Copyright Information and Limitations on Use

Updated: November 21, 2024

Copyright © 2024 The Wyanoke Group. All Rights Reserved.

All information contained on or available through this website is protected by copyright law in the United States of America and in other countries. No one has permission to copy, display, distribute, republish or create derivative works from such information in any form unless otherwise specified.

This website is owned and operated by The Wyanoke Group, 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, NJ 08086.

Access or use of the website or any websites operated by The Wyanoke Group, its subsidiary companies of Healio, Healio Strategic Solutions, Healio Live, Vindico Medical Education and SLACK Incorporated, or any website within The Wyanoke Group’s network means you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below. These Terms and Conditions include the website’s Privacy Policy and any guidelines, rules or disclaimers that may be posted and updated on specific web pages or on notices that are sent to you. Please do not use this website if you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions.

The Wyanoke Group reserves the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms and Conditions in its sole discretion at any time and without prior notice. This page should be checked periodically for any modifications. Your continued use of this website following the posting of any changes will mean that you have accepted the changes. Under the terms of General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) put into effect on Wyanoke Group websites on May 25, 2018, you may opt-out of your use of the site and the storage of any personal information that use entails at any time.

All content in this website, including website layout, design, images, text and other information is The Wyanoke Group’s property and is protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.

Except as otherwise expressly permitted under applicable law or as described in these Terms and Conditions or relevant license or subscriber agreement, you may not copy, display, distribute, modify, publish, reproduce, store, transmit, create derivative works from, or sell or license all or any part of the content, products or services obtained from this site in any medium to anyone.

Content from the website may be printed or saved by you for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices are kept intact by you. Without prior written permission from The Wyanoke Group and its associated companies, you may not engage in systematic retrieval of content from the website to create or compile, directly or indirectly, a collection, compilation, database or directory. To request permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, display or make derivative works from any content on the website, click on the link that says “Request Permission” on the page where the content resides (you will be directed to the Copyright Clearance Center’s Rightslink service), OR click on the “Permissions” link at the bottom of any Wyanoke Group website page to complete the online form. Please allow 7-10 business days for a response via the online form.

You may not use the website to publish or distribute any advertising, promotional material or solicitation to other users of the website to use any goods or services without The Wyanoke Group’s approval.

The use of Healio content on Healio.com, cme.healio.com and any other Wyanoke Group website may not be used in the development of any software and expressly may not be used to train a machine learning or artificial intelligence system.

Trademarks

All trademarks appearing on this site are the property of their respective owners.

Links to Other Websites

Hyperlinks to other websites or resources that are provided solely for your convenience may be present on the website. A link to a website put in place by The Wyanoke Group or its employees is not an indicator of a business relationship with that website. The Wyanoke Group is not responsible for the availability of external websites or resources linked to Its website, and does not endorse and is not responsible or liable for any content, advertising, products or other materials on or available from such websites or resources. Any personal information that those websites may or may not collect is not shared with The Wyanoke Group in any other manner except those outlined in our privacy policy, such as through widgets and cookies. In many instances when hyperlinks are in use, personal information of users of The Wyanoke Group’s websites is not shared with third parties.

Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

Neither The Wyanoke Group nor any third-party content providers or licensors makes any warranty whatsoever, including without limitation, that the website’s operation will be uninterrupted or error-free; that defects will be corrected; that this website, including the server that makes it available, is free of viruses or other harmful components; as to the results that may be obtained from use of the content or other materials on the site; or as to the accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, suitability, quality, non-infringement or operation of any content, product or service provided on or accessible from the website.

The Wyanoke Group does not endorse or take responsibility for any products, goods or services offered by outside vendors through our services or advertised on our system.

Systems Reliability

The Wyanoke Group seeks to keep its websites available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days per week and to maintain saved articles and other content types of its registered users. However, availability may be limited and/or information may be lost due to technical failures, acts of God or routine maintenance. The Wyanoke Group shall not be liable for lost information or non-availability of the services.

Medical Disclaimers

The information contained in the products and services on this website should not be considered complete. It is important that the services be used only as a reference tool, similar to the use of a textbook or a journal article, and that the products and services not be used as a substitute for diagnostic decision making. The user has sole responsibility for decisions regarding actual patient care. The services provided are not intended to provide the “right answer” or give definitive medical consultation. The services are a medical reference, and shall not be used as a diagnostic decision-making system and must not be used to replace or overrule a health care provider’s judgment or diagnosis.

Disclaimer of Warranties

You understand and agree that the products and services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. No warranty is made by The Wyanoke Group that the service will meet subscriber’s requirements or that use of the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error free; nor is any warranty made by The Wyanoke Group as to the results that may be obtained from use of the service or the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the service (including third-party content) and that any defects in the service will be corrected. The Wyanoke Group and its suppliers disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether they be express, implied or statutory regarding service, including any implied warranty of title, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of third-party rights. The user understands and agrees that any material or data obtained through the use of the service is at the subscriber’s own discretion and risk and that the user will be solely responsible for any resulting damage to subscriber’s computer system or loss of data.

Limitation of Liability

You understand and agree that The Wyanoke Group and its suppliers shall not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including, without limitation, any damages for lost data or lost profits arising from or relating to:

[i] use of the service by the subscriber or use of the service through user account by anyone else;

[ii] the cost of procurement of substitute data, information or services;

[iii] unauthorized access to or alteration of subscriber’s transmissions or data; or

[iv] any other matter relating to service. The Wyanoke Group’s total cumulative liability to user and anyone who uses the service through subscriber’s account, for any and all claims under any theory of law, will not exceed the fees paid for the service.

License

The Wyanoke Group has a License for its websites available for institutional customer’s review. If you are interested in receiving it, please contact The Wyanoke Group at 856-848-1000 or by email at customerservice@wyanokegroup.com.

 

Healio Community Website Terms of Use

 

Updated version: 9/27/24

The Healio Community Website Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) are defining the conditions under which you may access and use the Healio Community Website and all the functionalities provided (hereinafter designated together the “Service”). 

By accessing or using the Service or by logging into with your allocated User ID, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. The User undertakes to have legal ability and means required to access and use the Service and acknowledges to have read, understood and accepted without limitation or reservation the Terms of Use, which apply in addition to the Privacy Policy.

The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy are permanently available at https://www.healio.com/terms-and-conditions and https://www.healio.com/privacy-policy, respectively.

Please review these Terms of Service carefully prior to using the Service.  If you do not agree with these Terms of Use, please do not use the Service.  

 

The Service is provided by PNS & WSS Incorporated, dba Healio (Healio), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Wyanoke Group:

Registered office: 6900 Grove Road, Thorofare, NJ 08086

Medical media 

Publication Director:  Chief Content Officer: Joan-Marie Stiglich, ELS

E-mail: jmstiglich@healio.com

Phone number:  856-994-9900

Hosting:

Google Cloud Platform

Company located at Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, Ireland

Registered in the Dublin Trade and Companies Register under the number: 752925594

Phone number: +353 1 436 1000

 

 

Community Website: The online platform named Healio Community, edited by Hivebrite and provided by Healio, allowing the User to benefit from the Service. 

 

Data Protection Law:  Means the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) and all U.S. state regulations.

 

User Account: A dedicated online account opened by any visitor and providing an access to the Service.

 

Identifiers: Login and password or social login the User used to create the User Account.

 

Party or Parties: The User and Healio designated either individually or collectively.

 

Service: The Community Website and all the functionalities provided thereto and described in the Terms and Conditions.

 

Service Content: Any data, text, files, information, usernames, images, graphics, photos, profiles, audio and video clips, sounds, works of authorship, applications, links, and other content or materials made available during the Service.

 

User or Users:  Any person authorized by Healio to access and use of the Service after creation of a User Account.

 

User Content: Any content created, posted, or shared by the User, on or through the Service, including any information, data, photos and other content relating to the User.

 

 

The Terms of Service will come into effect on first access to the Service for the entire duration of use. 

 

 

 

The Service enables Users to connect with each other, build communities and network.

The Service comprises a suite of online services provided by Healio, allowing the User to: 

These Terms of Service govern the use of each component of the Service.  

 

 

Access to the Service shall be subject to the creation of a User Account. 

 

The Service is available on the website https://community.healio.com or the mobile app Healio Community that can be downloaded through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. 

 

 

 

The User must ensure she or he has (the “User’s System”):

      

Users shall bear all the costs for accessing the Service.

 

 

 

This shall require the entering of personal identification data through the online registration form accessible at the following address: healio.com/community/register

 

The User shall enter user identification data such as first and last name, email, zip code, profession, specialty, NPI (if applicable) and year of medical school graduation.

 

The User agrees to provide only accurate and complete information when creating or updating their Account information.

 

 

 

 

In order to benefit from the Services, the User must log-in with the email and password or Google SSO account the User used to create the User Account. Identifiers are personal and confidential. Users are responsible for keeping it secret and not disclose it to any third party in any form and for any reason whatsoever.

 

The User’s login can only be changed at the request of the User or at the initiative of Healio. The User’s password is modifiable by the User through the User’s Account. The User is solely and entirely responsible for the use of the User’s Identifiers and undertakes to do everything possible to keep it secret and not to disclose them to anyone, in any form whatsoever and for any reason whatsoever. If the User forgets her/his password, the User can generate a new one by clicking on the link “Reset my password” available at https://www.healio.com/my-account/edit-profile.

      

The User is solely responsible for the activity that occurs on her/his User Account and will be responsible to keep its Identifiers secure and for the use of her/his Identifiers by third parties or for any actions or declarations made through her/his User Account, whether fraudulent or not, and guarantees Healio against any request in this respect. 

 

If the User has reason to believe that a person is fraudulently using identification elements or her/his User Account, she or he must immediately inform Healio by email at the following address: itsupport@healio.com.

 

The User is solely responsible for the improper access, damage, disruption, loss or theft, and adverse consequences caused by its breach of the confidentiality of the Identifiers. In case of loss, misappropriation or unauthorized use of its password, the User shall immediately notify Healio.

      

Users may not use another’s account without permission. A User Account may not be shared, transferred, or sold to other parties, nor are they to be used by or made available to any person or entity except the registered user.  

 

 

The Service is available for free of charge (excluding any connection costs, whose price depends on your electronic communication service provider). 

 

 

   

 

The Service and the Service Content belong and shall remain the property of Healio or its licensors as appropriate, and is protected by copyright, patent when applicable, trade secret and other intellectual property laws.

 

The User shall not acquire any of such rights, title and interest (including, without limitation, all intellectual property rights such as copies, modifications, extensions and derivative works thereof) save as otherwise expressly set out in this Article 7.2 and the User shall take all necessary measures to this effect. All rights not expressly granted to Users are reserved and retained.

 

Any reproduction, representation, distribution, modification, adaptation or translation of these various Service Content, in whole or in part, in any form and current or future medium, is strictly prohibited, except within the limit of the Terms of Service or with prior express authorization of Healio. Any use of this Service Content not expressly authorized by Healio shall constitute a violation of the Terms of Use and a violation of intellectual property rights.

 

Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, the User may not use or register any name, logo, brand or insignia of Healio or any of its subdivisions for any purpose except with Healio’s prior written approval and in accordance with any restrictions required by Healio. These are the property of Healio or are subject to rights to use, duplicate or represent/communicate to the public that have been granted to as such.

 

Healio is the producer of databases on the Community Website and Healio is the owner of any databases made available. The User shall not extract or reuse a substantial qualitative or quantitative portion of the databases, including for private purpose.

 

 

Healio grants the User a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to use the Service for the User’s personal, non-commercial purposes. The User may only use the Community Website on devices that the User owns or controls and as permitted by the App Store terms of service. The User may use the Service and the Service Content only in the manner and for the purposes specified in these Terms of Use.  Except as specifically permitted by these Terms of Use, User may not modify, transmit, produce, distribute, display, sell, license, broadcast, or otherwise make available in any form or by any means any part of the Service or the Service Content without the express written permission of Healio. 

 

In connection with the use of the Services and Service Content or User’s Content, the User is not authorized to, or cannot allow a third party to:

 

 

 

 

 

The User represents and warrants that she or he retains ownership of all of his intellectual property rights in the User Content or that this User Content is subject to a license granted to the User by a third party holding these rights, under conditions allowing the User to freely use and/or transfer these elements for the purpose of using the Service, under the conditions described in the Terms and Conditions. Healio does not claim ownership of the User Content.    

 

The User holds Healio harmless from all claims or actions brought by third parties on the grounds of an infringement of their rights, including, without limitation, publicity rights, copyrights, trademark and/or other intellectual property rights or privacy rights in the User Content.

 

By using the Service, the User represents and warrants that she or he has the legal right and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use in the User’s jurisdiction.

 

User warrants to be at least 18 years of age or older, and is fully competent, to use the Service and to enter into and comply with these Terms of Use.  

 

  

 

Generally, the User is committed to use the Services in accordance with the Healio Community Code of Conduct made available to the User at https://community.healio.com/page/code-of-conduct.

 

The User may not post content which includes, but is not limited to: (i) sexually explicit materials; (ii) obscene, misleading, libelous, slanderous, violent, hateful and/or unlawful content or profanity; (iii) content that infringes upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity or other personal or proprietary right, or content that is deceptive or fraudulent; (iv) content that promotes the use or sale of illegal or regulated substances, tobacco products, ammunition and/or firearms; and (v) gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo or poker (“Objectionable Content”) via the Service. 

 

The User may not defame, stalk, bully, abuse, harass, threaten, impersonate or intimidate people or entities and must not post private or confidential information via the Service, including, without limitation, the User’s or any other person's credit card information, social security or alternate national identity numbers, non-public phone numbers or non-public email addresses. 

 

The User must not create accounts with the Service through unauthorized means, including but not limited to, by using an automated device, script, bot, spider, crawler or scraper.

 

The User must not attempt to restrict another User from using or enjoying the Service and must not encourage or facilitate violations of these Terms of Service.  

 

The User may only make non-commercial uses of the Service and Service Content. Use of Service or the Service Content for any commercial, public or political purpose is strictly prohibited. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to: (1) activities that are illegal or fraudulent; (2) use that inaccurately implies endorsement, approval or sponsorship by Healio (or any individual officer or employee of Healio); (3) use that can be confused with official communications of Healio or its officers or employees; and (4) print or electronic mass mailings (sometimes known as "spamming"), solicitations for commercial services. 

 

 

In order to ensure the Community Website provides the best experience possible for everyone, if a User sees any inappropriate content, she or he must use the “Report as offensive” feature found under each post.

 

Healio has no general obligation to monitor User Content nor to investigate whether facts or circumstances are revealing illicit activities. Healio has set up a reporting tool allowing any User to notify illegal, abusive and harmful content.

 

The knowledge of such content is deemed effective when the hosting provider is notified of the following:

 

If a User Content is reported, Healio reserves the right to withdraw the reported content and/or suspend or terminate the User Account of the User having originally published the reported content in the conditions set forth in Article 11.2. 

 

 

  

 

 

At any time, the User may delete its User Account by contacting Healio at the address or email address mentioned in Article 15.

 

Deletion is effective immediately and all the data collected upon the subscription as well as the content published by the User on the Community Website is deleted within a reasonable timeframe. 

 

 

Healio retains the right to suspend User’s access to the Service to make all investigations necessary following a report made pursuant to Article 10 or in case of presumed breach of Terms of Use which may be remediated. The User whose User Account is suspended will be informed by Healio of such a decision by email. The User has the possibility to send an email to Healio to obtain additional information on the reasons for the suspension as well as to provide explanations and/or any element in order to demonstrate that the breach has been remediated. If the violation of Terms of Use is not remedied within one (1) month from suspension notification, Healio reserves the right to terminate the applicable User’s Account and right to use the Service, in addition to any other rights or remedies available.  

 

 

Healio will delete inactive accounts after the User has not used the Community Website for a continuous period of two (2) years. The User will be informed by email of the deletion of his or her account subject to prior notice of two (2) weeks allowing the User to object to such deletion.

 

 

By using the Service, the User’s personal data, in the meaning of Data Protection Law, may be collected and processed by Healio, in compliance with the Healio Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy, (collectively, “Privacy Policies”).  

  

Healio will treat User Content as confidential information in accordance with these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policies.  

 

 

  

 

Healio is not responsible for the User’s device compatibility nor if the User is unable to connect due to any technical problem related to the Internet network or a failure in the User's computer facilities and equipment. 

 

Healio shall not be responsible for User’s System nor any problems arising from or related to the User’s System or caused by the Internet. The User is responsible for the security of the User System and the security of its access to and connection with the Services.

 

Insofar as it has not been reported in the conditions of Article 10, any document, information, data or elements available via the Service, including User Content (“Information”) is provided without any guarantees, notably that the Information is comprehensive or accurate. 

 

The User is solely responsible for the use of the Information and bears all the risks arising from their reliance on this Information. The Information is provided on the condition that the User can determine its interest for a specific purpose before use. Under no circumstances Healio accepts liability for injury arising from reliance on the said Information, its use or use of a product to which it refers.

 

The User is solely responsible for all User Content posted and assumes all risks relating to its use by others and others’ reliance on its accuracy. The User acknowledges that, following the publication of any content, its information will become accessible to all the Users on the Community Website and that, as such, the same information will be published, modified, translated, reproduced in any form and be accessible, saved and reproduced by other Users and Healio. Healio will have no responsibility or liability in connection with the User Content.

 

Healio expressly excludes any liability for events of any kind that may occur during any meeting organized between Users within the use of the Services.

  

 

The Community Website may provide links to websites operated by third parties or other Internet sources/networks, as well as data/information coming from third-party servers. Healio does not endorse or accept responsibility for the content or the use of third-party websites and cannot be held liable for any damage following or in relation with use or the fact of having trusted the content/data/results available on such third-party servers, external sources or internet sites. 

 

If a User uses third-party sites or content from third-party servers, the User does so solely at the User’s own risk. Links do not imply that the Company is affiliated or associated with any linked site. 

 

 

 

For any questions regarding the Terms of Use, especially use of the Service or any claim, please email us at privacy@healio.com.

 

The User can use these contact details for any technical support request.

 

 

Governing Law and jurisdiction.  These Terms of Use will be governed by the laws of the United States without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.  

The User is informed, as consumer, of the possibility to use a conventional mediation procedure or any other alternative dispute resolution method. In particular, the User may refer the matter to the Consumer Ombudsman at privacy@healio.com.

The User can submit a dispute to the Online Dispute Resolution platform proposed by the European Commission, which may be accessed at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

 

Change of Terms of Use.  These Terms of Use are subject to change from time to time. Any changes will be posted to this page. Use of this Service or any Service Content after entering into force the new version of the Terms of Use will constitute the agreement to the modified Terms of Use. If the User disagrees with such modification of the Terms of Use, the User may terminate the Service and delete its User Account under the conditions set forth in Article 11.

 

Change of the Service. Healio may further develop or modify the Service or the Service Content only to improve its quality. The User will be informed of such development/modification as soon as it is implemented.

  

Severability; Entire Agreement. Except in the case of invalidity of an essential clause, if any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision, to the extent unenforceable, shall be struck, and shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions.  These Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policies, set forth the entire understanding and agreement between the User and Healio with respect to the subject matter hereof.  

 

Convention of proof. Electronic documents exchanged by electronic means between the User and Healio shall be regarded as writings having the same probative force as writings on paper in the meaning of applicable law. They may constitute faithful and durable copies in accordance with applicable law, so that the User is invited to keep them.

 

Force majeure. In no case Healio may be held liable for any breach of its contractual obligations resulting from a force majeure event as defined in applicable law and related jurisprudence.