Terms & Conditions

At Health Leads, we value your support and respect your privacy. This page explains our privacy policies and our terms and conditions for participation in our Learning Network and any program offerings thereunder, including but not limited to the Health Leads Collaborative and the CASHI Collaborative (collectively, the “Learning Network”). Learning Network is owned and operated by Health Leads, Inc. (“Health Leads”), a not for profit, tax exempt organization, duly incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.By using our Learning Network you agree to the following Terms and Conditions, which constitute an agreement between Health Leads and you. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, do not use the Learning Network.

Scope of Terms and Conditions:
These Terms and Conditions apply to your use of our Learning Network websites (collectively, “Learning Network Sites”) and to tools and materials accessible through participation in the Learning Network. We may have other websites, tools, materials or programs covered by different terms and conditions.

Changes to Terms and Conditions:
Health Leads may change these Terms and Conditions from time to time. If Health Leads decides to change these Terms and Conditions, we will post those changes to this webpage and in other appropriate places.

Cancellation Policy:
As applicable, Health Leads will provide a full refund of your enrollment fee to the extent you or your participants in the Learning Network cancel before the start of the program. At any time you may substitute a Learning Network participant for another within your organization. Unfortunately, refunds will not be granted for cancellations or withdrawals made on or after the first day of the program.

Copyright:
You acknowledge and agree that the content and materials available from the Learning Network, including without limitation all text, graphics, user interfaces, visual interfaces, photographs, logos, taglines, audio and video media, artwork, design, structure, selection, coordination, expression, “look and feel” and the arrangement thereof, are protected by copyrights or other proprietary rights and laws. Among other things, this means you must not sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, compile or create derivative works from such content or materials, except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions. You acknowledge and agree that the unauthorized use of the content and materials available from the Learning Network could cause irreparable harm to Health Leads and that in the event of such unauthorized use, Health Leads shall be entitled to an injunction in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity. If you believe that your work appears on the Learning Network and has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please promptly provide Health Leads with the information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512).

Trademarks:
We or our third party service providers also own the names we use for our products and services available from the Learning Network, and these names are protected by trademark laws in the US and internationally. All tradenames and trademarks are the property of Health Leads or our third party service providers.

Data Security:
Health Leads uses various security measures to ensure the safety of your personal information, following reasonable industry practices regarding network configuration, firewalls, and other measures to protect all data contained in our on-site and cloud-based systems. Health Leads is a HIPAA compliant organization and also complies with the Massachusetts Security Beach Law (M. G.L. c 93H and 201 CMR 17.00 et seq.).

Links to Other Sites:
Health Leads’ website includes links to other sites that may contain information of interest to our visitors. Health Leads takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over, third part organizations’ privacy policies, security practices, views, or the accuracy of any information contained on other such websites.

Information Provided by You to Health Leads Learning Network:
There are a number of sections on our website containing input forms which require your name, e-mail address and other information. By submitting such forms, you give us permission to contact you with messages that relate to your interest in Health Leads and our Learning Network.

All disclosure to us is voluntary and you may at any time decide to rescind your authorization for us to communicate with you by contacting us directly at learningnetwork@healthleadsusa.org. If you receive any email from Health Leads by mistake, please contact learningnetwork@healthleadsusa.org with “Unsubscribe” as the subject line to be removed from these communications. All “Unsubscribe” requests will be processed within two business days.

Access to Your Information:
Health Leads, Health Leads staff and volunteers, and Health Leads third party service providers may have access to your information and other data that you submit or that we collect regarding your use of the learning network site, on an as-needed basis, for the purpose of performing their respective duties for Health Leads and our Learning Network. We use all of this information and data to administer and improve the operations of Health Leads and our Learning Network.

Contributing Content:
Health Leads encourages your participation in the Learning Network through submitting content and participating in the interactive functions of the website. Unless expressly permitted by Health Leads you may not use our Learning Network or any information, materials, tool or service provided by Health Leads to solicit other Learning Network participants for any commercial purpose, or to advertise commercial programs, products, or services of any kind for which a fee is charged.

Policy on Using and Sharing Learning Network Content:
Health Leads goal is to make the content posted on Learning Network Sites or otherwise available through our Learning Network to be open and accessible to all participants. In keeping with this goal, we invite registered participants to download, learn from, and share the content available through our Learning Network, only as permitted under these terms of use.

Unless otherwise prohibited, you may look at content online; download individual documents; print or email pages of content; download tools to your personal computer or handheld device for later reading or use; and print a reasonable number of copies of pages for yourself and your colleagues, provided that:

• You may not sell, license, sub-license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publish, adapt, edit, compile, or create derivative works from such content or materials.
• You may not post such content or materials to another website
• You must always credit Health Leads (and any other sources specified) for a specific piece of such content or materials
• You may not repackage such content or materials for commercial purposes or otherwise offer it for sale.

Content That You Submit to Our Learning Network:
Unless we notify you that something will be treated confidentially, or you request such confidential treatment in writing, when you submit content to Learning Network Sites, including but not limited to documents, web page text, tools, reports, studies, comments, ratings, and postings to discussion boards or blogs, you are giving us a royalty-free, world-wide, irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such content in any medium form, format, or forum whether presently existing or developed later and to sublicense such rights to others. We will consider requests to remove content that you make publicly available on an individual basis, but Health Leads will make the final decision whether or not to remove such content.

As a condition of your use of our Learning Network, you represent and warrant that you will not post any content, links, or codes that would be in the sole and absolute determination of Health Leads, misleading, false, defamatory, vulgar, inappropriate, harmful, and unlawful or prohibited by these Terms and Conditions. You may not use our Learning Network in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our Learning Network Sites and/or any other website owned, operated, or maintained by Health Leads or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of our Learning Network. Health Leads reserves the right to remove any such content at any time without your consent.

If you submit or post any content or intellectual property to Learning Network Sites or Health Leads, you represent and warrant that your submission or posting does not infringe the rights of the owner of such content or intellectual property or of any other third party. You further represent and warrant that the owner of such content or intellectual property has expressly granted, or allowed you to grant, to Health Leads a royalty-free, world-wide, irrevocable, perpetual, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display such content or intellectual property in any medium, form, format, or forum whether presently existing or developed later, and to sublicense such rights to others.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability:
EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, HEALTH LEADS DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, AND HEALTH LEADS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Health Leads Learning Network Sites are resources for the purpose of helping health care professionals and organizations address patients’ social needs. We do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, correctness, timeliness, or usefulness of any information, products, services, or other material provided through Learning Network Sites or our Learning Network. We make no warranty or guarantee that the healthleadslearningnetwork.org website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free. In no event will we be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken by you or anyone else in reliance on the information contained or provided through Learning Network Sites or our Learning Network.

Some information on the Learning Network Sites comes from you or from other Learning Network participants. We are not responsible for that information. Whether the information comes from us or from you, we are not liable for any consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages resulting from your use of the information available from Learning Network Sites or our Learning Network.

You understand and agree that we cannot and do not operate, control, supply, endorse, warrant, or guarantee any information, products, services, or merchandise available from Learning Network Sites, our Learning Network or the internet in general, in any way. You also understand and agree that we cannot and do not warrant or guarantee that files available for downloading through the Learning Network Sites will be free of infections or viruses, worms, Trojan horse, or other code that contains contaminating or destructive properties. You understand and agree that you are solely responsible for implementing sufficient precautions, procedures, and checkpoints to satisfy your own requirements for the accuracy of data input and output, and for maintaining a means external to Health Leads for reconstruction of any lost data. We do not assume the responsibility for the loss of any information, data, or other materials resulting from your use of the Learning Network Sites or our Learning Network.

Consequences:
If you do not comply with these terms, as determined by Health Leads in its sole and absolute discretion, we have the right to block your access, suspend or eliminate your registration, and remove any content or other information you have placed on our website. We may also take any legal action if, in our sole discretion, we think such legal action is appropriate.

Governing Law:
Both you and Health Leads submit to jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and further agree that any cause of action arising under these Terms and Conditions shall be brought exclusively in any state or federal court located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Health Leads makes no representation that materials available from the Learning Network Sites orthe Learning Network are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. Those who choose to access the Learning Network Sites from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for their compliance with local laws.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be struck and the remaining provisions shall be enforced. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of any section of text. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to any subsequent or similar breach. These Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Statement set forth herein are the entire understanding and agreement between you and Health Leads with respect to your use of the Learning Network Sites and our Learning Network.

Questions:
All questions about Health Leads’ Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions for participation in our Learning Network should be directed to learningnetwork@healthleadsusa.org.