Institutional Evaluation License - DXplain
We are willing to provide you and your Institution/Company access to DXplain (referred to herein as "the Software") over the Internet, from a computer located at the MGH Laboratory of Computer Science, subject to the following terms and conditions:

The Software remains the valuable and proprietary property of the General Hospital Corporation d/b/a/ Massachusetts General Hospital ("the General"). You acknowledge that title to the Software remains with the General and that the General retains all copyright, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights in the Software.

The Software is made available for your examination and demonstration use. It is being made available at no cost to you for a period of three months. No other right or license is granted to you or your Institution/Company for the use of the Software as a result of our providing you with access. This license is limited to the institution or organization which signs this agreement and may not be assigned. The institution or organization affirms that it is a medical organization which is licensed to provide patient care. The institution agrees to permit the Software to be used only by its students, employees, faculty or staff (including licensed physicians and nurse practitioners) ("Permitted Users"). THIS SOFTWARE IS DESIGNED ONLY FOR CLINICAL EDUCATION. THE SOFTWARE SHALL NOT BE USED AS A DIAGNOSTIC DECISION MAKING SYSTEM AND MUST NOT BE USED TO MAKE A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OR REPLACE OR OVERRULE A LICENSED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL'S JUDGMENT OR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS. The Licensee shall be responsible for informing Permitted Users of the limitations in the preceding two sentences.

ACCESS TO THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. You and your Institution/Company agree to release the General, its trustees, appointees, employees and agents from any liability in connection with the use of the Software by you, and you and your Institution/Company agree to defend and indemnify the General and its trustees, appointees, employees and agents from any and all claims and damages in any way arising from the use of the Software by you, your Institution/Company or any other individual or entity obtaining access to the Software from you or your Institution/Company. In no event shall the General be liable to you for special, direct, indirect or consequential damages, losses, costs, charges, claims, demands, fees or expenses of any nature or kind.

A sum of $ 0.00 is required to cover the costs associated with providing access to the Software to you and shall not represent consideration for an exchange of title thereto.

You agree to maintain your best efforts not to provide the supplied password to any individuals not associated with your institution. If the password is provided to anyone else you will notify us immediately by email so that the password can be canceled.mailto:dxplain@mgh.harvard.edu?subject=DXplain license

You agree to encourage the users in your institution to use the Feedback feature to enter any comments they may have about potential inaccuracies or incomplete disease descriptions in the DXplain data base.
If these terms and conditions are acceptable to you and your Institution/Company, please print this license agreement, sign where indicated below, have it signed by an authorized person on behalf of your Institution/Company in the places provided, and RETURN THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT by mail or fax to:

Laboratory of Computer Science
Massachusetts General Hospital
50 Staniford St., 5th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
fax: 617-726-8481

E-mail submission is not acceptable.

Upon receipt of the signed agreement, we will arrange for the access codes and instructions to be sent to you.


Read, Accepted and Agreed to by (all fields MUST be completed):

For:__________________________________________________
(Name of Institution/Company)

Contact Name (print / type clearly):________________________________________

Contact Signature:_______________________________________________________

Contact Title:____________________email: print / type) ______________________

Telephone: _____________________________Date: ______________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

By:____________________________________Title: ______________________________
(Name / Title of Institutional Officer-print / type clearly)

Signature of Institutional Officer:________________________________________

IP Address(es) for institutional access:___________________________________

Type of Institution: [ ] Medical School [ ] Hospital [ ] Hospital Consortium [ ] Health Network [ ] Other:_________________________________________

If Hospital: Number of beds________ # Residents______ # MDs______

If Medical School: # students enrolled_____________


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