BRAMPTON CLINICS PATIENT PORTAL TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT
Legal Agreement This Terms of Use Agreement (“Agreement”) is a legal agreement between you and BRAMPTON CLINICS, which is the owner and operator of the BRAMPTON CLINICS Patient Portal (“Portal”). This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions under which you may access and use the Portal and all materials displayed or made available through the Portal, including, without limitation, text, images, photographs, illustrations, audio and video clips, computer software and code (“Content”). Byaccessing and using the Portal, you are indicating that you accept to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, you must not access or use the Portal. BRAMPTON CLINICS may revise this Agreement at any time without notice. Use of the Portal after such changes are posted will indicate your acceptance of the revisedterms.
PortalDescription
BRAMPTON CLINICS provides a service that uses an internet-based Portal in order to give selected patients greater access to their personal health information, thereby allowing such patients to participate more fully in their own health care.
Eligible patients with access to this Portal will be able to interact with health care providers regarding their personal care, view relevant treatment information received from the health care providers, and seek general information pertinent to their medical condition. Patients will be able to instigate the creation of a health record by providing personal information, such as personal and family health history, medications, and allergies. This secure Portal will grant participating patients unlimited accessto their own health careprofiles.
To access and use the Portal, you must be 16 years of age or older.
ServicesOffered
The Portal will make available personal health information related to the health care you receive from BRAMPTON CLINICS and may include the following services, which are subject to change without notice:
Online access to your Portal account and to your personal health information held within thePortal;
Interaction with health care providers and the ability to receive up-to-date health information (including certain testresults);
The ability to make appointment requests BRAMPTON CLINICS and/or participating BRAMPTON CLINICS health care providers; and
Use of online links to third-party websites, which provide health education. Certain services may be made available to you by a BRAMPTON CLINICS physician’s direct invitation only. In addition, BRAMPTON CLINICS physicians reserve the right to refuse to give an appointment or provide medicalservices.
PortalAccount
Registration
To use certain features of the Portal, you may be asked to create an account consisting of an online user name and a password. When you register for the Portal account, you agree to:
provide true, accurate, current, and completeinformation;
maintain and promptly update the information to ensure it remains true, accurate, current, and complete; and
if your patient health record, or the information it contains, is inaccurate, to immediately notify BRAMPTON CLINICS staff and to keep confidential any information you may inadvertently learn about a third party. If BRAMPTON CLINICS has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information you provided is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, BRAMPTON CLINICS will have the right to suspend or terminate your Portal account and your access to all or part of the Portal BRAMPTON CLINICS use of any personally identifying information you provide as part of the registration process is governed by the terms of BRAMPTON CLINICS privacy policy. BRAMPTON CLINICS will not provide your user name or password to any third party.
User Names andPasswords
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password you use in association with your Portal account. You are also responsible for all activities that occur under your user name and password. If BRAMPTON CLINICS has reasonable grounds to suspect that you are sharing your user name and/or password with anyone BRAMPTON CLINICS will have the right to suspend or terminate your Portal account and your access to all or part of the Portal. You agree to notify BRAMPTON CLINICS immediately of any unauthorized use of your user name and/or password, or any other breach of security, and to ensure that you exit from your account at the end of each session. BRAMPTON CLINICS will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from its failure or your failure to protect your user name, password, or any other account information.
Administrative Fee
Currently, the Portal service is provided free of charge. However, BRAMPTON CLINICS on its own behalf and on behalf of any third party providing the Portal service (presently or in the future), reserves the right to charge an administrative fee for this service, or any part thereof, in the future, in which case BRAMPTON CLINICS will provide a 30 days’ notice on the Portal before implementing such fee.
Discontinuance
Your participation in the Portal is voluntary. If you decide not to participate in the Portal, this will not affect the care that you receive from BRAMPTON CLINICS .You are free to discontinue your participation in the Portal at any time by notifying BRAMPTON CLINICS staff. If your access to the Portal is discontinued, your portal account will be deactivated.
Privacy and Personal HealthInformation
The Portal is secured through encryption technologies, and your Portal account will be password protected and only you and authorized BRAMPTON CLINICS personnel will have access to your personal health information. All personal health information, as defined under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, collected on the Portal will be held in the strictest confidence by BRAMPTON CLINICS to the extent permitted by law and in accordance with BRAMPTON CLINICS ’ privacy policy and information practices. Further information regarding our privacy policy and procedures is available by contacting BRAMPTON CLINICS staff.
Personal health information posted on the Portal is provided by BRAMPTON CLINICS at the patient’s request for their personal use only and may be subject to verification without notice. In addition, by providing your personal information while accessing and using the Portal, you are indicating that you agree to receive information from BRAMPTON CLINICS
Copyright
The Content is copyrighted and is owned by BRAMPTON CLINICS , its licensors, or the provider of the Content, as the case may be. Except as granted in the limited licences herein, any use, modification, transmission, distribution, republication, or other exploitation of the Portal or of its Content, whether in whole or in part, is prohibited without BRAMPTON CLINICS ’ express prior written consent.
LimitedLicence
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, you are hereby granted a limited, non-transferable, and non-exclusive license to access, view, and use the Portal and the Content, including personal health information, for your personal, non-commercial use. Access to the Portal for any other purpose is prohibited. You are granted the right to download, store and/or print single copies of items comprising the Content for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content. You cannot copy and/or repost items comprising the Content online other than within this Portal. You must also abide by any additional requirements governing the use of any special Content that may be set out in the Portal. In the event of a conflict between the terms of a licence governing particular content and this Agreement, the terms of the specific licence will govern.
SoftwareLicence
All software embedded in or located on or at the Portal, including, without limitation, allcomputer code of all types and all files and/or images contained in or generated by such software (collectively, “Software”) is protected by copyright and may be protected by other rights. All Software is ownedby
BRAMPTON CLINICS , its licensors, or the party accredited with ownership of the Software. You are hereby granted the right to access and use the Software embedded and integrated into the Portal, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement;and
any additional conditions which may be imposed on your access and use of theSoftware.
If the Portal provides Software for download, unless otherwise specified, you are hereby granted, subject to the terms of this Agreement and to any other specific terms and conditions that may apply to your downloading and use of such software, a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive licenseto:
install and run one copy of the Software in object code format on a non-networked computer for your personal, non-commercial use;and
reproduce the Software only as reasonably required to install, run, and make reasonable backup copies to the extent permitted bylaw.
Except to the extent expressly permitted in this Agreement, you maynot:
use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, upload, download, or transmit the Software in whole or in part;
sell, rent, lease, licenses, transfer, or otherwise provide access to theSoftware;
alter, remove, or cover any trade-marks or proprietary notices, including from the Software;and/or
decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, or reverse engineer the Software or assist others indoing so.
Other than the limited licence granted herein, nothing contained in the Portal shall be construed as granting you any right, title, interest, or other license in or to any Software embedded or integrated into the Portal or made available for download from the Portal, including, but not limited to, any intellectual property rights in theSoftware.
All Software embedded or integrated into the Portal is provided “as is”, without warranties of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, without limitations, any warranty that the Software: (i) is of merchantable quality and/or is fit for any particular purpose; (ii) will conform with any specifications relating to the Software; (iii) will be free from material defects; (iv) contains no computer viruses or other contaminants; or (v) shall process date and time-related data without causing any processing interruptions, abnormal termination or process or manipulate any time-relateddata.
Submissions to thePortal
Content
The Portal may allow you to post messages and content, participate in discussion groups, to interact with BRAMPTON CLINICS , their agents, physicians, qualified health care providers, and other users, as well as to upload files, documents, or other materials (collectively, “Submission(s)”). BRAMPTON CLINICS does not
control the content of any Submission and has no obligation to monitor any Submission. While BRAMPTON CLINICS , may attempt to delete insulting, offensive or inaccurate Submissions of which it is notified, it cannot prevent them and is not responsible for any damage such Submissions may cause. However, BRAMPTON CLINICS , reserves the right at all times to disclose any information necessary to satisfy any law, regulation, or governmental or law enforcement request, or to edit, refuse to upload or to remove any Submission, in whole or in part, that, in BRAMPTON CLINICS ’ sole discretion, are objectionable, inaccurate, misleading, or in violation of this Agreement. BRAMPTON CLINICS ,will fully cooperate with any legal obligation to disclose the identity of anyone making a threatening, libelous, obscene, pornographic, profane or otherwise offensive or illegal Submission. You acknowledge that you alone are responsible for the content of your Submissions and the consequences thereof.
Rules ofConduct
It is a condition of your use of the Portal that, when you make a Submission to the Portal, you do not do any of the following:
Restrict or hinder another user from using and enjoying the Portal, interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper workings of the Portal, or do anything which, in the sole discretion of BRAMPTON CLINICS , imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately large burden on the Portalinfrastructure;
Post or transmit any unlawful, abusive, defamatory, or obscene information of any kind, including, without limitation, any Submission comprising of or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, provincial, federal, or international law orregulation;
Post or transmit any Submission, including, without limitation, articles, images, stories, software, or other material, which violates or infringes upon the rights of others, including material which is an invasion of privacy or publicity rights, or which is protected by any intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, copyright, patent, trade secret, trade-mark, or other proprietary rights herein or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or rights holder;
Post or transmit any Submission which contains a virus or other harmfulcomponent;
Post or transmit “junk mail”, “chain letters”, unsolicited mass mailing or “spam”;and
“Mine” or otherwise use the Portal for commercial purposes, including, without limitation, posting, or transmitting any Submission which contains advertising, which engages in commercial activities, solicitations or sales, or which involves contests, sweepstakes, advertising, or pyramidschemes.
Non-Confidential Communications Subject to any applicable law, any communications, excluding those containing your personal health information, sent by or to you through the Portal or otherwise to BRAMPTON CLINICS , are on a non-confidential basis and BRAMPTON CLINICS is under no obligation to refrain from reproducing, publishing, or otherwise using them in any way or for any purpose. BRAMPTON CLINICS shall be free to use the content of any such communication, including, without limitation, any ideas,inventions,
concepts, techniques or know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose including, without limitation, developing, manufacturing and/or marketing goods and services. You agree not to assert any ownership right of any kind in such communications (including, without limitation, copyright, trade-mark, patent, unfair competition, moral rights, or implied contract) and you hereby waive the right to receive any financial or other consideration in connection with such communication including, without limitation, acknowledgement that you are the source of such communications.
Grant ofLicence
By making a Submission to the Portal, other than your personal health information, you grant the Owner a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable, unrestricted, worldwide license to:
use, reproduce, store, adapt, translate, modify, make derivative works from, transmit, distribute, publicly perform or display such Submissions for any purpose,and
sublicense to third parties the unrestricted right to exercise any other of the foregoing rights. In addition, youhereby:
waive all moral rights in your Submissions in favour of theOwner;
consent to your name, address and email appearing as the contributor of your Submission, where applicable, and to the disclosure and display of such information and any other information which appears in or is associated with yourSubmission;
acknowledge and agree that BRAMPTON CLINICS is not responsible for any loss, damage, or corruption that may occur to your Submission;and
acknowledge and agree that your Submission will benon-confidential.
Tools
All tools, calculators, or quizzes (“Tool(s)”) made available on the Portal are provided for general and illustrative purposes only. Tools do not constitute medical advice and are not intended to be a substitute thereof. You should not act or refrain from acting based on any information provided by any such Tool.
MedicalAdvice
Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health care provider practicing in your jurisdiction concerning any questions you may have regarding any medical conditions or any information obtained from the Portal. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on the Portal. Always consult with your physician or other qualified health care provider before beginning a new treatment, diet, or fitness program. Information obtained on the Portal is not exhaustive and does not cover all diseases, ailments, physical conditions or theirtreatment.
MedicalEmergency
Do not use the Portal for medical emergencies and do not attempt self-treatment based on anything you have seen or read on the Portal. If you have a medical emergency, call a physician, qualified health care provider, or 911 immediately.
No Doctor-PatientRelationship
The presentation of information on the Portal does not establish a doctor-patient relationship between you and BRAMPTON CLINICS (or any of its physicians or other qualified health care providers) and is not intended as a solicitation of individuals to become BRAMPTON CLINICS or clients (or any of its physicians or other health care providers).
NoEndorsements
Unless expressly stated, BRAMPTON CLINICS does not recommend or endorse any particular brand of products, services, procedures, or other information that appears or is advertised from time to time on the Portal.
Linking
The Portal may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided for convenience only and not as an endorsement by BRAMPTON CLINICS of any third-party website and its content. Unless specifically stated, BRAMPTON CLINICS does not operate any third-party website and is not responsible for its content, nor does it make any representation, warranty or covenant of any kind regarding any third-party website including, without limitation, any representation, warranty, or covenant:
regarding the legality, accuracy, reliability, completeness, timeliness, or suitability of any content on such third-partywebsites;
regarding the merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose of any third-party web sites or material, content, software, goods, or websites located at or made available through such third-party websites;or
that the operation of such third-party websites will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects or errors in such third-party websites be corrected, or that such third-party websites will be free from viruses or other harmfulcomponents.
BRAMPTON CLINICS does not wish the Portal to be linked to or from any third-party website. BRAMPTON CLINICS reserves the right to prohibit or refuse to accept any link to the Portal at any time and may remove a link without notice. You agree to remove any link to the Portal you may have acquired or stored on BRAMPTON CLINICS ’ request.
Disclaimer
The Portal and the Content are provided “as is”. While BRAMPTON CLINICS Legal Name> endeavors to provide accurate, current, and timely information, BRAMPTON CLINICS makes no representation, warranties
or covenants, express or implied, regarding the Portal and the Content including, without limitation, no representation, warranty or covenant that:
the Content contained in or made available through the Portal will be of merchantable quality and/or fit for a particularpurpose;
the Portal or Content will be accurate, complete, current, reliable, timely or suitable for any particularpurpose;
the operation of the Portal will be uninterrupted or errorfree;
defects or errors, whether human or computer errors, in the Portal or the Content will becorrected;
the Portal will be free from viruses or harmful components; andthat
communications to or from the Portal will be secure and/or notintercepted.
BRAMPTON CLINICS cannot guarantee the security or confidentiality of any communication to or from the Portal given that any information transmitted over the internet is generally not secure. BRAMPTON CLINICS and its physicians, qualified health care providers, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and their respective successors and assigns assume no liability resulting from the release of any information or material contained in the Portal.
You acknowledge and agree that your access and use of the Portal and the Content is solely at your own risk and liability.
Limitation ofLiability
In no event shall BRAMPTON CLINICS and its physicians, qualified health care providers, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and their respective successors and assigns be liable for damages of any kind, including, without limitations, any direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including, without limitation, any loss or damages in the nature of or relating to medical or personal injury, wrongful death, improper diagnosis, inaccurate information, improper treatment, lost business, or any other loss incurred in connection with your use, misuse, reliance upon the Portal or the Content, or your inability to use the Portal, regardless of the cause and whether arising in contract (including fundamental breach), tort (including negligence), or otherwise. The foregoing limitation shall apply even if BRAMPTON CLINICS knew of or ought to have known of the possibility of such damages.
BRAMPTON CLINICS disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions, and conduct of any third-party user of the Portal, or any advertiser or sponsor of the Portal (collectively, “third-party”). Under no circumstances shall BRAMPTON CLINICS or its physicians, qualified health care providers, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, or their respective successors and assigns be liable for any injury, loss, damage of any kind (including direct, indirect, special, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages), or expense arising in any fashion whatsoever from: (i) the acts, omissions, or conduct of any third-party, and (ii) any access, use, reliance upon or inability to use any materials, content, goods, or services located at, or made available at, any website linked to or from the Portal, regardless of the cause and
whether arising in contract (including fundamental breach), tort (including negligence), or otherwise. The foregoing limitation shall apply even if BRAMPTON CLINICS knew of or ought to have known of the possibility of such damages.
Indemnity
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless BRAMPTON CLINICS and its physicians, qualified health care providers, officers, directors, employees, agents, licensors, and their respective successors and assigns, from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, costs, or expenses whatsoever, including, without limitation, legal fees and disbursements, resulting directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (ii) your access to, use, misuse, reliance upon, or inability to access or use the Portal, the Content, or any website to which the Portal is or may be linked to from time to time; or (iii) your use of, reliance on, publication, communication, distribution, uploading, or downloading of anything (including the Content) on or from the Portal.
Modification to thePortal
BRAMPTON CLINICS reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Portal or any part thereof with or without notice to you. BRAMPTON CLINICS shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modifications, suspension, or discontinuance of the Portal or any part thereof.
Termination
BRAMPTON CLINICS may, in its sole discretion, cancel or terminate your right to use the Portal or any part of the Portal at any time without notice. In the event of termination, you are no longer authorized to access the Portal or the part of the Portal affected by such cancellation or termination. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to material downloaded from the Portal, the disclaimers, and limitationsof liabilities set out in this Agreement shall survive termination of this Agreement BRAMPTON CLINICS shall not be liable to you or to any third-party for suchtermination.
Use Prohibited Where Contrary toLaw
Use of this Portal is unauthorized in any jurisdiction where the Portal or any of the Content may violate any laws or regulations. You agree not to access or use the Portal in such jurisdictions. You agree that you are responsible for compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Any contravention of this provision, or any provision of this Agreement, is entirely at your own risk.
Governing Law The Portal is operated by BRAMPTON CLINICS from its offices in Ontario, Canada. You agree that all matters relating to your access or use of the Portal and its Content shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to principles of conflicts of law. You agree and hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario with respect to all matters relating to your access and use of the Portal and the Content, as well as any dispute that may arisetherefrom.
Severability
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this Agreement continue in full force and effect.
Waiver Any consent by BRAMPTON CLINICS either express or implied, to, or waiver of, a breach of this Agreement which you have committed shall not constitute a consent to, or waiver of, any other or subsequentbreach.
EntireAgreement
This is the entire Agreement between you and BRAMPTON CLINICS relating to your access and use of the Portal. This Agreement supersedes and invalidates all prior representations, warranties, understandings, and agreements between you and BRAMPTON CLINICS relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.
Contact Us Questions or comments regarding the Portal should be directed to BRAMPTON CLINICS staff.