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Contest Rules: Tell us your Virtual Care Success Story

You must agree to the following Contest Rules before providing your name, contact information and submission.  

1. ELIGIBILITY:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Contest is open to all clinicians in Ontario who use a certified EMR and who have reached the age of majority in the Province of Ontario. If you are uncertain of your eligibility status, please contact OntarioMD at 1-866-744-8668. Employees or consultants of OntarioMD as well as their immediate family (father/mother, brother/sister, son/daughter) or persons living under the same roof are not eligible for entry. Entrants may enter the Contest only once during the contest period.

2. CONTEST PERIOD:

The contest starts on June 1, 2020 and ends on June 30, 2020.

3. HOW TO ENTER:

To enter, complete and submit your "Virtual Care Success Story" using the online contest entry form on OntarioMD.ca. You can upload a video or describe how you have successfully used a virtual care tool(s), including how long you have been using virtual care.

4. WINNER SELECTION AND QUALIFICATION:

Submissions must reflect the entrant's personal experience and must not violate the rights of any third party. Do not provide any identifiable information of third parties such as, but not limited to, patients. Please ensure all submissions use dummy data and do not include any Personal Health Information (PHI).

Submissions deemed inappropriate or unsuitable by OntarioMD will be disqualified at the sole discretion of OntarioMD. Only submissions made through the online contest entry form will be considered.

A panel ("Judging Panel") will review all eligible entries received during the Contest Period and select one winner based on criteria such as, but not limited to: patient care impact (stories that articulate a clear patient benefit); peer impact (stories that can help other clinicians advance their virtual care use); need (stories that leverage virtual care tools to address potential care gaps/unmet needs). The Judging Panel will be comprised of OntarioMD Senior Staff and Clinician Peer Leaders.

The potential winner will be notified by phone or email before August 1, 2020. If a winner cannot be reached within two days following the first attempt at contact, declines the prize, or fails to agree to the contest entry form, the prize shall be forfeited and OntarioMD has the right, at its sole discretion, to select another winner. The prizes will be delivered electronically. 

5. PRIZING:

There is one prize available to be won. The prize consists of one (1) Amazon Gift Card with an approximate retail value $300.00 (CAD). 

6. GENERAL CONDITIONS:

6.1. By agreeing to the Contest Rules before submitting the contest entry form, you declare that you are eligible for entry according to the eligibility criteria stipulated under section 1 of these rules.

6.2. The prize shall be accepted as is and may not be exchanged or refunded for an amount of money, sold, or transferred. No substitutions will be allowed. Any unused portion of a prize will be forfeited. 

6.3. If the prize cannot be awarded as described in these rules, OntarioMD reserves the right to substitute a prize or prize component with another of comparable value, as determined at its sole discretion. 

6.4. Refusal to accept the prize releases OntarioMD, as well as its respective directors, officers, and employees (the "Contest Parties") from any obligation toward the winner. 

6.5. If a contestant makes any false statement, (s)he will be automatically disqualified from the Contest. 

6.6. The Contest Parties from all liability for any damage or loss arising from participation in this contest or from the awarding, acceptance or use of the prize.  The Contest Parties assume no liability for any loss, damage or injury, including without limitation: (i) lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, late, destroyed, illegible or incomplete entries; (ii) loss, theft or damage to software or computer or telephone data, including any breach of privacy; (iii) fraudulent calls; (iv) inability of any person to participate in the Contest for any reason including mistaken addresses on mail or e-mail; technical, computer or telephone malfunctions or other problems with computer online systems, servers, access providers, computer equipment, or software; congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination of the foregoing; (v) damage to any person's computer, including as a result of playing or downloading any material relating to the Contest; (vi) any delay or inability to act resulting from an event or situation beyond their control, including a strike, lockout or other labour dispute at their location or the locations of the organizations and businesses whose services are used to administer this Contest; or (vii) prizes that are lost, damaged or misdirected during shipping or after receipt of the prize. 

6.7. OntarioMD reserves the right to cancel or suspend this Contest should a cause beyond their reasonable control corrupt the security or proper administration of the Contest.


7. CONSENT AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION:

By agreeing to these Contest Rules, you consent for OntarioMD to use, broadcast, reproduce, and/or publish any information submitted to this contest entry form without notice or compensation. You acknowledge and agree that your participation in the "Virtual Care Success Story" contest is voluntary and that OntarioMD has not required you to participate in the contest. Any information or related materials submitted may appear on OntarioMD's websites, in various marketing collateral, and/or various publications. These include, but are not limited to printed and electronic: news releases, recruitment materials, advertisements, or for other related education or promotional activities. This authorization is continuous and may only be withdrawn by your specific revocation of authorization. You hereby assign to OntarioMD all rights, title, and interest (including copyright) with respect to this online contest entry form, submission, and related materials.  

8. NO LIABILITY:

You agree to hold OntarioMD and its respective affiliates, parent company, employees, and agents (collectively: the "Released Parties") free from any and all liability by virtue of OntarioMD's use of your submission. You hereby waive any rights that may exist and hereby release and forever discharge the Released Parties of and from all manner of actions, causes of actions, dues, claims and demands whatsoever which you or your estate may now or hereafter have against the Released Parties that may be sustained or incurred related in any manner to the use of this contest entry form and any related materials.