Clinical Care Options - Terms of Use

The following Terms of Use govern your use of the Clinical Care Options Web sites (http://clinicaloptions.com) produced by Clinical Care Options, LLC, referred to as the CCO sites in this Terms of Use policy. We reserve the right to change these terms from time to time. The most current version may be viewed by clicking on the link at the bottom of designated pages on the site, "Terms of Use". When you leave our Web site(s) and go to another Web site (whether controlled by us or by a third party), different terms apply and Clinical Care Options assumes no responsibility or liability for any content on those sites.

Clinical Care Options Web Site Content

The CCO Web sites incorporate information including modules, capsules, journal articles, medical news, references, interactive case studies, other continuing education material, program announcements and other healthcare information, which is intended for adults who are licensed healthcare professionals. This information is not meant or intended to serve as a substitute for the healthcare professional's clinical judgment. If you are a consumer who chooses to read this professional-level information on clinicaloptions.com, you should not use or rely on that information as professional medical advice or use it to replace any relationship with your physician or other qualified healthcare professional or any information they may have provided to you. For medical issues or concerns, including decisions about medications and other treatments, consumers should always consult their physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel.

Information on the CCO Web sites is developed or selected in accordance with our published Editorial Policies. However, we offer no warranty or guarantee related to our Web site or the accuracy of the information found therein. We specifically disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It is the reader's job to evaluate the accuracy of any information and results from interactive programs found on the site. If you are a healthcare professional, you should rely on your professional judgment in evaluating any and all information, and confirm the information contained on our Web site with other sources and reliable third parties before undertaking any treatment based on it. If you are a consumer, you should evaluate the information together with your physician or another qualified healthcare professional.

Although we are selective about the organizations we link to, we assume no responsibility for any Web sites that are linked to our sites or that you browse to after following a link from our sites.

Our Tools and Databases
Our Web site includes interactive programs, clinical tools and databases intended for the use of healthcare professionals on our Web site. Our tools are not intended to provide professional advice nor recommend particular products. Physicians and other healthcare professionals who use our interactive programs, tools or databases should exercise their own clinical judgment as to the results. Consumers who use the tools or databases do so at their own risk.

Individuals with any type of medical condition are specifically cautioned to seek professional medical advice before beginning any sort of health treatment. For medical concerns or issues, including decisions about medications and other treatments, users should always consult their physician or other qualified healthcare professional.

Ownership of Clinical Care Options Web Sites

Copyright
Clinical Care Options, LLC or our partners own the information on the CCO sites. The entire contents and design of the CCO Web sites are protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. You may look at our Web site online, download individual articles to your personal or handheld computer for later reading, and even print a reasonable number of copies of pages for yourself. You must not remove any copyright notices from our materials. We reserve all our other rights. This means you may not sell, rewrite or modify information found on this site, redistribute it, put it on your own Web site, or use it for any commercial purpose without our prior written authorization.

Trademarks
We also own the names we use for our products and services on CCO Web sites, and these names are protected by trademark laws in the U.S. Any other uses of our trademarks or service marks require our prior written approval.

Linking to Us
Direct links to our site may be acceptable. If you intend to frame the CCO Web site or portions of it into a different site or product in a way that may not be clear to users, you must first obtain permission from Clinical Care Options for any such use. You are not allowed to link to the CCO Web sites if you engage in illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on the Clinical Care Options reputation.

Software Products
Clinical Care Options makes some software and accompanying documentation available for downloading from our Web sites. These materials are the copyrighted work of Clinical Care Options or companies that have licensed the software to us. We do not transfer any ownership rights in software our documentation to you when you download it from our Web site; rather, you are allowed to use the software and documentation under the terms of a license agreement. You must read the license agreement that accompanies each product and indicate your agreement to those terms prior to downloading. You are not authorized to attempt to recreate or reverse engineer our software. In addition, some software available on our Web site is subject to United States export controls. By downloading or using such software, you are representing to us that your download of such software complies with these controls.

U.S. Government End Users
If you are affiliated with the U.S. government, then you should know that the software and documentation available on our Web sites are "commercial items," as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (October 1995), consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (September 1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 27.7202-4 (June 1995), all U.S. government end users acquire the software and documentation with only those rights set forth herein.

Laws Governing This Agreement
Clinical Care Options controls the CCO Web sites from its offices within the state of Virginia in the United States of America. The Web sites can be accessed from any of the United States and from other countries worldwide. Since the laws of each state or country able to access the Web sites may differ, by accessing the Web sites both you and Clinical Care Options agree that the statutes and laws of the state of Virginia, without regard to choice of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to use of our Web site.

Clinical Care Options makes no representation that materials on these Web sites are appropriate or available for use in any other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access these sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with any and all applicable local laws or regulations.

Acceptance Procedure
By either clicking below or accessing materials on our Web site or registering you agree to all the terms and conditions noted in this agreement.
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time, and your continuing use of our Web sites constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changed terms and conditions. We will post any such changes in a timely manner and make them available via links from the bottom of the home pages of the CCO Web site.

Privacy Policy
Because we provide continuing medical education for healthcare professionals, we pay special attention to privacy issues. The purpose of our Privacy Policy is to identify the information we may collect about you, describe the uses we may make of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and discuss your options for controlling your information. You can review our Privacy Policy on this clinicaloptions.com site.

Consequences
If you do not comply with these terms, we have the right to suspend or eliminate your account, and remove any information you have placed on our site, including your registration information. We may also take any legal action we think is appropriate. If your violation of this agreement causes harm to others, you agree to hold Clinical Care Options harmless against any liability for that harm. If there is any dispute between us concerning this agreement on your use of our Web site, we both agree to submit the dispute to non-binding mediation, followed by binding arbitration. Both the mediation and the arbitration will be governed under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and the venue for the arbitration will be Virginia.

Questions or Concerns about Our Terms of Use

For questions or concerns about these Terms of Use, please send an email to info@clinicaloptions.com.

These terms of use were last updated March 2005.


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	The following Terms of Use govern your use of the Clinical Care Options Web sites (http://clinicaloptions.com) produced by Clinical Care Options, LLC, referred to as the CCO sites in this Terms of Use policy. We reserve the right to change these terms from time to time. The most current version may be viewed by clicking on the link at the bottom of designated pages on the site, "Terms of Use". When you leave our Web site(s) and go to another Web site (whether controlled by us or by a third party), different terms apply and Clinical Care Options assumes no responsibility or liability for any content on those sites. Clinical Care Options Web Site Content The CCO Web sites incorporate information including modules, capsules, journal articles, medical news, references, interactive case studies, other continuing education material, program announcements and other healthcare information, which is intended for adults who are licensed healthcare professionals. This information is not meant or intended to serve as a substitute for the healthcare professional's clinical judgment. If you are a consumer who chooses to read this professional-level information on clinicaloptions.com, you should not use or rely on that information as professional medical advice or use it to replace any relationship with your physician or other qualified healthcare professional or any information they may have provided to you. For medical issues or concerns, including decisions about medications and other treatments, consumers should always consult their physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel. Information on the CCO Web sites is developed or selected in accordance with our published Editorial Policies. However, we offer no warranty or guarantee related to our Web site or the accuracy of the information found therein. We specifically disclaim any warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. It is the reader's job to evaluate the accuracy of any information and results from interactive programs found on the site. If you are a healthcare professional, you should rely on your professional judgment in evaluating any and all information, and confirm the information contained on our Web site with other sources and reliable third parties before undertaking any treatment based on it. If you are a consumer, you should evaluate the information together with your physician or another qualified healthcare professional. Although we are selective about the organizations we link to, we assume no responsibility for any Web sites that are linked to our sites or that you browse to after following a link from our sites. Our Tools and Databases Our Web site includes interactive programs, clinical tools and databases intended for the use of healthcare professionals on our Web site. Our tools are not intended to provide professional advice nor recommend particular products. Physicians and other healthcare professionals who use our interactive programs, tools or databases should exercise their own clinical judgment as to the results. Consumers who use the tools or databases do so at their own risk. Individuals with any type of medical condition are specifically cautioned to seek professional medical advice before beginning any sort of health treatment. For medical concerns or issues, including decisions about medications and other treatments, users should always consult their physician or other qualified healthcare professional. Ownership of Clinical Care Options Web Sites Copyright Clinical Care Options, LLC or our partners own the information on the CCO sites. The entire contents and design of the CCO Web sites are protected under U.S. and international copyright laws. You may look at our Web site online, download individual articles to your personal or handheld computer for later reading, and even print a reasonable number of copies of pages for yourself. You must not remove any copyright notices from our materials. We reserve all our other rights. This means you may not sell, rewrite or modify information found on this site, redistribute it, put it on your own Web site, or use it for any commercial purpose without our prior written authorization. Trademarks We also own the names we use for our products and services on CCO Web sites, and these names are protected by trademark laws in the U.S. Any other uses of our trademarks or service marks require our prior written approval. Linking to Us Direct links to our site may be acceptable. If you intend to frame the CCO Web site or portions of it into a different site or product in a way that may not be clear to users, you must first obtain permission from Clinical Care Options for any such use. You are not allowed to link to the CCO Web sites if you engage in illegal, obscene, or offensive content, or if the link in any way has a negative impact on the Clinical Care Options reputation. Software Products Clinical Care Options makes some software and accompanying documentation available for downloading from our Web sites. These materials are the copyrighted work of Clinical Care Options or companies that have licensed the software to us. We do not transfer any ownership rights in software our documentation to you when you download it from our Web site; rather, you are allowed to use the software and documentation under the terms of a license agreement. You must read the license agreement that accompanies each product and indicate your agreement to those terms prior to downloading. You are not authorized to attempt to recreate or reverse engineer our software. In addition, some software available on our Web site is subject to United States export controls. By downloading or using such software, you are representing to us that your download of such software complies with these controls. U.S. Government End Users If you are affiliated with the U.S. government, then you should know that the software and documentation available on our Web sites are "commercial items," as that term is defined in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (October 1995), consisting of "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. 12.212 (September 1995). Consistent with 48 C.F.R. 12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 27.7202-4 (June 1995), all U.S. government end users acquire the software and documentation with only those rights set forth herein. Laws Governing This Agreement Clinical Care Options controls the CCO Web sites from its offices within the state of Virginia in the United States of America. The Web sites can be accessed from any of the United States and from other countries worldwide. Since the laws of each state or country able to access the Web sites may differ, by accessing the Web sites both you and Clinical Care Options agree that the statutes and laws of the state of Virginia, without regard to choice of laws principles, will apply to all matters relating to use of our Web site. Clinical Care Options makes no representation that materials on these Web sites are appropriate or available for use in any other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access these sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with any and all applicable local laws or regulations. Acceptance Procedure By either clicking below or accessing materials on our Web site or registering you agree to all the terms and conditions noted in this agreement. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change the terms and conditions of this Agreement from time to time, and your continuing use of our Web sites constitutes your acceptance of and agreement to any changed terms and conditions. We will post any such changes in a timely manner and make them available via links from the bottom of the home pages of the CCO Web site. Privacy Policy Because we provide continuing medical education for healthcare professionals, we pay special attention to privacy issues. The purpose of our Privacy Policy is to identify the information we may collect about you, describe the uses we may make of your information and the security measures we take to protect it, and discuss your options for controlling your information. You can review our Privacy Policy on this clinicaloptions.com site. Consequences If you do not comply with these terms, we have the right to suspend or eliminate your account, and remove any information you have placed on our site, including your registration information. We may also take any legal action we think is appropriate. If your violation of this agreement causes harm to others, you agree to hold Clinical Care Options harmless against any liability for that harm. If there is any dispute between us concerning this agreement on your use of our Web site, we both agree to submit the dispute to non-binding mediation, followed by binding arbitration. Both the mediation and the arbitration will be governed under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, and the venue for the arbitration will be Virginia. Questions or Concerns about Our Terms of Use For questions or concerns about these Terms of Use, please send an email to info@clinicaloptions.com. These terms of use were last updated March 2005.
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