Adventist Midwest Health - Midwest Region
Terms and Conditions of Use
Welcome to the web site operated by Adventist Midwest Health ("Adventist"). This web site (the "Adventist Web Site" or the "Web Site") provides general health information free of charge to users in the United States.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEB SITE. BY USING THIS WEB SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BELOW, AS THEY MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE, DO NOT USE THIS WEB SITE.
Adventist may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting the amended terms to this web site. Your continued use of the Adventist Web Site means you accept and agree to the revised Terms and Conditions of Use. If you disagree with the Terms and Conditions of Use (as amended from time to time) or are dissatisfied with this Web Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using this Web Site.
MEDICAL ADVICE IS NOT PROVIDED ON THIS WEB SITE
The information and content contained on the Adventist Web Site is for informational purposes only and is never intended to be a substitute for or relied on for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
If you think you may be experiencing a medical emergency, immediately call your doctor or 911. You should always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider concerning your health or any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking such advice because of information or opinions on the Adventist Web Site.
Adventist does not recommend or endorse any specific tests, products, procedures, opinions, or other information that may be mentioned on the Web Site. Reliance on any information provided by Adventist, Adventist employees and medical staff, others appearing on the Web Site at the invitation of Adventist, or other visitors or contributors to the Web Site is solely at your own risk.
Some parts of the Adventist Web Site are conducted by physicians and other medical providers. None of these health care professionals is entering into a physician-patient relationship with you by providing services or opinions on this Web Site. These health care professionals will not diagnose, treat or prescribe medications or treatment from this Web Site.
All users of the Web Site should be aware that although the hospitals work closely with the physicians who provide medical care to you, the physicians are not agents or employees of the hospital. Therefore, you may receive a separate bill for their services.
USE OF ADVENTIST WEB SITE
You agree to use the Adventist Web Site only for lawful purposes.
(a) Specifically you agree not to do any of the following: (1) upload to or transmit on the Adventist Web Site any defamatory, indecent, obscene, harassing, excessively violent or otherwise objectionable material, or any material that is, or may be, protected by copyright, without permission from the copyright owner; (2) use the Adventist Web Site to violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or to violate the laws of any jurisdiction (3) intercept or attempt to intercept electronic mail not intended for you; (4) misrepresent an affiliation with any person or organization; (5) upload or transmit on the Adventist Web Site any advertisements or solicitations of business; (6) restrict or inhibit other Subscribers' use of the Adventist Web Site; (7) upload or otherwise transmit files that contain a virus or otherwise corrupted data; (8) collect information about others (including e-mail addresses) without their consent; (9) download a file or software or include in a message any software, files or links that you know, or have reason to believe, cannot be distributed legally over the Adventist Web Site or that you have a contractual obligation to keep confidential (notwithstanding its availability on the Adventist Web Site); (10) post "spam", chain letters or engage in other similar activities or (10) engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the Adventist Web Site, or which, as determined by Adventist, exposes Adventist or users of the Adventist Web Site to any liability or detriment of any type.
(b) Any content and/or opinions uploaded, expressed or submitted to a message board, chatroom or any other publicly available section of the Adventist Web Site, and all articles and responses to questions, other than such content provided by Adventist, are solely the opinions and responsibility of the person or entity submitting them and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Adventist. You understand and acknowledge that you are responsible for whatever content you submit, and you, not Adventist, have full responsibility for such content, including its legality, reliability, appropriateness. By uploading or otherwise transmitting material to any area of the Adventist Web Site, you warrant that the material is your own, is in the public domain, or otherwise free of proprietary or other restrictions and that you have the right to use it, including by posting it to the Adventist Web Site. You grant to Adventist the right to use all content you upload or otherwise transmit to the Adventist Web Site in any manner Adventist chooses, including but not limited to copying, displaying or performing, or publishing it in any format whatsoever, and modifying it, incorporating it into other material or making a derivative work based on it.
(c) Adventist reserves the right, but does not assume any responsibility, to (1) remove from the Adventist Web Site any material posted by you on the Adventist Web Site which Adventist, in its sole discretion, deems inconsistent with the foregoing commitments, including any material Adventist has been notified, or has reason to believe, constitutes a copyright infringement; (2) terminate your access to all or part of the Adventist Web Site.. However, Adventist can neither review all material prior to transmission on the Adventist Web Site nor ensure prompt action with respect to objectionable material after it is transmitted on the Adventist Web Site. Accordingly, Adventist assumes no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications, or other content that is provided by third parties. Adventist reserves the right to take any action it deems necessary to protect the personal safety of users of the Web Site and the public, however, Adventist has no liability or responsibility to anyone for performance or nonperformance of the activities in this paragraph.
(d) Your failure to comply with the provisions of (a) or (b) above may result in the termination of your subscription to the Adventist Web Site and may expose you to civil and/or criminal liability.
COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS/USE OF CONTENT
The materials hosted on the Adventist Web Site are protected by United States and international laws regarding copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other proprietary rights. You are authorized to use the content on the Adventist Web Site for personal use only. You may not copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display or perform, republish, store, transmit or distribute any of the material on this site without the prior written consent of Adventist, except as follows. You may store copies of such materials temporarily in RAM and may store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes and you may print a reasonable number of pages of the Adventist Web Site for your personal use; provided in each case that you do not alter or remove any copyright or other proprietary notices included in such materials. Neither title nor intellectual property rights to any information or material in this site are transferred to you, but remain with Adventist or the applicable owner of such content.
TRADEMARKS
The term "Adventist" is a registered trademark, and the "Adventist" logo and all related product and service names, designs, and slogans are the trademarks or service marks of Adventist Midwest Health. All other product and service marks on this site are the trademarks of their respective owners.
LIABILITY OF ADVENTIST AND ITS LICENSORS
Adventist does not assume any liability for the content, materials, information and opinions provided on the Adventist Web Site. Reliance on any such information is solely at your risk. Adventist disclaims any liability for injury or damages resulting from use of any information contained on the Adventist Web Site.
THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE AND INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE WEB SITE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, WITH ALL FAULTS. NEITHER ADVENTIST NOR ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH ADVENTIST MAKES ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY OR AVAILABILITY OF THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE. SPECIFICALLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, NEITHER ADVENTIST NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH ADVENTIST WARRANTS OR REPRESENTS THAT THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE OR THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THAT WEB SITE WILL BE ACCURATE, RELIABLE, ERROR-FREE, UNINTERRUPTED; THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED; THAT THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS; OR THAT THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE WILL OTHERWISE MEET YOUR NEEDS OR EXPECTATIONS. ADVENTIST DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT WILL ADVENTIST OR ITS CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, UNDER ANY LEGAL THEORY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE, INCLUDING ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DELAY, INTERRUPTION IN SERVICE, VIRUSES, DELETION OF FILES OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR OTHER INACCURACIES IN THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE OR THE CONTENT TRANSMITTED ON THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE OR PERSONAL INJURY, WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS NEGLIGENCE BY ADVENTIST AND WHETHER OR NOT ADVENTIST HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGES.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Adventist, its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, third-party information providers, licensors, health care professionals and others involved in the delivery of the Adventist Web Site or the delivery of services or information over the Adventist Web Site, from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorney's fees, arising from your use of the Adventist Web Site or any information obtained from the Web Site or from any violation by you of this Agreement.
PRIVACY; PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Adventist's use of your personal information and your responsibilities in connection with privacy is in accordance with our privacy policy and is incorporated into by reference into these Terms and Conditions of Use.
COMMENTS AND SUBMISSIONS
Adventist welcomes your comments. All comments, suggestions or other information sent by you to this site for internal use by Adventist or its advertisers or business partners or in response to solicitations on this site, will become Adventist's property, you agree that all intellectual property rights therein are transferred to Adventist. You understand that any postings to publicly available portions of the Adventist Web Site are non-confidential for all purposes.
PASSWORD PROTECTED AREAS OF THE ADVENTIST WEB SITE
Adventist does not warrant or represent that the information you submit to password protected areas of the Adventist Web Site will be protected against, loss, misuse, or alteration by third parties.
You are responsible for taking all steps to ensure that no other person has access to password protected areas of the Adventist Web Site accessed through your password or account. It is your sole responsibility to (1) control the dissemination and use of your passwords; (2) authorize, monitor, and control access to and use of your passwords and password protected areas of the Adventist Web Site accessed through your password or account; (3) promptly inform Adventist of any need to deactivate a password. You permit Adventist and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of the Web Site to transmit, monitor, retrieve, store and use your information in connection with the operation of password protected areas of the Adventist Web Site. Adventist does not and can not assume any responsibility or liability for any information submitted by you to password protected areas of the Adventist Web Site or for your or third parties' use or misuse of information transmitted or received through password protected areas of the Adventist Web Site.
ADVERTISEMENTS AND LINKS TO OTHER SITES
The Adventist Web Site contains links to other web sites on the Internet. Adventist does not endorse the content on any third party web sites. Adventist is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites, sites framed within the Adventist Web Site, or third party advertisements, and does not make any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party web sites is at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such web sites.
COMPLIANCE
This site is operated from a site in the State of Illinois, USA. Adventist makes no representation that materials in this site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. If you access this site from other locations, you are responsible for complying with local laws.
CONTACT
Please contact Julie Busch if you become aware of any content that you believe to be in violation of these Terms and Conditions of Use, including without limitation, claims that any content on the Adventist Web Site infringes the copyright of a third party.
MISCELLANEOUS
These Terms and Conditions shall be governed in all respects by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, USA, without regard to its conflicts of law principles. These Terms and Conditions, as they may be amended from time to time, completely and exclusively state the agreement between you and Adventist with respect to the Adventist Web Site, and no other terms that may have been communicated to you orally or in any other manner shall have any force or effect. Any cause of action you may have with respect to the Adventist Web Site must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises or such claim or cause of action is barred. Exclusive jurisdiction over any cause of action arising out of these Terms and Conditions or your use of the Adventist Web Site shall be in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois. You agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such
If any part of these Terms and Conditions is unenforceable, the unenforceable part shall be construed to reflect, as nearly as possible, the original intentions of the parties. The other provisions of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect.
Adventist's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of the provision. Neither a course of dealing or conduct between you and Adventist nor any trade practices shall be deemed to modify these Terms and Conditions.