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UNCHCS <br /> EMR SYSTEM ACCESS AGREEMENT <br /> This EMR System Access Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of June 26 , <br /> 2018 (the "Effective Date") written above by and between University of North Carolina Health <br /> Care System ("UNCHCS ") , and Orange County, a body politic and corporate , by and through its <br /> Orange County Health Department (" CLIENT") : <br /> 1 . Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the <br /> following meanings : <br /> 1 . 1 " Client Equipment " means all hardware , software (other than the EMR System) , <br /> printers , peripherals , network connectivity, and other client- side components <br /> required for remote access to and use of the EMR System, as may be updated from <br /> time to time by Epic and/or UNCHCS . The Client Equipment required as of the <br /> Effective Date is described in Exhibit A attached hereto . <br /> 1 . 2 "EMR System " means any and all Epic electronic health records software and <br /> updates thereto licensed by Epic to UNCHCS and its affiliated entities and made <br /> available for remote access and use by CLIENT under this Agreement, including <br /> the computer program object and source code, and any instructions , manuals or <br /> other materials relating to the installation, operation or code of the Epic electronic <br /> health records software . <br /> 1 . 3 "Epic" means Epic Systems Corp . , a Wisconsin corporation, or any successor <br /> thereto . <br /> 1 . 4 "Services " means any implementation, training, technical support, maintenance and <br /> other services provided by or through UNCHCS to or for the benefit of CLIENT in <br /> connection with the EMR System and this Agreement, including any attachments <br /> hereto . <br /> 2 . Background . UNCHCS is a not- for-profit integrated health care system owned by the State <br /> of North Carolina and based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, which exists to further the <br /> teaching mission of the University of North Carolina through its association with the UNC - <br /> Chapel Hill School of Medicine and to provide state - ofAhe - art patient care through UNC <br /> Chapel Hill faculty physicians , affiliated hospitals , centers of excellence and a network of <br /> UNC - owned medical practices a community-based healthcare delivery, and to provide <br /> quality healthcare services and improve the health and well-being of its community. In order <br /> to better meet its mission, UNCHCS has invested in an electronic medical record_ system and <br /> certain related components as further described on Exhibit A (the "EMR System") . CLIENT <br /> and UNCHCS recognize the enormous benefit to patients when medical providers have <br /> access to the EMR System when caring for patients . In order to realize this benefit for its <br /> patients , CLIENT desires to obtain the right to access and use the EMR System, and, in order <br /> to better serve the health needs of its community , UNCHCS desires to provide such access , <br /> subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. <br />