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Disclaimer - General.
The Mercy-Health.org website is provided "as is" and without warranty,
express or implied. All warranties with regard to the accuracy, reliability,
timeliness, usefulness or completeness of the information contained on the Mercy-Health.org
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Your use of the Mercy-Health.org website is solely at your own risk. Neither
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of the possibility of such damages. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total
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Disclaimer - External links.
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users and third parties and may result in unsolicited messages from other users
or third parties. Such activities are beyond our control. We make no representations,
covenants or warranties about the discoverability of your identity by methods
beyond our control. If you use a Public Area, you are solely responsible for
your own communications and the consequences of posting those communications.
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Employees and other individuals affiliated with Catholic Healthcare Partners
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website, and/or contributing content to the Mercy-Health.org website, do so as individuals
and not in any official capacity. Their opinions and expressions do not represent
the opinions, expressions or official position of the Mercy-Health.org website,
CHP or any of CHP's subsidiaries unless expressly stated.
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Disclaimer - Technology
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or losses, including loss of data. We cannot and do not guarantee or warrant
that files available for downloading from the Mercy-Health.org website will be free
of infection, viruses, worms, Trojan Horses or other codes that manifest contaminating
or destructive properties. We do not warrant or guarantee that the functions
or services provided by us will be uninterrupted or error-free or that defects
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Disclaimer - Find A Doctor
The Mercy-Health.org website provides information about health care providers ("Providers")
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with CHP, or are employed by CHP or one of its affiliates. The Mercy-Health.org
website can also help you find a provider who meets your specifications. Please
note that when we provide you with the name of a provider who meets your specifications
we are not recommending that provider or referring you to that provider. Information
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is solely responsible for the accuracy of that information. We do not guarantee
the reliability, accuracy or completeness of information contained on the Mercy-Health.org
website about a particular provider. If you are seeking information about a
provider's participation with a specific health care plan, that information
may be available, however, due to frequent changes in insurance coverage, we
recommend that you always check with the provider's office regarding insurance
specifics.
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Use Of Interactive Areas
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which are solely to enable communication between site visitors. CHP may also
from time to time place e-mail inks on the site, which are solely to enable
site visitors to communicate by e-mail with CHP. If you use a public area, you
are solely responsible for your own communications, the consequences of posting
those communications, and your reliance on any communications found in the interactive
areas. In cases where you feel threatened or believe someone else is in danger,
you should contact your local law enforcement agency immediately. If you
think you may have a medical emergency, call your doctor or 911 immediately.
Although CHP may from time-to-time monitor or review discussions, chats, postings,
transmissions, bulletin boards and the like on the site, CHP does not do so
actively or regularly, and is under no obligation to do so and assumes no responsibility
or liability arising from the contents of any such communications nor for any
error, defamation, libel, obscenity, profanity or inaccuracy contained in any
such communication.
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disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. CHP is free to
use, without any compensation to you, any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques
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including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products
and/or services using such information. By uploading or transmitting information
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of other works in any form, media or technology whether now known or hereafter
developed, and to sub-license such rights through multiple tiers of sub-licenses.
Additionally, CHP has the right to use any questions, comments, or other information
submitted by users in books, articles, commentaries, research or in similar
ways, without the consent of the user. You warrant that any communications you
upload or transmit to this site do not infringe any patent, trademark, trade
secret, copyright or other proprietary rights of any party.
In consideration of being allowed to use the interactive areas, you agree that
you shall refrain from the following prohibited conduct and that such conduct
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posting any information which contains any virus, worm, Trojan horse or other
code which is contaminating or destructive to the files or programs of CHP or
any of its users or any other parties.
CHP reserves the right to but is not obligated to record, monitor, investigate,
edit, disclose, delete or remove any content from the site for any reason, and/or
eject any user from all or a portion of the site for not adhering to these terms
of use. CHP reserves the right to terminate any user's access to any or all
areas upon the user's breach of these terms of use. CHP does not screen communications
in advance and is not responsible for screening or monitoring material posted
by members or any other person or entity.
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to, any software and content.
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