Last updated: June 28, 2026

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") form an agreement between you and MedQuiry ("MedQuiry," "we," "us"). By creating an account, purchasing tokens, or otherwise using MedQuiry, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

What MedQuiry is

MedQuiry evaluates the methodological quality of published, indexed medical studies and returns a 0.0–10.0 score with a plain-language explanation of what raised or lowered it. MedQuiry is a credibility layer for medical research. It is not a journal, not a peer-review replacement, and not a treatment-recommendation engine.

MedQuiry does not provide medical advice, diagnostic guidance, treatment direction, or patient-specific direction of any kind. A MedQuiry score describes how a study was conducted; it makes no claim about whether a study's findings are correct or about the merits of any treatment. Use of MedQuiry by clinicians, allied health professionals, researchers, journalists, and lay users is at the user's sole discretion and professional judgment. Clinical decisions remain the responsibility of the licensed practitioner.

Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract to use MedQuiry. Accounts are personal and non-transferable. You agree to provide accurate registration information and to keep your credentials secure; you are responsible for activity under your account. Authentication is handled by our identity provider (Clerk). We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

Acceptable use

You agree not to: scrape, crawl, or bulk-extract content; reverse-engineer or attempt to derive the scoring rubric's internal weights or thresholds; resell or sublicense access; submit documents you have no right to submit; impersonate others; or interfere with the service's operation or security. Automated or programmatic access outside features we provide is prohibited.

Tokens, payments, and refunds

A MedQuiry token authorizes the scoring of one published, indexed medical study. Tokens are sold as one-time purchases, are non-transferable, and do not expire while your account remains active (see Dormancy below). Prices are shown at checkout in U.S. dollars; payments are processed by Stripe, and we never receive or store your card details.

A submission that fails eligibility — abstracts, editorials, letters, conference posters, preprints, image-only PDFs, spreadsheets, retracted articles, or non-study documents — does not consume a token. If scoring fails for a technical reason after a token is consumed, that token is automatically refunded to your balance.

You may request a refund of unredeemed (unconsumed) tokens within 14 days of purchase by emailing support@medquiry.co. Tokens already consumed to produce a score are non-refundable. Promotional tokens have no cash value and are non-refundable. Where mandatory consumer-protection law grants you broader cancellation or refund rights, those rights apply.

Documents you submit

You retain ownership of materials you submit. By submitting a document, you represent that you have the right to do so, and you grant MedQuiry a limited, single-purpose license to process that document solely to produce the score for that submission. Uploaded files and the text extracted from them are retained in private storage, associated with your account and accessible only to you, so that you can retrieve the document that was scored and so MedQuiry can re-score it under a later rubric version. You may delete any scored study at any time from your locker or its report page, which destroys the stored document, its extracted text, and the score report; stored documents are also deleted under the dormancy policy or on account deletion. MedQuiry retains a record of the scoring decision for a deleted study — the score, band, rubric and model version, and per-domain reasoning — for governance and dispute review; no part of the document itself is retained. Deleting a study does not return the token used to score it. We do not use the contents of your submissions to train or improve the rubric or scoring model, and we do not redistribute your submissions. We do retain the resulting score report, an internal scoring artifact, and audit metadata for governance and dispute review.

Do not submit patient-identifiable information, protected health information, or any confidential data you are not authorized to disclose. MedQuiry is intended for published, indexed studies, not patient records.

Intellectual property

MedQuiry, its scoring rubric, score reports, software, and brand are owned by MedQuiry and protected by intellectual-property law. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive license to use the service for your own professional or personal purposes. Scores you obtain may be referenced in subsequent professional writing with attribution to the rubric version and the date of scoring.

Sharing and output

MedQuiry does not provide an in-product sharing mechanism. Browser print and OS-level Save-as-PDF remain at your discretion; the in-app Print and Save-to-locker features are available according to your token entitlements.

Disclaimers

The service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Scoring is produced by an evolving algorithm subject to revision, and a re-score under a later rubric version may differ. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, MedQuiry and its operators, advisors, and partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for any clinical, financial, or professional decision made in reliance on a score. Our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the service will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or USD 100. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold MedQuiry harmless from claims arising out of your misuse of the service, your violation of these Terms, or your submission of material you had no right to submit.

Changes to the service and these Terms

We may modify the service or these Terms. When we make material changes to the Terms, we will update the date above and, where appropriate, notify you. Your continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance. If you do not agree to a change, stop using the service and you may request a refund of unredeemed tokens as described above.

Termination

You may stop using MedQuiry and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access for violation of these Terms or to comply with law. On account deletion, your data is handled as described in the Privacy Policy.

Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of [GOVERNING-LAW JURISDICTION — confirm with counsel], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in [VENUE — confirm with counsel], except where applicable law provides otherwise. Nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable statutory rights you have as a consumer.

Contact

Questions about these Terms: support@medquiry.co.