Terms and Conditions of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS WEBSITE.  By using this website, you signify your agreement to these Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms” or “Agreement”).  You must agree to these Terms in order to use the Health Vantis, Inc. and Health Vantis, LP (collectively “Health Vantis” or “we”, or “our” or “us”) website.  If you do not agree to all of these Terms, do not use this website!

These Terms govern your access to and use of the Health Vantis website including, without limitation, all content such as text, information, images, video and audio (collectively, “Content”) and all services (“Services”) made available to you through the Health Vantis website (this website and the Content and Services are collectively referred to herein as the “Site”) by Health Vantis and/or third parties.

This Site incorporates proprietary intellectual properties, which are protected by copyright (including certain rights of patentability) and are maintained by Health Vantis and/or its affiliates, as confidential and proprietary information to be used only in connection with the terms of this Agreement.  This Site may provide access to additional information that may be of use to physicians and other health care providers.  We have established the following Terms that govern the use of this Site.  By using this Site, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms.  Health Vantis may revise and update these Terms at any time.  Therefore, we encourage you to review this Site and these Terms for any updates or changes on a periodic basis.  Your present and subsequent use of this Site demonstrates your acceptance of these Terms.

BY USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS, AND REPRESENT THAT YOU ARE OVER THE AGE OF 18 AND ABLE TO FORM LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACTS.

  1. Disclaimer on Emergency Medical Conditions. DO NOT USE THIS SITE FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY SERVICES.  IN AN EMERGENCY, CALL 911 OR YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE NUMBER.
  2. Medical Disclaimers. The Content available through thIS Site is for informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for the professional judgment of a health care professional in diagnosing and treating patients.  Health Vantis does not give medical advice, nor does it provide medical or diagnostic services.  Additionally, the use of the content obtained through this site does not establish a physician-patient relationship.  Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.  Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have seen or read on this Site.

Your reliance upon information and Content obtained by you at or through this Site is solely at your own risk.  Neither we nor our Content providers assume any liability or responsibility for damage or injury (including death) to you, other persons or property arising from any use of any product, information, idea or instruction contained in the Content or Services provided to you.

  1. Identification. Portions of this Site require a user identification and password to access and use.  You are solely responsible for: (a) maintaining the strict confidentiality of your user identification and passwords (collectively, “IDs”) assigned to you; (b) any charges, damages, or losses that may be incurred or suffered as a result of your failure to maintain the strict confidentiality of your IDs; and (c) promptly informing us in writing at info@healthvantis.com of any need to deactivate an ID due to security concerns.  We are not liable for any harm related to the theft of your IDs, your disclosure of your IDs, or your authorization to allow another person or entity to access and use this Site using your IDs.  You agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your IDs.
  2. Description of Service. Health Vantis is a medical tourism service agency based in Canada specializing in researching and informing users of medical treatment and recuperation packages for destinations in or outside of Canada.  In this role, we research and gather publicly available information and provide this information to you for your personal use in making a more informed decision about your medical treatment options outside Canada.
  3. Not A Medical Referral Service. Health Vantis is not a medical referral service and does not endorse, recommend, or approve any travel agency, health care provider, or health care facility listed in this Site.  We are not medical professionals and will not discuss or advise you on any issues relating to medical treatment.  We facilitate contact with, and provide information about physicians outside Canada and provide information about their credentials to assist you in making informed decisions.  We do not, however, recommend any preferred or specific physicians for your desired medical treatment.  We encourage and advise you to discuss all medical issues with your physicians in your home country, before making a decision on medical treatment outside your home country.  Through our medical tourism affiliates and our in-depth research we provide information about available medical treatment and recuperation and packages to assist you in making an informed decision.

You agree to assume all responsibility in connection with choosing any physician or other health care provider for your desired treatment or procedure.  We assume no responsibility or liability for any treatment or other services rendered by any hospital, physician, or other health care provider, or for any malpractice claims and other claims that may arise directly or indirectly from any such advice, treatment or other services.

  1. Confidentiality. You agree that Health Vantis, and all other persons or entities involved in the operation of Services provided through this Site, has the right to monitor, retrieve, store and use confidential patient information in connection with the operation of such Services, and are acting on the patient’s behalf in transmitting confidential patient information.  We will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of such information and prevent the disclosure of such information to third parties except (a) in connection with the transmission, storage, retrieval, and disclosure of such information on your behalf, (b) in connection with the transmission, storage, retrieval, and disclosure of such information to health care professionals involved in your treatment, (c) as may be required or permitted by law, or (d) as otherwise provided in our Privacy Policy.
  2. User Information.
    1. Information Collected. You agree that Health Vantis may collect the following information.
      1. If you only browse this Site: Health Vantis may collect the following information about you: your country, IP address, server host, operating system, Internet browser, the name of the domain from which you access the Internet (for example, aol.com, if you are connecting from an America Online account), date and time you access this Site, and the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to this Site; and other Internet routing information.  The information collected is used to measure the number of visitors to the different sections of this Site, and to assist us in making this Site more useful to visitors.  Health Vantis will not knowingly make any of the foregoing information we collect available to anyone else.
      2. If you register or purchase a Service: Health Vantis will collect your full name, financial information in the form of a credit card number and expiration date, for payment of fee.
    2. Change/Modify. You may change any information previously provided to Health Vantis.  To make or inquire about such changes, send an e-mail to info@healthvantis.com.
  3. Security. The security of your personal information is very important to us.  None of your personal information can be accessed or released without your consent except as discussed in this Agreement and in our Privacy Policy.  All such information is stored in a secured database and all reasonably prudent efforts are made to assure that same is accessible only by you and health care professionals who are involved in your treatment.
  4. User Submissions. The personal information you submit to Health Vantis is governed by the Health Vantis Privacy Policy. If there is any inconsistency between these Terms and the Health Vantis Privacy Policy, these Terms shall control.
  5. Minors Prohibited.
  6. Health Vantis is for use by adults only. If you are not over 18 years of age, do not use this Site.
  7. Health Vantis is committed to protecting the privacy of children. You should be aware that this Site is not for or designed to attract children.  We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child.
  8. Copyright, Ownership and Use. All of the Content on this Site, including all text, photographs, graphics, images, videos, format, and other expressions is the property of Health Vantis, or the suppliers of Content.  All of the above is protected by domestic and international copyright laws.  ANY UNAUTHORIZED OR UNAPPROVED USE OF ANY OF THE CONTENT CONSTITUTES COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND SUBJECTS YOU TO ALL CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES PROVIDED FOR UNDER DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAWS AND TREATIES.  A user of this Site may only use the Content for accessing and understanding such information for individual and personal use.  No one may copy, make any reproduction or modification or any derivative work of the foregoing, and may not republish or display any of same, nor may any of same be linked to any other website unless such website provides acknowledgment of ownership of same in Health Vantis or its third party suppliers or licensors.
  9. Copyrights of Third Parties. We respect the copyrights and intellectual property of third parties, and we expect the users of this Site to do the same.  If you believe there is any infringement of any other person’s copyright or intellectual property by this Site, we request that you call it to our attention right away.  Please do so by sending whatever information you have to assist us in evaluating same.  Any statement made by you to that effect must be made in good faith and may be subject to penalties of perjury that the information is accurate or you have a good faith belief in same.  You may send such notices to info@healthvantis.com.
  10. Intellectual Property. You agree that Health Vantis (or its Content providers) owns all worldwide rights, titles and interests in and to this Site.  You may create a bookmark in your browser to the home page of this Site.  Otherwise, you may not create a link to this Site without the prior written approval of Health Vantis.  All rights not expressly granted in these Terms are reserved to Health Vantis.  No other rights or licenses, whether express, implied, arising by estoppel, or otherwise are conveyed or intended by these Terms.  To facilitate your access to and use of this Site or portions thereof, we may make certain software available to you.  The terms of your use of such software will be stated separately in a license agreement that will be included with the software.  You agree to only use such software in a manner permitted pursuant to such license agreements.
  11. Content. The Content contained on this Site is provided by Health Vantis or under license by third parties as a service to the users of this Site.  This Site and the information, Services and materials contained on this Site are provided on an “as is” basis.  You agree that the use of this Site is at your sole risk.  Neither Health Vantis nor any of its affiliates warrant that the information on this Site is accurate, reliable or current.  Additionally there are no warranties as to results that may be obtained from the use of this Site.  Rather, the information provided is for informational and educational purposes only.  It is not a substitute for advice from physicians or medical professionals.  Any specific medical questions that you, the user, may have relating to a medical condition, care or treatment or diagnosis should be presented to your physician or health care provider.
  12. Advertisements and Links to Other Websites. This Site may contain advertisements placed by or on behalf of third parties.  These advertisements may contain links to other websites. Health Vantis may occasionally provide links on this Site to third party websites.  These links connect you with other websites that are maintained by other parties over whom Health Vantis has no control.  These links are provided only as a convenience to you, and Health Vantis does not assume any responsibility for nor endorse such other websites.  UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED BY US, Health Vantis DOES NOT RECOMMEND OR ENDORSE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR WEBSITES OF ANY THIRD PARTIES OR MAKE ANY DETERMINATION WHETHER ANY SUCH PRODUCT, SERVICE, OR WEBSITE MAY BE EITHER NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE FOR YOU OR FOR THE USE IN RENDERING CARE TO PATIENTS.
  13. Customer Satisfaction. Health Vantis is committed to customer satisfaction.  We attempt to provide access to educational information about medical conditions and treatment options with minimum interruption.  Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, you agree as follows:
  14. Disclaimer of Warranty. THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND MATERIALS CONTAINED ON THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS AND YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.  Health Vantis AND ITS AFFILIATES MAKE NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR WARRANTIES ARISING BY COURSE OF DEALING OR CUSTOM OF TRADE.  Neither Health Vantis nOR ITS AFFILIATES WARRANT THAT THE INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS ACCURATE, RELIABLE OR CURRENT.  NEITHER Health Vantis NOR ANY OTHER CONTENT PROVIDERS MAKE ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA FROM WHICH THE INFORMATION IS COMPILED OR THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION ITSELF, NOR THE COMPATIBILITY OF THE INFORMATION WITH ANY HARDWARE AND SYSTEMS.  Health Vantis ALSO MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES THAT YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THIS SITE (1) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, (2) IS FREE OF VIRUSES, UNAUTHORIZED CODE, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR (3) IS SECURE.  YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING ALL PRECAUTIONS YOU BELIEVE NECESSARY OR ADVISABLE TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, LOSS OR HAZARD THAT MAY ARISE BY VIRTUE OF YOUR USE OF THIS SITE.  Health Vantis AND ANY THIRD-PARTY SUPPLIER ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT, BRAND, METHOD, INFORMATION OR SERVICES ON THIS SITE IN ANY WAY, AND THERE IS NO WARRANTY OR ANY ASSURANCE THAT THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED OR DESCRIBED ON THIS SITE WILL SATISFY ANY REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.  BY USING THIS SITE, THE USER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS AT THE USER’S SOLE RISK AND THE USER ASSUMES FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF THIS SITE.
  15. NEITHER Health Vantis NOR ITS AFFILIATES NOR ANY THIRD PARTY SUPPLIER CAN BE ASSURED THAT THE USER, IN USING THIS SITE, HAS SELECTED AN APPROPRIATE SERVICE PROVIDER. AGAIN, YOU SHOULD USE THIS SITE FOR GENERAL INFORMATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND SHOULD DIRECT ANY FURTHER INQUIRIES TO A PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.  Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties.  Therefore, only if required by applicable law, some or all of the exclusions or limitations above may not apply to you.  You may have other rights from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
  16. Exclusion of Damages. AS CONSIDERATION FOR USER’S OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE GENERAL INFORMATION AND PROCESSES PROVIDED ON THIS SITE, USER AGREES THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER WILL Health Vantis OR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH Health Vantis OR THIS SITE BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY TO YOU OR ANY OTHER ENTITY FOR ANY ACTION OR INACTION TAKEN BY USER IN RELIANCE UPON INFORMATION OR SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THIS SITE. NEITHER Health Vantis NOR ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH Health Vantis SHALL BE LIABLE IN ANY EVENT FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM OR RELATE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER TO (1) YOUR USE OF THIS SITE, OR RELIANCE ON THE CONTENT, OR (2) ERRORS, INACCURACIES, OMISSIONS, DEFECTS, UNTIMELINESS, SECURITY BREACHES, OR ANY OTHER FAILURE TO PERFORM BY Health Vantis OR ITS CONTENT PROVIDERS.  THE FOREGOING EXCLUSION SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER Health Vantis HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.  Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain types of damages. Therefore, only if required by applicable law, some or all of the exclusions above may not apply to you.  You may have other rights from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
  17. Limitation on Liability. IF, NOTWITHSTANDING THE OTHER TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT (OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND US), WE (OR OUR CONTENT PROVIDERS OR OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE) SHOULD HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, HARM OR DAMAGE, YOU AND WE (ON BEHALF OF OURSELVES AND OUR CONTENT PROVIDERS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE) AGREE THAT SUCH LIABILITY SHALL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEED CAD 1,000.  YOU AND WE (ON BEHALF OF OURSELVES AND OUR CONTENT PROVIDERS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE) AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING LIMITATION OF LIABILITY IS AN AGREED ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN YOU AND US (AND OUR CONTENT PROVIDERS AND OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE) AND REFLECTS THE FEES, IF ANY, WE CHARGE YOU TO USE THIS SITE, THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ABSENT YOUR AGREEMENT TO THIS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE THIS SITE, THE SERVICES OR THE CONTENT TO YOU.
  18. Foreign Access or Use. Health Vantis makes no claim that this Site is appropriate for access or use outside Canada.  Your access and/or use of this Site outside Canada are at your own risk, and you are responsible for compliance with the laws of your jurisdiction.
  19. Indemnification. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold Health Vantis harmless against any losses, expenses, costs or damages (including its reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert fees and other reasonable costs of litigation) arising from, incurred as a result of, or in any manner related to (a) your breach of these Terms, (b) your unauthorized or unlawful use of this Site, and (c) the unauthorized or unlawful use of this Site by any other person using your IDs.
  20. Termination. Your right to access and use this Site immediately terminates without further notice upon your breach of these Terms.  Health Vantis may terminate this Agreement and/or your right to use this Site at any time, with or without cause.  Health Vantis reserves the right to discontinue or make changes to this Site at any time.
  21. Assignment. Health Vantis may assign these Terms, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion.  You may not assign your rights under these Terms without the prior written permission of Health Vantis.  Any attempt by you to assign your rights under these Terms without the permission of Health Vantis shall be void.
  22. Waiver. The waiver by Health Vantis of a breach of any provision of these Terms shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any other or a subsequent breach of the same or a different kind.
  23. Severability. If any provision of these Terms shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the remaining provisions of these Terms shall remain in full force and effect.
  24. Governing Law. This Site is controlled under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada and Canadian law.  Any claim relating to this Site or Services provided through this Site will be governed by the laws Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, without giving application to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
  25. Entire Agreement. These Terms contain the entire agreement between you and Health Vantis relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any other oral or written communications relating thereto.  These Terms may not be amended or supplemented by (a) any purchase order or similar form originated by you relating to the subject matter hereof, or (b) statements of any Health Vantis employees.  Health Vantis reserves the right to make changes to these Terms at any time without advance notice.  Health Vantis agrees to post all amended forms of these Terms on this Site and such amended forms shall be effective immediately upon its posting.  Your continued use of this Site subsequent to Health Vantis’s posting of amended forms of these Terms shall constitute your acceptance of the modified Terms.  It is at all times your responsibility to read the most current form of these Terms before using this Site to ensure that you agree to the terms and conditions of any amendments made to these Terms.  You agree that these standards for notice of amendments to these Terms are reasonable.
  26. Miscellaneous Information. You agree to use this Site for legal and proper purposes.  If you no longer agree to be bound by these Terms of Use, you agree to immediately cease use of this Site.
  27. Acceptance of Terms. You acknowledge that the provisions, disclosures and disclaimers set forth above are fair and reasonable and your agreement to follow and be bound to them is not the result of fraud, duress or undue influence exercised upon you by any person or entity.  There are no representations, promises, warranties or undertakings by Health Vantis contrary to those set forth above.

Health Vantis
Halifax, NS
1-877-344-3544