Daw Systems, Inc. and HIPAA

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) was signed into law on August 21, 1996, Public Law 104-191. This law was designed to provide insurance portability, to improve the efficiency of health care by standardizing the exchange of administrative and financial data, and to protect the privacy, confidentiality and security of health care information. It impacts all areas of the health care industry.

Practice management software, Electronic Prescribing, Electronic Medical Record and Electronic Health Record programs created and sold by Daw Systems, Inc. have been reviewed in order to determine how to best assist our customers with their HIPAA readiness issues. Daw Systems, Inc. has taken all reasonable and industry standard steps to ensure compliance with HIPAA standards.

Daw Systems, Inc. may at times have a need to use and disclose patient information which is governed by the rules and regulations established under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and related policies and procedures of Daw Systems, Inc. Therefore, with regard to patient information, Daw Systems, Inc. commits to the following obligations: a) will use and disclose confidential health information solely in accordance with the federal, state and company policies set forth above and elsewhere, including but not limited to the company policy handbook. b) In the event of a unauthorized disclosure (release, transfer, provision of, access to, or divulging in any other manner, of information outside the entity holding the information) of Personal Health Informaton (PHI), Daw systems, Inc. will immediately take steps to mitigate the exposure, unauthorized use and/or disclosure of PHI. Daw Systems, Inc. will follow company policy and federal state law in dealing with the breach. This shall include notifying the affected individual(s) and following any HIPAA/HITECH related provisions.

If you have any questions regarding Daw Systems, Inc. processes or HIPAA-readiness issues, please ask your HIPAA question through e-mail. Daw Systems, Inc. is available to enter into any Business Associate Agreements (BAA) for the purpose of HIPAA privacy regulations. To request a HIPAA or BAA information, please email your business name and contact information to: info@dawsystems.com.

Links to Third Party Web Sites
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Disclaimers
A.) First DataBank has utilized reasonable care in collecting and reporting the information contained in the Licensed Products and has obtained such information from sources believed to be reliable. First DataBank, however, does not warrant the accuracy of codes, prices or other data contained in the Licensed Products. Information reflecting prices is not a quotation or offer to sell or purchase. The clinical information contained in the Licensed Products is intended as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, the knowledge, expertise, skill, and judgment of physicians, pharmacists, or other healthcare professionals in patient care. The absence of a warning for a given drug or drug combination should not be construed to indicate that the drug or drug combination is safe, appropriate or effective in any given patient.

B.) FIRST DATABANK MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED AND FURTHER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA FROM WHICH THE PRODUCTS ARE COMPILED., AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

C.) IN NO EVENT SHALL FIRST DATABANK BE LIABLE TO LICENSEE OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, RELIANCE, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF FIRST DATABANK HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

D.) IN NO EVENT SHALL FIRST DATABANK'S LIABILITY EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID TO IT BY LICENSEE FOR THE CURRENT FEE TERM OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF THE ACTION OR CLAIM, AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE ACTION OR CLAIM IS BASED ON ANY ALLEGED ACT OR OMISSION OF FIRST DATABANK, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY ACTION BASED ON NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT.

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