and conditions may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws
Individuals violating any of these terms and conditions are subject to the revocation of permission to use the content, as well as the mandatory destruction of any or all unauthorized duplication(s)
All content featured on Hospital.com is subject to change without notice at the discretion of Hospital.com’s writing and editorial staff; please see our ‘References’ page for further information
Interactive Web Policy & Guideline
1. Blog
- The blog offered on Hospital.com is moderated by Alan Schwartz, who serves as Chief Technology Officer (CTO); more information on Alan Schwartz can be found on the ‘Staff’ tab:
Hospital.com assumes that all visitors and users of the blog feature to be non-medical professionals
- In the event that a medical professional uses our blog feature, their respective credentials and qualifications will be included in conjunction with their publishing activity
- All visitors and moderators are required to behave in a respectful fashion; all activity must be conducted in an honest and respectful fashion; information posted on the blog is required to be reliable, honest, and correct in conjunction with the knowledge of the individual posting
- Upon posting on our blog, visitors may be prompted to provide links to resources illustrating medical and scientific information published; posting that is personal in nature will require substantiation in the form of personal experience - symptoms, treatments, and experiential accounts must have been undergone by the poster or family member
- All posts will be automatically dated
- Visitors to Hospital.com that fail to comply with any or all guidelines of conduct may be subject to banning from the site without notice; all posts are reviewed by the moderating team on a weekly basis
- Hospital.com does not wish to replace the need for medical research or investigation undertaken by its visitors; in contrast, Hospital.com is committed to institute a complementary enhancement of the relationship shared between patients and physicians upon the provision of researched, factual, and officiated information that has undergone a stringent oversight process with regard to the integrity of any and all medically-related content produced
- Upon the respective use of the blog feature offered by Hospital.com, users acknowledge that any information submitted may be read by any individual visiting the website; individuals will be given the opportunity to edit - as well as delete - their individual posts
- Upon the respective use of the blog feature offered by Hospital.com, users acknowledge that any or all information submitted is true and correct in conjunction with the respective knowledge and experience latent within the individual posting that information
- Visitors that utilize our blog are not permitted to advertise, post banners, or solicit; doing so may result in a ban from Hospital.com and removal of posts submitted - advertising for websites or products are prohibited and will be removed
- The blog feature offered by Hospital.com is moderated; comments, information, and posts will be published subsequent to the approval of our moderating team; any or all text may be deleted at any time - visitors are encouraged to abstain from the inclusion of any personal information
- The editing and moderating team at Hospital.com conduct all activity in an objective fashion; neither conflict(s) of interest, nor external influence(s) affecting processes and procedure exist
- Users may contact our moderating and editing team directly through email: editor@hospital.com
2. Live Chat
Live chat is available on a by-appointment’ basis; depending on the nature of inquiry, live chat operation will vary between our editing team and our customer service department.
Children
This site is not intended for the use of children; children under the age(s) of 13 are not identified as a a desired visitor or intended audience; in the event that a child does visit this site in contrast with the implied wishes of Hospital.com, their respective information will not be collected.
Liability of Hospital.com
In no event will hospital.com, its licensors, advertisers, or suppliers be liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use the hospital.com site or its content, whether based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory. Hospital.com makes no representations or warranties about the following: The accuracy, completeness, currency, reliability, or timeliness of any or all content on the website as well as the satisfaction of any government regulations requiring disclosure of information of prescription drug products or approval of software tools with regard to the content on Hospital.com
Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold hospital.com, its directors, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, resulting from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these terms and conditions.
International
Hospital.com is based in Mahwah, NJ in the United States of America. hospital.com makes no claims that any site under out network of sites including hospital.com, MedicalSchool.org, Disease.com, Counselor.org, Physician.com, FluWikie.com, or Pathology.org, and their content are appropriate or may be downloaded outside of the United States. Certain persons may not legally be able to access the content. Certain countries may not allow access to the content. If you do access any website on the network from outside the United States, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for the laws in your jurisdiction.
Not a replacement for direct medical advice
The contents of hospital.com such as text, graphics, images, information obtained from licensors, and other material on hospital.com are for informational purposes only. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. The content is in no way considered direct medical advice. You should always seek the advice of a medical doctor or other qualified health provider with questions you have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional advice because of something you have read on hospital.com or other medical website.
Hospital.com does not recommend any specific tests, products, opinions, physicians, or other information mentioned on our site. Relying on information provided on the site is done solely at your own health risk.
Advertising, sponsors, links to other sites
Hospital.com may include links to other, third-party websites. hospital.com does not select certain sites as priority responses to search terms you enter and may agree to allow advertisers and sponsors to respond to certain search terms with advertisements or sponsored content. Hospital.com does not recommend or endorse the content on any of the third-party linked websites, nor is Hospital.com responsible for the content of these websites. Your use of these websites is done at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions for those websites.
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