Web Policies

Updated December 16, 2003

Disclaimer

The contents of the Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care (Promoting Excellence) Web site are provided as general information only, and are not intended as medical advice. Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care makes no warranty, either express or implied, regarding the completeness, accuracy or currency of this information nor its suitability for any particular purpose.

This site also contains hypertext links to Web sites created and controlled by other organizations. These links are provided for your convenience and are not intended as an endorsement by Promoting Excellence of the organizations operating these sites nor as a warranty of the information they contain.

By accessing the information on this Web site, you agree that Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care shall not be liable to you for any loss or injury caused in procuring, compiling or delivering the information. In no event will Promoting Excellence or the contributors of information to this site be liable to you or anyone else for any action taken by you in reliance on such information or for any consequential, special or similar damages.

Copyrights

Copyright of the text materials contained in this Web site are owned by Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. These materials may be used, downloaded, reproduced, publicly displayed, or reprinted for personal or non-commercial purposes provided that the following attribution appears in all copies: "Reproduced with permission of Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation." Where indicated, prior permission to use, download, reproduce, publicly display, or reprint any of these materials must be obtained from Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care or other copyright owner. Permission to reproduce materials for commercial application (e.g., book publishing) must be obtained in writing. The text materials contained in this Web site may not be modified in any way.

The site may also offer software, graphic images, data, and other non-text based materials. All rights to these materials are reserved to Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care and/or the copyright owners who license such materials to us. Where indicated, prior permission to use, download, reproduce, publicly display, or reprint any of these materials must be obtained from Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care or other copyright owner.

Web Site Accessibility

Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care strives to make all of its Web resources accessible to anyone with disabilities in accordance with federal law. If you have a problem accessing the content on this Web site, please notify us at excell@mso.umt.edu or call 406.243.6601. We will work to make the Web page or feature accessible, or to provide the information in a format that is accessible.

Disclosure Statement

Name of the Web Site: Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care

Type of Web Site: Public

Developer(s)/Sponsor(s)

• Identity and organizational affiliation of developer/sponsor:
  Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care, a National Program Office of
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Contact information for developer/sponsor:
  excell@mso.umt.edu
• Source(s) of funding for development:
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Does this Web site include paid advertisements, content or links?
  No advertisements are included.

Specific purpose of Web site:

• to provide information about the Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care program
• to inform the general public about emerging, state-of-the-art models in palliative and end-of-life care
• to share evidence with the extended health care community, health care providers, and funders that specific innovative approaches can improve the quality of and accessibility to excellent palliative care
• to disseminate lessons learned from the Promoting Excellence grantees' experience regarding operational models, interventions and any other applications of value to the field
• to serve as a resource center for evaluation tools, strategies, models, etc. used and/or developed by the Promoting Excellence grantees
• to facilitate grantee and peer workgroup communications with the national office and among themselves

Target audience for the Web site:

• the palliative care, hospice and end-of-life health care community including clinicians and researchers (the primary audience)
• the extended health care community (clinicians, administrators, providers, funders)
• grantees and peer workgroup participants (the internal audience)
• the general public

Content

• List the original source(s) of the content:
  All content, except for links and submitted and requested material, was developed by the Promoting Excellence staff, grantees and peer workgroup members. Citations are provided for submitted and requested material.

Privacy

• How will users' confidentiality or anonymity be protected and who will have access to collected personal data. See our Privacy Policy Statement.

Evaluation

• Was the effectiveness or impact of the Web site evaluated? If yes, provide a summary of results:
  Evaluation of the site and contents was conducted at the end of the first phase of the development process. This review identified significant problems in interface design and content. These deficiencies were corrected. In the present phase of ongoing development user feedback is being continuously solicited and is being used to improve the site.
• How and/or where can a report of the full evaluation results be obtained?
  No formal report has been produced.

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Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families.