Patient Portal Member Agreement Misresultado

Document Version
February 1, 2023
Legal
55218265\1

THE PATIENT PORTAL MEMBER AGREEMENT

NOTICE: PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE AGREEMENT BEFORE SIGNING. BY CLICKING ‘I ACCEPT’ YOU ARE AGREEING TO THE TERMS IN THIS AGREEMENT.  YOU WILL NOT BE DENIED TREATMENT BASED ON YOUR FAILURE OR UNWILLINGNESS TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS, AND A REFUSAL TO AGREE WILL NOT AFFECT THE PAYMENT, ENROLLMENT, OR ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS WITH YOUR HEALTH INSURER OR HEALTH PLAN SPONSOR. IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS OR REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US AT MRPORTAL@MISRESULTADOSPR.COM.  IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS, YOU WILL NOT GET ACCESS TO THE SERVICES.

misResultados offers e-Lab services to Clinical Laboratories, Doctors, Patients, Health Service Centers and Health Insurance. The e-Lab service, through the management and processing of electronic transmission of health data, allows these sectors to communicate electronically for the purpose of sharing clinical laboratory test results. Abartys Health LLC electronically maintains, operates, and/or hosts a centralized patient access portal (“PatientLynk”). Both companies (misResultados and Abartys Health) join forces and are collectively referred to in this Member Agreement as “The Parties”. The Parties provide smart, simple and secure healthcare data management solutions through a centralized data center for Patients, Providers, Health Insurance and Research companies in Life Science.

The Parties have identified the opportunity to jointly maintain, operate and offer the functions of a centralized patient access portal (“PatientLynk” hereinafter The Portal). The Portal contains health data compiled from clinical data for each individual. Each Member has the option to supplement the claims data maintained in The Portal with his or her medical, family and social histories. Each Member also has the option to allow their Provider (as defined below) to view all or a part of their information maintained by The Parties and to allow Provider to import information from their electronic health records, maintained by The Parties.

In consideration of the mutual promises below, the exchange of information pursuant to this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:

I. DEFINITIONS

  1. “Agreement” shall mean this The Portal Member Agreement.

  1. “Applicable Law” shall mean all federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances applicable to the subject matter of this Agreement or the parties’ performance of their duties  and obligations hereunder, including, but not limited to, ERISA and its implementing regulations, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended (the “ACA”), the “HIPAA Rules” and all standards, rules and regulations of any licensing or accreditation body which has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this Agreement or the parties’ performance of their duties hereunder.

  1. “Companion Guides” means the manuals or guides The Parties publishes related to the use of The Portal.

  1. “HIPAA Rules” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, Public Law 111-005, and the final regulations to such Acts that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has promulgated pursuant to such laws that are set forth in 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164.
  2. “Intellectual Property Rights” means any and all registered and unregistered rights granted, applied for or otherwise now or hereafter in existence under or related to any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, database protection or other intellectual property rights laws, and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection, in any part of the world.

  1. “Member” means the individual subject or a representative on behalf of an individual who accepts these terms and is authorized by The Parties to use The Portal subject to the terms and conditions herein.  You are the Member.

  1. “Member Personal Data” shall mean the electronic data or information, including any health information, uploaded by Member to The Portal.

  1. “The Portal” means PatientLynk, the proprietary software, algorithms, formats, methods, code systems, value sets, elements, sequences, conventions, standards, guidelines, and all copies and portions thereof, existing as of the date hereof, and all modifications, enhancements and updates to and derivatives thereof.  The Portal and the “Services” are used interchangeably.

  1. “Personal Health Record” or “PHR” shall mean an electronic application through which Members can maintain, manage, and supplement information, including Member Personal Data, within The Portal.

  1. “Provider” shall mean the physician attending to, or medical facility where Member receives medical treatment.

  1. “Security Access Code” means an alphanumeric secure code that is assigned to Member, with certain restrictions, to allow the secure access to The Portal to utilize the Services as set forth herein.

II. USE RIGHTS

  1. Provision of the Services. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, The Parties hereby grants to Member a revocable, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable and non-transferable license to access and use the Services. The Parties shall make the Services available to Member solely for Member’s personal use, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.  The Parties shall host the Services and may update the functionality of the Services from time to time in its sole discretion.

  1. Requirements. Member is responsible for all activities conducted under its Security Access Codes and for Member’s compliance with this Agreement.  Member shall not share access to the Services, and shall not permit any third party to: (a) copy, translate, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, reverse assemble, disassemble, or decompile the Services or any part thereof or otherwise attempt to discover any source code or modify the Services in any manner or form; (b) use the Services in a manner that is contrary to Applicable Law or in violation of any third party rights of privacy or Intellectual Property Rights; or (c) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or its related systems or networks.  Member is responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of Member’s Security Access Codes and shall use such Security Access Codes in the manner set forth in the Companion Guide.

  1. No Provision of Medical Treatment.  The parties agree that the Services do not include or constitute medical care or treatment.

III. CONFIDENTIALITY.

  1. Confidential Information. In connection with this Agreement, each party (as the "Disclosing Party") may disclose or make available Confidential Information to the other party (as the "Receiving Party"). "Confidential Information" means information in any form or medium (whether oral, written, electronic, or other) that the Disclosing Party considers confidential or proprietary, including Member Personal Data and the PHR that is made available to, or learned by the other party during the term of this Agreement.

  1. Exclusions. Confidential Information does not include information that the Receiving Party can demonstrate by written or other documentary records: (a) was rightfully known to the Receiving Party without restriction on use or disclosure prior to such information's being disclosed or made available to the Receiving Party in connection with this Agreement; (b) was or becomes generally known by the public other than by the Receiving Party's or any of its Representatives' noncompliance with this Agreement; (c) was or is received by the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a third party that, to the Receiving Party's knowledge, was not or is not, at the time of such receipt, under any obligation to maintain its confidentiality; or (d) the Receiving Party can demonstrate by written or other documentary records was or is independently developed by the Receiving Party without reference to or use of any Confidential Information.

  1. Confidentiality Obligations. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each party shall (i) hold in strict confidence all Confidential Information of the other party, (ii) use the Confidential Information solely to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement, and (iii) not transfer, display, convey or otherwise disclose or make available all or any part of such Confidential Information to any person or entity other than to its directors, officers, employees, consultants, subcontractors, auditors, and legal and financial advisors of such party (“Representatives”) who need to know such Confidential Information and who are under confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive as the terms of this Agreement. Each party is responsible for any breaches of this Agreement by its Representatives. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, neither party shall use or disclose the Confidential Information of the other party without the prior written consent of the disclosing party. Each party shall use the same degree of care to protect the disclosing party’s Confidential Information as it uses to protect its own Confidential Information, but in no circumstances less than reasonable care.  This obligation shall continue as long as allowed under applicable law.

IV. OWNERSHIP MATTERS

  1. Ownership of Services. The Parties and its third-party licensors hereby retain all rights, title and interest, including without limitation, all Intellectual Property Rights, in or to the Services. In addition, any changes, alterations, modifications, customizations or enhancements to the features or functionality of the Services made by The Parties, including those based on any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other feedback provided by Member, will inure to the exclusive benefit of The Parties and will be the exclusive property of The Parties. The Parties is hereby entitled to full rights of ownership thereto. Any rights not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved by The Parties.

  1. Ownership of Member Personal Data. Member retains sole ownership of, and title to, the Member Personal Data, and all Intellectual Property Rights related thereto. Member hereby grants to The Parties a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to use the Member Personal Data in connection with the provision of Services to Member hereunder, including the right to compile, collect, copy, modify, publish and use Member Personal Data in an anonymized and aggregate form. The Parties does not acquire any other rights to the Member Personal Data except as described hereunder. Member hereby represents that it owns, and has the right to access, use and process the Member Personal Data, and to permit The Parties and any of its service providers to do the same for the purposes of this Agreement.

  1. Collection and use of Member Personal Data.

A. In addition to using Member Personal Data to provide the services to Member, The Parties also uses such Member Personal Data for the purpose of maintaining our client relationship, which includes:

  1. Taking steps to improve our services to member, including to run analytics, improve our artificial intelligence tools, assess the quality of our services, and for other related internal business purposes;
  2. Protecting the health and safety of our personnel, clients, guests, and the general public;
  3. Administering and improving The Parties Services, including to measure the effectiveness of the Services, and help diagnose problems with our Services;
  4. Complying with The Parties’ legal, regulatory and risk management obligations, including establishing, exercising and/or defending legal claims;
  5. Fulfilling any other purpose described in our agreements with Member; and
  6. Provide Member Personal Data to The Parties service providers in order to assist The Parties in providing services to its clients.

B.  The Parties may also use Member Personal Data to create anonymous or aggregate personal information (“Anonymized Data”) and use and disclose such Anonymized Data in a way that will not identify you personally.  Such uses by The Parties of such Anonymized Data may include, without limitation, providing such Anonymized Data to the following entities:

  1. Organizations that conduct research;
  2. LifeScience companies, that develop and market medicines and medical devices;
  3. Health Plans, including for purposes of comparison of their members personal health situation relative to the broader community;
  4. Government entities, including for public health interventions and securing federal funding; and
  5. Family circles, for parents to access the personal health situation of their children (minors and consenting adult children).

: Member consents to the provisions described by paragraphs (a) to (e) of subsection IV(3)(B) regarding such Anonymized Data.

: Furthermore, and not notwithstanding the provision (d) of subsection IV(3)(B), Member consents to share their Laboratory Clinical Data with the Department of Health of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This data may not be anonymous nor deidentified.

V. WARRANTIES

  1. Warranties. The Parties warrants that: (i) it will provide the Services in a manner consistent with generally accepted industry standards reasonably applicable to the provision of the Services; and (ii) the Services will perform materially in accordance with the Companion Guides.

  1. DISCLAIMER. EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION V.2 AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PARTIES DOES NOT MAKE ANY, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER, WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS, AND REPRESENTATIONS, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OR ARISING BY USAGE OF TRADE OR COURSE OF DEALING, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, TITLE AND NON- INFRINGEMENT. THE PARTIES DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE CLOUD SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.
  2. Interruption of Service. The Parties specifically disclaims any warranty or guarantee that THE PORTAL and THE PORTAL related support services will be uninterrupted.

  1. Implied Warranties. EXCEPT FOR THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES HEREBY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE AND ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

  1. Exclusion of Liability.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY, CONTINGENT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, STATUTORY OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOST PROFITS OR INCOME, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, PERSONAL INJURY, CLAIMS OF THIRD PARTIES, PROPERTY DAMAGE OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF AND REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL OR EQUITABLE THEORY (CONTRACT, TORT, STATUTE, INDEMNITY OR OTHERWISE) UPON WHICH ANY SUCH LIABILITY IS BASED.

VI. TERM AND TERMINATION

  1. Term of the Agreement. The term of this Agreement commences on the Effective Date and continues indefinitely until terminated in accordance with this Section VI.

  1. Termination for Cause. Either party may terminate this Agreement for cause if the other party materially breaches this Agreement and does not cure such breach within 30 days after its receipt of written notice specifying such breach from the non-breaching party. Consent to extend the cure period will not be unreasonably withheld.

  1. No Liability. If The Parties terminates, suspends or withholds Services in accordance with this Agreement, The Parties will have no liability to Member, and Member waives all claims and actions against The Parties, with respect to such termination, suspension or withholding of Services.

  1. Effect of Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement: (i) Member shall immediately cease accessing or using the Services; and (ii) all licenses and rights granted under this Agreement with respect to the relevant Services will immediately terminate.

VII. MISCELLANEOUS

  1. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are severable. If any provision of this Agreement is held or declared illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the Agreement will continue in full force and effect as though the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had not been contained in the Agreement.

  1. Construction and Terms and Interpretations. The terms of this Agreement shall be construed in light of any applicable interpretation of Applicable Laws. Any ambiguity in this Agreement shall be resolved in favor of a meaning that permits compliance with Applicable Laws.

  1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement along with the Companion Guide constitute the entire agreement between the parties.

  1. Notices. Any notice, demand, or communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and will be deemed to have been given when actually delivered (by whatever means) to the party designated to receive such notice.

  1. Trade Marks, Names and Service Marks. The Parties do not grant to Member the right to use its trademarks, service marks, trade names, or other designations in any promotion or publication.

  1. Assignment. Member may not assign or otherwise transfer this Agreement, and any attempt to do so is void.

  1. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall not be binding upon, and shall not inure to the benefit of, the parties’ respective successor or assignees. The Parties shall have the right to assign, transfer, or delegate (including, without limitation, any assignment, transfer, or delegation by operation of law in connection with a merger or otherwise) all or part of its rights hereunder to any parent or affiliate of The Parties, or in connection with a sale, merger or other business reorganization.  Subject to the foregoing, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each party’s successors and permitted assigns.  Any assignment, delegation, or transfer in violation of this provision shall be void and without legal effect.  In addition, The Parties shall have the right to use any service providers or subcontractors in the provision of the Cloud Services, in its discretion, provided The Parties shall remain responsible for such service providers and subcontractors under the terms of this Agreement.

  1. Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws as provided below. Provider and The Parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of such court(s) for the purposes arising out of or relating to this Agreement.  This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, excluding its conflict of laws principles.

  1. Force Majeure. Neither party shall be held liable for failure to fulfill its obligations under the Agreement, if such failure is caused by flood, communications failure, extreme weather, fire or other natural calamity, acts of governmental agency, or similar causes beyond the control of such party.

  1. No Waiver. Failure or delay on the part of either party to exercise any right, power, privilege, or remedy hereunder shall not constitute a waiver thereof. No provision of this Agreement may be waived by either party except by a writing signed by an authorized representative of the party making the waiver.

  1. Headings. The headings or captions provided throughout this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

Vers.Feb.2023

LEGAL\55218265\1