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DxJunction is an online community in which members can ask and answer questions or publish blog posts and comments on a wide range of topics about healthcare. People can also create profiles and share facts, opinions and personal experiences to help others. DxJunction is not a publisher of content supplied by third parties and users of the Site. Accordingly, DxJunction has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including information providers and users, are those of the respective author(s) or distributor(s) and not DxJunction. In many instances, the content available through this Site represents the opinions and judgments of the respective information providers or users. DxJunction does not endorse, and is not responsible for the accuracy or reliability of any opinion, advice or statement made on the site by any third party. These guidelines are to help in making the community a safe and useful place for local healthcare information. Your use of DxJunction is subject to these Community Guidelines and the Terms of Service.
Let the community know who you are (patient, caregiver or experience person) and what you are interested in. Upload a photo and link to your blog or other sites that you find interesting. A full and rich profile will lend more credibility to your questions and answers and it's just fun to do.
Sharing your knowledge, opinions and experience is a way to make positive contribution to the community and establish relationships with your Dx peers.
The community is made up of many types of people, with different backgrounds, knowledge and beliefs; please be considerate of others and do not attack other community members. Be respectful at all times.
In the Question and Answer section, any question should be posted in the form of a question; do not post answers unless you are attempting to answer a question or provide further clarification on your question. As this section is devoted to asking and answering questions, postings must be phrased in question and answer format or they may be deleted. In the General Experience section, please keep postings in the blog format. Because this is not a really a micro-blogging community, your blog posts should be complete articles (with a beginning, middle and an end). Remember that you have the power to remove or edit a blog post or comment at any time. DxJunction reserves the right to remove blog posts that don't follow this format or which seem like gibberish.
The Web is a great resource for information, so when you use online sources, share where you found your information. We provided a place for links on the answer form and encourage you to use it.
Please help us keep the content in the community on-topic and relevant. When asking, answering or browsing, if you see informative or high-quality content, give thumbs up or mark the answer as best answer. Similarly, for content that is off-topic, not relevant or just plain spam, please click on the red flag and tell us about it.
You may not use other languages or symbols. Content that is unreadable due to excessive typos may be removed.
Content must be categorized in the appropriate category and location. DxJunction reserves the right to re-categorize or remove questions it determines to be categorized incorrectly.
Do not share your personal, private information such as social security number with any member. If you wish to engage in real life business relationship with any DxJunction member, we highly recommend that you do some research and meet this member in person before you take any action.
Your answers and your blog posts in some cases are intended to provide advice and guidance to people who ask questions and not to force your opinion. Be considerate of other opinions and never present your answers or comments as a guaranteed successful course of action
Each individual can only have one profile and account. Members who use different profiles to ask and answer their own questions or disturb the community risk having their accounts deactivated.
DxJunction purpose is to share knowledge and exchange opinions. You may not post URLs or content for the sole purpose of soliciting business or directing commercial activity to a non-DxJunction site. The URLs or content must be relevant and pertain to the question at hand.
DxJunction is a place where patients and caregivers connect and share. DxJunction is not responsible for any law violations, however in case such incident comes to our attention we maintain the right to remove such content at any time.
You may not post similar or identical postings. This also applies if you are including the same commercial URL on all of your postings for the purpose of directing commercial activity to a non-DxJunction site. Multiple identical or similar postings, even if legitimate, may be considered spam.
You may not use the Flag link for purposes other than reporting a violation of the DxJunction Guidelines or the DxJunction Terms of Service. You may not report abuse for posts that you personally disagree with, or by people you personally dislike.
Thumbs up, first answer and best answer, are meant to reward members for sharing questions and answers and help distinguish easily high quality content. You may not post filler answers to a question in an effort to be first to answer, or copying and pasting yours or other members' answers to other questions. DxJunction reserves the right to remove such content and deactivate accounts that are engaged in such activities at any time.
You may not promote or redirect traffic to third-party sites, or post links to sites that force the download of a virus, programs, or other content, in any way interfere or disrupt the DxJunction service, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations connected to DxJunction.
You may not upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available any content or initiate communications which include information that you do not have the right to disclose or make available under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (such as insider information, passwords or proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements).
You may not falsely state, impersonate, or otherwise misrepresent your experience, including but not limited to misrepresenting your qualifications, or your affiliations with a person or entity, past or present.
You may not post content that that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from their rightful owner to post the material. DxJunction does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any DxJunction content.
Every member is entitled to share his or her opinion on DxJunction. Do not insult other members because you strongly disagree with their views or for any other reason. Do not engage in hateful discussions, venting or ranting or use inappropriate language. We respect everyone's right to free speech but do not tolerate stalking, threats, harassment or inappropriate self promotion.
You may not use DxJunction for any form of marketing or solicitation. Ultimately our users are the moderators are the judges of what constitutes marketing or solicitation. Like other things, we know it when we see it. Specific examples include, but are not limited to: promoting a product, service, company, person, miracle cure, Web site or online support group; soliciting donations for charitable causes or yourself; presenting your resume and/or asking for work; selling Viagra. DON'T use DxJunction as a promotional vehicle for a particular form of help, especially one in which you have a personal or financial interest.
Unless you are a recognized search engine - and we both know what is and what isn't - don't run any programs that scrape content from this site. Do not harvest e-mail addresses from the site, and do not send mass messages to members. Do not post any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters, or any other form of solicitation. This includes attorneys soliciting malpractice clients. While attorneys are certainly welcome to participate, they are not allowed to market for clients. If you are contacted by an attorney via the site, do let us know by clicking the "Report member" link on the member's profile page.
For legal reasons, no part of DxJunction may be used to facilitate the donation, exchange or receipt of medication.
We put a great deal of effort into making DxJunction a user friendly site where members can find the information and support they need without hassle. To that end, we reserve the right to remove posts and profiles that we feel interfere with the normal operation of the site. This includes repetitive off-topic posting and posts that excessively advance a personal agenda or make it difficult for other members to be heard.
DxJunction does not edit the content of profiles, questions, answers, or comments in DxJunction. However, we reserve the right to remove content that we determine, at our sole discretion, to be inappropriate and/or in violation of the DxJunction Guidelines or the TERMS OF SERVICE. Depending on the level of offense, you may risk deactivation of your DxJunction account and consequently everything associated with it. If you are unsure whether your content is appropriate or consistent with these policies, please do not post it in DxJunction.
We reserve the right to modify these guidelines at any time without notification.
