Copyright, Terms of Use, and Permissions

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Copyright
Material published on Risk Management Foundation (RMF) Web sites is copyrighted by Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions. All rights reserved. As provided by U.S. copyright law, no part of the RMF Web sites may be reproduced, displayed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the RMF web site editor.

Terms of Use
This Web site is provided to you "as is" by the Risk Management Foundation of the Harvard Medical Institutions ("RMF"). By using the information, services and products available through this Web site, you are agreeing to the terms and conditions contained herein. Your continued use of this site following the posting of any changes to this Agreement means that you accept and agree to abide by such changes.

This Web site contains links to other RMF sites and subscription based pages that may contain additional Terms of Use. Your use of any RMF site shall also subject you to the Terms of Use of each of those sites. To the extent that the Terms of Use on any RMF site conflicts with any terms and condition contained herein, the Terms of Use of such site shall control.

Liability Disclaimer
The information, services and products available to you on this Web site may contain errors and are subject to periods of interruption. While RMF does its best to maintain the information, services and products it offers on the Web site, it cannot be held responsible for any errors, defects, lost profits or other damages arising from the use of this Web site.

Advice and information provided on this site is presented for general educational purposes and is not intended as legal advice. Site visitors seeking advice for specific health care situations should consult their institutional risk manager or their personal attorney. Clinicians insured by the Controlled Risk Insurance Company (CRICO) who have additional questions are encouraged to contact their institutional risk manager or Risk Management Foundation.

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Permissions
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Privacy, Confidentiality
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We are committed to maintaining our Web site visitors' rights to privacy and the confidentiality of personal information and to guard against divulging private information. We believe that visitors should know who (eg, the site organization or third party) is tracking personal information and the types of personal information that are tracked and should have the right to opt out of such information being collected at any time.

Usage tracking
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