Website Use Policy

Thank you for visiting North Mississippi Health Service’s website.

The information provided on http://www.nmhs.net is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between patient/site visitor and his/her physician/health care providers.

By accessing, browsing and/or using web pages or other digital content in this site, you accept, without limitation or qualification, the following terms of use.

CONSENT. You agree that your use of the North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (NMHS) website and any uses of any services or materials are subject to your agreement with all of these Terms of Use, Copyright and Reprint Policy, and the Website Privacy Policy. You agree that you will not violate any local, state, federal or international laws in using this website or accessing any Material on this website.

SITE ACCESS. NMHS reserves the right to prohibit, restrict or discontinue your access to certain pages within the website if you violate any terms of this agreement. NMHS may modify these Terms of Use at any time without notice. The modified terms of use will be effective upon posting on our website. To remain in compliance, NMHS suggests that you review the Terms of Use, as well as the other website policies listed above, at regular intervals.

MEDICAL DISCLAIMER. IF THIS IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY CALL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL (911) TO GET PROMPT MEDICAL ATTENTION. DO NOT RELY ON ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE IN REGARDS TO YOUR IMMEDIATE, URGENT MEDICAL NEEDS. THIS E-MAIL IS NOT DESIGNED TO FACILITATE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES. NMHS CANNOT GUARANTEE RESPONSE TIMES IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS E-MAIL IN THE EVENT OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.

SECURITY. All forms that request personal information (name, address, email address, etc.) are secure and provide encrypted transmission over the Internet. Please refer to our Website Privacy Policy for more information concerning encryption technology utilized by NMHS.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. MATERIALS, SERVICES AND OTHER INFORMATION ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” BY NMHS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

AUTHORIZED USE. You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes: (a) Specifically, you agree not to do any of the following: (1) upload to or transmit on the Website any defamatory, indecent, obscene, harassing, violent or otherwise objectionable material, or any material that is, or may be, protected by copyright, without permission from the copyright owner; (2) use the Website to violate the legal rights (including the rights of publicity and privacy) of others or to violate the laws of jurisdiction; (3) intercept or attempt to intercept electronic mail not intended for you; (4) misrepresent an affiliation with any person or organization; (5) upload or transmit on the Website any advertisements or solicitations of business; (6) restrict or inhibit use of the Website by others; (7) upload or otherwise transmit files that contain a virus or corrupted data; (8) collect information about others (including email addresses) without their consent; (9) download a file or software or include in a message any software, files or links that you know, or have reason to believe, cannot be distributed legally over the Website or that you have a contractual obligation to keep confidential (notwithstanding its availability on the Website); (10) post spam , transmit chain letters or engage in other similar activities; (11) violate or attempt to violate the security of the website, including, without limitation, by accessing data not intended for you, logging into a server or account that you are not authorized to access, attempting to probe, scam, spider or test the vulnerability of any system or network, breaching security or authentication measures without proper authorization ; (12) engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use of the Website, or which, as determined by NMHS, may harm NMHS or users of the Website or expose them to liability. (b) NMHS reserves the right, but does not assume any responsibility, to (1) remove any material posted on the Website which NMHS, in its sole discretion, deems inconsistent with the foregoing commitments, including any material NMHS has been notified, or has reason to believe, constitutes a copyright infringement; and (2) terminate any users access to all or part of the Website. However, NMHS can neither review all material before it is posted on the Website nor ensure prompt removal of objectionable material after it has been posted. Accordingly, NMHS assumes no liability for any action or inaction regarding transmissions, communications or content provided by third parties.

NMHS MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

ALTHOUGH OUR HEALTH INFORMATION CONTENT IS REVIEWED , NMHS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY, OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS OR FOR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SUCH INFORMATION.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NMHS DOES NOT OPERATE OR CONTROL THE INTERNET AND THEREFORE NMHS DOES NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE WILL BE ERROR FREE OR FREE OF TECHNOLOGY DOWNTIMES OR UNAVAILABILITY, FREE FROM VIRUSES, BUGS, MALWARE OR RANSOMWARE.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NMHS CANNOT AND DOES NOT GUARANTEE AGAINST VIRUSES, WORMS, OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED USERS OR HACKERS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE OR INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO OR FROM THIS SITE.

NMHS also reserves the right to temporarily or permanently discontinue this site, any page, or any functionality on this website at any time and without notice.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. IN NO EVENT SHALL NMHS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR MONETARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING FEES, AND PENALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF MATERIALS POSTED ON THIS SITE OR CONNECTIVITY TO OR FROM THIS SITE TO ANY OTHER SITE.

GOVERNING LAW. You agree that any claim or dispute relating to the NMHS website or your use or reliance on this website shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The parties agree to be bound and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the local, state or federal courts located in Lee County, Mississippi.
USER NAME AND PASSWORD. In the event you access any Service requiring a User Name and Password, you are solely responsible for keeping such User Name and Password strictly confidential.

CHILDREN. Accept as otherwise indicated, NMHS does not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under age 18. The content of our website is directed at adults, and therefore this site is intended for use only by adults over the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please consult a parent or guardian for help in using this website.

INBOUND LINKS. You may not, under any circumstances, establish a link to the NMHS website without the express written consent of the Chief Legal Officer of NMHS, including but not limited to deep linking.

EXTERNAL LINKS. Please note that pages of this site may be linked to other sites, including sites for payments by credit card of medical bills, which may have different terms of use. NMHS does not own, control, manage, supervise, direct or otherwise have any involvement in the business or affairs of any third party site. NMHS is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of the third party site. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of that site. NMHS encourages you to be aware when you are leaving NMHS’s website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that you visit before providing any personally identifiable information.

TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS. All trademarks, service marks, and logos or copyrights displayed and used in this site are the property of their respective owners. Nothing in this site should be construed as granting any right or license to use any trademarks, service marks, and logos without the written permission of its owner.

COPYRIGHT RESTRICTIONS/USE OF CONTENT. The entire contents of this Website (including all information, software, text displays, images and audio) and the design, selection and arrangement thereof, are proprietary to NMHS or its licensors and are protected by United States and international laws regarding copyrights, trademarks trade secrets and other proprietary rights. You are authorized only to use the content on the Website for personal use or legitimate business purposes. You may not copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display or perform, republish, store, transmit or distribute any of the material on this site without the prior written consent of NMHS, except to: (a) store copies of such materials temporarily in your computer, (b) store files that are automatically cached by your web browser for display enhancement purposes, and (c) print a reasonable number of pages of the Website; provided in each case that you do not alter or remove any copyright or other proprietary notices included in such materials. Neither the title nor any intellectual property rights to any information or material on this Website are transferred to you, but remain with NMHS or the applicable owner of such content. Except as expressly authorized by NMHS in writing, you may not reproduce, sell or exploit for any commercial purposes, (a) any part of this Website, (b) access to this Website or, (c) use of the Website or of any services or materials available through this Website.

PRIVACY. Please read the full text of our Notice of Privacy Practices to understand how any Protected Health Information ("PHI"), as that term is defined in the Notice of Privacy Practices (HIPAA), that you submit via the NMHS website will be treated.

FOR WEB PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE VISIT NMHS’s PRIVACY POLICY PAGE.

BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS.