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Neuro Translation Tool is a communication and educational tool for healthcare professionals. It does not replace clinical judgment, professional training, or certified medical interpretation services. You are responsible for independently evaluating your patient and making all clinical decisions. Although our clinical content and translations are reviewed by qualified healthcare and language professionals whenever feasible, errors, omissions, translation differences, or technical issues may occur.

Do not enter protected health information (PHI), such as patient names, medical record numbers, or dates of birth, into the application. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Neuro Translation Tool and its developers cannot be held responsible for clinical decisions, actions, or patient outcomes resulting from use of the Application.

By using Neuro Translation, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to our Terms and Conditions.

Clinical Disclaimer

Purpose of the Application

This application is designed to assist healthcare professionals in communicating with patients during neurological and stroke examinations by providing standardized examination instructions and questions in multiple languages. It is intended solely as a communication aid and educational resource.

Not a Substitute for Clinical Judgment

This application does not replace clinical judgment, professional medical training, certified medical interpreters, or institutional policies. Healthcare providers remain solely responsible for obtaining an appropriate medical history, performing the neurological examination, interpreting examination findings, making diagnostic and treatment decisions, and determining when additional interpretation services are necessary.

Translation Limitations

Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of translations, no translation can fully account for regional dialects, cultural differences, idiomatic expressions, speech impairments, or individual patient comprehension. Users should confirm patient understanding whenever possible and use certified medical interpreters when clinically appropriate or required by institutional policy or applicable law.

Clinical Responsibility

The developers make no guarantee that use of this application will improve diagnostic accuracy, patient outcomes, or communication in every clinical situation. Users assume full responsibility for all medical decisions made while using this application.

Emergency Situations

This application is not intended to delay or replace emergency evaluation or treatment. In time-sensitive conditions such as acute stroke, clinicians should follow established institutional protocols and applicable clinical guidelines.

No Medical Advice to Patients

This application is intended for use by healthcare professionals. It does not provide medical advice directly to patients and should not be used by patients to diagnose or manage medical conditions.

Privacy

This application is designed to function without requiring entry of protected health information whenever possible. Users are responsible for complying with all applicable privacy and security regulations, including HIPAA and institutional policies. Do not enter identifiable patient information unless your institution has approved such use.

Limitation of Liability

The application and its contents are provided "as is"; without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, merchantability, or fitness for a particular purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the developers, contributors, and affiliated institutions shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, this application. By using this application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these terms.

Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the Neuro Translation Tool mobile application ("Application"). By downloading, accessing, or using the Application, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Application.

1. Purpose of the Application

The Application is intended to assist healthcare professionals in communicating with patients during neurological and stroke examinations by providing standardized examination prompts, educational content, translations, and audio recordings in multiple languages. The Application is provided solely as a communication aid and educational resource.

The Application is not intended to diagnose disease, recommend treatment, replace professional medical judgment, or substitute for certified medical interpretation services.

2. Clinical Content Governance

The clinical content contained within the Application, including neurological examination scripts, stroke examination prompts, educational materials, translations, and audio recordings, has been developed and reviewed by qualified physicians and healthcare professionals based on accepted clinical practices and available medical evidence at the time of publication. Whenever feasible, translations and audio recordings are reviewed by fluent physicians, native speakers, or qualified medical language experts to promote linguistic accuracy and clinical consistency. However, users should recognize that regional dialects, cultural differences, speech impairments, literacy levels, and individual patient comprehension may affect communication. Medical knowledge, clinical guidelines, and standards of care continue to evolve. Although the developers make reasonable efforts to review and update the Application periodically, the content may not always reflect the most current evidence, clinical recommendations, institutional protocols, or regulatory requirements.

Users are responsible for applying their own professional judgment and should consult current clinical guidelines, institutional policies, and other authoritative resources when making patient care decisions. The Application is intended to supplement—not replace—clinical expertise, professional training, or certified medical interpretation services.

The developers reserve the right to revise, update, or remove clinical content at any time without prior notice.

3. Intended Users

The Application is intended for use by licensed healthcare professionals, physician assistants, nurses, emergency medical personnel, medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees under appropriate supervision, and other authorized healthcare personnel. Patients and members of the general public should not rely on the Application for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

4. User Responsibilities

By using the Application, you agree to:

• Exercise independent clinical judgment at all times.
• Verify patient understanding whenever clinically appropriate.
• Follow your institution's policies regarding interpreter services.
• Comply with all applicable laws, regulations, institutional policies, and professional standards.
• Use certified medical interpreters whenever clinically appropriate or required by institutional policy or applicable law.
• Maintain sole responsibility for all clinical decisions, diagnoses, treatments, and patient care.

5. No Warranty

The Application is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of accuracy, completeness, reliability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Although reasonable efforts are made to maintain accurate translations and clinical content, errors, omissions, inaccuracies, software bugs, or technical issues may occur.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the developers, contributors, affiliated institutions, sponsors, and licensors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, the Application, including damages resulting from translation errors, communication misunderstandings, delayed diagnosis, treatment decisions, software malfunction, or patient outcomes.

Users assume full responsibility for all clinical decisions and patient care.

7. Translation Accuracy

The translations provided within the Application are intended to facilitate communication between healthcare professionals and patients. While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure translation accuracy, the developers do not guarantee that translations are complete, error-free, or appropriate for every patient encounter.

Regional dialects, cultural differences, literacy levels, speech disorders, hearing impairment, cognitive impairment, aphasia, dysarthria, or other communication barriers may affect interpretation and patient understanding.

Users should independently verify patient comprehension whenever possible and utilize certified medical interpreters when clinically appropriate or required by institutional policy.

8. Privacy

The Application is designed to minimize the need for personally identifiable information and protected health information (PHI).

Users should not enter patient names, medical record numbers, dates of birth, addresses, or other identifiable patient information into the Application unless expressly supported by the Application and authorized by their institution in accordance with HIPAA, applicable privacy laws, and institutional policies.

The developers are not responsible for unauthorized disclosure resulting from user misuse of the Application.

9. Data Collection and Analytics

To improve the performance, reliability, security, accessibility, and usability of the Application, the developers may collect limited technical and usage information. Such information may include:

• Application version
• Device type
• Operating system version
• Anonymous usage statistics (such as language modules accessed or feature utilization)
• Crash reports
• Diagnostic information
• Performance metrics
• Error logs

The Application is designed to minimize the collection of personally identifiable information and protected health information (PHI). Any analytics collected are intended solely to improve the functionality, stability, accessibility, clinical usability, and educational value of the Application. Analytics data may be processed using trusted third-party service providers that maintain appropriate security safeguards.

The developers do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose user information to third parties for advertising or commercial marketing purposes.

Users acknowledge that electronic transmission and storage of information cannot be guaranteed to be completely secure. Although reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards are employed to protect collected information, the developers cannot guarantee absolute security against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Aggregate Research Use

Consistent with the academic mission of the Application, de-identified and aggregated usage data may be analyzed for quality improvement, educational, implementation science, and research purposes. These analyses may include Application utilization, feature usage, language selection, user engagement, and other non-identifiable metrics intended to improve the Application and evaluate its effectiveness.

No personally identifiable information or protected health information (PHI) will be intentionally included in research analyses, publications, presentations, or shared datasets. Any dissemination of usage data will occur only in aggregate form and in accordance with applicable laws, institutional policies, and ethical standards governing research.

By using the Application, users acknowledge and consent to the collection and use of technical and aggregated analytics information as described in this section.

10. Intellectual Property

The Application, including its software, source code, translations, graphics, text, audio recordings, educational materials, design, logos, and other content, is protected by copyright and other applicable intellectual property laws. Users may use the Application solely for personal, educational, research, or clinical purposes. Users may not:

• Copy or distribute substantial portions of the Application.
• Modify or create derivative works without prior written permission.
• Sell, sublicense, lease, or commercially exploit any portion of the Application.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code except as permitted by applicable law.

11. Updates

The developers may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue any feature or content of the Application at any time without prior notice. Continued use of the Application following updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms and Conditions.

12. Third-Party Content

The Application may include links or references to third-party websites, clinical guidelines, educational resources, or institutional materials. The developers do not endorse and are not responsible for the availability, content, accuracy, or reliability of third-party resources.

13. Research and Educational Use

Certain portions of the Application were developed through academic research and educational initiatives. The inclusion of research-based or educational content does not imply validation for every clinical circumstance, institution, or patient population. Users are encouraged to consult current evidence-based guidelines and institutional policies when delivering patient care.

14. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of [State], without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal action arising from these Terms or the use of the Application shall be brought exclusively in the appropriate state or federal courts located within that jurisdiction.

15. Changes to These Terms

The developers reserve the right to revise these Terms at any time. Updated versions will become effective upon publication within the Application unless otherwise stated. Users are responsible for reviewing these Terms periodically.

16. Contact Information

Questions regarding these Terms may be directed to Ivan Trang:

cwtrang@gmail.com

17. Acceptance

By downloading, accessing, or using the Application, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.