Southwestern Medical Foundation Terms of Use

Swmedical.org (the “Site”) is operated by Southwestern Medical Foundation, Inc. (“Southwestern Medical Foundation”).  Southwestern Medical Foundation offers this Site, including all information, tools and services available from this Site, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices stated here.  Your use of this Site constitutes your agreement to these Terms of Use.

Accuracy, Completeness, and Timeliness of Information on This Site

Southwestern Medical Foundation is not responsible if information made available on this Site is not accurate, complete or current.  The material on this Site is provided for general information only and should not be relied upon or used as the sole basis for making decisions without consulting primary, more accurate, more complete or more timely sources of information.  Any reliance on the material on this Site is at your own risk.  This Site may contain certain historical information that is not current and is provided for your reference only.  We reserve the right to modify the contents of this Site at any time, but we have no obligation to update any information on the Site.

No Practice of Medicine

This Site is not engaged in the practice of medicine and the use of this Site does not create a health care provider-patient relationship.  Any information and advice on this Site is provided on a generalized, generic basis and is not specific to any individual patient’s condition.  Online health services and health information cannot replace a health professional-patient relationship, and you should consult with a health care professional for diagnosis and treatment of any specific health problems.  You should not disregard advice or treatment from your health care professional based on your interpretation of the information provided on this Site.

Use of Materials on the Site

All content on this Site (including, without limitation, text, design, graphics, logos, icons, images, audio clips, downloads, interfaces, code and software, as well as the selection and arrangement thereof), is the exclusive property of and owned by Southwestern Medical Foundation, its licensors or its content providers and is protected by copyright, trademark and other applicable laws.  You may access, copy, download and print the material contained on the Site for your personal and non-commercial use, provided you do not modify or delete any copyright, trademark or other proprietary notice that appears on the material you access, copy, download or print.  Any other use of content on the Site, including but not limited to the modification, distribution, transmission, performance, broadcast, publication, uploading, licensing, reverse engineering, transfer or sale of, or the creation of derivative works from, any material, information, software, products or services obtained from the Site, or use of the Site for purposes competitive to Southwestern Medical Foundation, is expressly prohibited.  You agree to abide by all additional restrictions displayed on the Site as it may be updated from time to time.  Southwestern Medical Foundation reserves the right to prohibit any person from using this Site for any reason whatsoever.  Southwestern Medical Foundation, or its licensors or content providers, retain full and complete title to the material provided on the Site, including all associated intellectual property rights, and provide this material to you under a license that is revocable at any time in Southwestern Medical Foundation’s sole discretion.  Southwestern Medical Foundation neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials on this Site will not infringe rights of third parties not affiliated with Southwestern Medical Foundation.

You may not use any hardware or software intended to damage or interfere with the proper working of the Site or to surreptitiously intercept any system, data, or personal information from the Site.  You agree not to interrupt or attempt to interrupt the operation of the Site in any way.  Southwestern Medical Foundation reserves the right to limit or terminate your access to or use of the Site at any time without notice.  Termination of your access or use will not waive or affect any other right or relief to which Southwestern Medical Foundation may be entitled at law or in equity.

Conduct on the Site

You or third parties acting on your behalf are not allowed to frame this Site or use our proprietary marks as meta tags, without our written consent.  These marks include, but are not limited to the Southwestern Medical Foundation logo.  You may not use frames or utilize framing techniques or technology to enclose any content included on the Site without Southwestern Medical Foundation’s express written consent.  Further, you may not utilize any Site content in any meta tags or any other “hidden text” techniques or technologies without Southwestern Medical Foundation’s express written consent.

Links

This Site may contain links to other websites, some of which are operated by Southwestern Medical Foundation or its affiliates and others of which are operated by third parties.  We are not responsible for the content of those or any other sites or any products or services that may be offered through those or any other sites or for any losses, damages, or other liabilities incurred as a result of your use of any linked sites.  Inclusion of links to other sites should not be viewed as an endorsement of the content of linked sites.  Different terms and conditions may apply to your use of any linked sites.

Trademarks and Copyrights

Trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on this Site are registered and unregistered trademarks of Southwestern Medical Foundation, its licensors or content providers, or other third parties.  All of these trademarks, logos and service marks are the property of their respective owners.  Nothing on this Site shall be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on the Site without the owner’s prior written permission, except as otherwise described herein.  Southwestern Medical Foundation reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Site and its content.  This Site and all of its content, including but not limited to text, design, graphics, interfaces and code, and the selection and arrangement thereof, is protected as a compilation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries.

Disclaimers

Your use of this Site is at your sole risk.  The Site is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.  We reserve the right to restrict or terminate your access to the site or any feature or part thereof at any time.  Southwestern Medical Foundation expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and any warranties that materials on the Site are noninfringing, as well as warranties implied from a course of performance or course of dealing; that access to the Site will be uninterrupted or error-free; that the Site will be secure; that the Site or the server that makes the Site available will be virus-free; or that information on the Site will be complete, accurate or timely.  Southwestern Medical Foundation does not make any warranties or representations regarding the use of the materials on this Site in terms of their completeness, correctness, accuracy, adequacy, usefulness, timeliness, reliability, or otherwise.

Limitation of Liability

 You acknowledge and agree that you assume full responsibility for your use of the Site.  You acknowledge and agree that any information you send or receive during your use of the Site may not be secure and may be intercepted by unauthorized parties.  You acknowledge and agree that your use of the Site is at your own risk and that the Site is made available to you at no charge.  Recognizing such, you acknowledge and agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, neither Southwestern Medical Foundation nor its affiliates, suppliers, or third party content providers will be liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, exemplary, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising out of or in any way related to the Site, or any other site you access through a link from this Site or from any actions we take or fail to take as a result of communications you send to us, or the delay or inability to use the Site, or for any information, products or services advertised in or obtained through the Site, Southwestern Medical Foundation’s removal or deletion of any materials submitted or posted on its Site, or otherwise arising out of the use of the Site, whether based on contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, even if Southwestern Medical Foundation, its affiliates, or any of its suppliers has been advised of the possibility of damages.  This disclaimer applies, without limitation, to any damages or injury arising from any failure of performance, errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, defects, delays in operation or transmission, computer viruses, file corruption, communication-line failure, network or system outage, your loss of profits, or theft, destruction, unauthorized access to, alteration of, loss or use of your transmissions or data, and any other tangible or intangible losses.

You specifically acknowledge and agree that neither Southwestern Medical Foundation nor its suppliers shall be liable for any defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any user of the Site.  Your sole and exclusive remedy for any of the above claims or any dispute with Southwestern Medical Foundation is to discontinue your use of the Site.  You and Southwestern Medical Foundation agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to the Site must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues or the cause of action is permanently barred.

Jurisdiction and Applicable Law

The laws of the State of Texas govern these Terms of Use and your use of the Site.

How To Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about these Terms of Use or this Site, please contact us by email at:  info@swmedical.org

You also may write to us at:

Southwestern Medical Foundation
Reagan Place at Old Parkland
3963 Maple Avenue, Suite 100
Dallas, Texas 75219

 

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