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This site is for informational purposes only. The content on this site is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your health care provider if you have any questions regarding your medical condition. Please note that interactions on this site between you and a physician or nurse do not constitute or result in the formation of a physician/injured worker and/or nurse/injured worker relationship.

Warranties/Disclaimers
THE MATERIALS ON THIS SITE ARE TRANSMITTED AND DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" AND APPEAR ON THE SITE WITHOUT EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, AND VALIDITY OF ANY MATERIALS ON THE WEB SITE AND DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED ON THE WEB SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. Materials and files for downloading are not guaranteed to be free of viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, or any codes that may be destructive.

IN NO EVENT SHALL WE, OUR CUSTOMERS, OR OUR PARTNERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (HOWEVER ARISING, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF THIS WEB SITE. (Paradigm's liability, if any, for damages [including patent or copyright infringement, negligence, tort, strict liability or liability arising out of contact] cannot exceed the fees paid by the user for information or services provided.) Paradigm is not liable for any personal injury, including death, caused by your use or misuse of this site or content. Some states do not allow the limitation of liability, so the foregoing limitation may not apply to you. Paradigm is also not liable for communications or transmission errors.

Indemnification/hold harmless
By using this Web site, you agree to indemnify Paradigm, its officers, directors, successors, agents, distributors, and affiliates for any and all claims, damages, losses, and causes of action (including attorney's fees) arising out of or relating to your breach or alleged breach of the terms and conditions or for any content that is provided by you or through your user I.D. and/or password. You agree to cooperate as fully as reasonably required in the defense of any claim. Paradigm reserves the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you.

Sexually explicit/Obscene/Offensive Materials
This site may contain health or medically related materials which you find sexually explicit or otherwise offensive. Paradigm, its customers, and partners have no control over and do not accept any responsibility for such materials.

Links
This site may contain links to various other governmental agencies and private organizations. Once you link to another site, please beware that you are then subject to the terms and conditions and privacy policies of the new site. Also, Paradigm is not responsible for the practices, including privacy practices, used by non-Paradigm sites that may link to the Paradigm Web site. Links to other sites are provided as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement by Paradigm of the site.

Trademarks and Copyrights
All materials on this site, including, but not limited to, code, text, images, illustrations, posts, audio clips, or video clips (the "Materials") are protected by copyrights that are owned or licensed by Paradigm. ParadigmCorp.com is a trademark of Paradigm Management Services, LLC. You may not reproduce, perform, create derivative works from, republish, upload, post, transmit, or distribute in any way whatsoever any Materials from ParadigmCorp.com or any other web site owned or operated by Paradigm without the written permission of Paradigm. Any modification of the Materials, or any portion thereof, or use of the Materials for any other purpose constitutes an infringement of Paradigm's copyrights and other proprietary rights. Use of these Materials on any other web site or other networked computer environment is prohibited without prior written permission from Paradigm.

Jurisdiction
This site and the terms and conditions shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of California as such laws are applied to agreements entered into and are to be performed entirely within California between California citizens.

Electronic Transmission of Information
You agree that you will not upload or transmit any communications or content of any type that infringe or violate any rights of any party. By submitting communications or content to any part of this site, you agree that such submission is non-confidential for all purposes. If you make any such submission, you automatically grant or warrant that the owner of such content has expressly granted Paradigm a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, create derivative works from, modify, publish, edit, translate, distribute, perform, and display the communication or content in any media or medium, or any form, format, or forum now known or hereafter developed. Paradigm may sublicense its rights through multiple tiers of sublicenses.
 

Paradigm Privacy Policy
A: Privacy Statement. At Paradigm, we believe strongly in sharing knowledge for better health. Importantly, we respect and take steps to ensure the privacy of our injured workers and visitors to our web site. While visiting our site, we realize that you may be gaining information about a condition that you are facing personally, or perhaps you are collecting medical information for a friend, family member, or injured worker. Whatever the case, it is our goal to offer you many choices to obtain the information that you need while maintaining the confidentiality that you expect.

With this thought in mind, we have worked to develop the features of our business and our web site to ensure your privacy based on the principles set forth in the Health On the Net (HON) Code of Conduct for medical and health web sites.

Paradigm staff members are trained in the importance of confidentiality, and we have policies and procedures in place that safeguard your privacy.  We welcome you to our web site, and we hope that the time you spend on our site will be educational, enriching and rewarding. There is more detailed information about our confidentiality and privacy assurance features and our associated policy listed below for your reference.

B. Security. Paradigm recognizes and respects your right to privacy on the Internet. We share your concerns. Paradigm will always respect your privacy and keep your personal information confidential unless law requires disclosure. Legal disclosure of confidential information, on or off the Internet, would be required in cases such as suspected child abuse or elder abuse, protection of public health, response to subpoena, and for the protection of the individual.

HON - Paradigm follows the Code of Conduct for medical and health web sites as set forth by the Health on the Net Foundation (http://www.hon.ch). We frequently review our compliance with these standards. Paradigm also follows the industry standards and all legal requirements for protecting your privacy.

Employee training - All Paradigm employees are trained to protect privacy and must uphold the company's confidentiality policies as part of their employment with Paradigm. The company's internal policies limit access to personally identifiable health information to select employees that require such information to conduct normal business operations. The policies ensure that sensitive health information is protected at all times. All employees undergo rigorous training in this area and are required to maintain compliance with these standards.

Site Security - We provide site security through our internal policies and procedures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of information under Paradigm's control.

C. Cookies. Cookies are small text files that many web sites use to recognize repeat users. Many sites use this feature to facilitate the user's ongoing access and use. Generally cookies function by assigning a unique number to the user's computer. This number has no particular meaning outside the assigning site nor does it pose a threat to any of the user's files. By utilizing features of your browser program, individuals may deny the cookie feature for any site they may be visiting. There is a simple procedure in most browsers that will allow you to deny the use of cookies. Using cookies enables Paradigm to offer more specialized functions to our visitors, which we believe will provide our visitors with better and more useful information.