Careful Planning Of Software License Agreements Deters Disp

Health care institutions that are planning to acquire a software package should form a team to investigate vendor options. When a vendor has been selected, the team members' primary concern is to make sure that the institution obtains all the provisions for which it has bargained. To negotiate...

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Published inHealthcare financial management Vol. 43; no. 4; p. 36
Main Authors Manfredi, Michael J, Peterson, Dan M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Westchester Healthcare Financial Management Association 01.04.1989
Subjects
Acceptance
Agreements
Breach of contract
Hospitals
License
Software
Testing
Users
Warranties
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Summary:Health care institutions that are planning to acquire a software package should form a team to investigate vendor options. When a vendor has been selected, the team members' primary concern is to make sure that the institution obtains all the provisions for which it has bargained. To negotiate the term of a software license agreement, the team should focus on 4 central provisions: 1. the scope of use, which covers such areas as who will use the software, what software is covered by the agreement, when the software may be used, where the software will be used, and how it will be used, 2. representations and warranties of performance and warranties of ownership and noninfringement, 3. acceptance testing, which is done to determine that the software will perform as warranted, and 4. an effective protection strategy.
ISSN:0735-0732