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MEDICONNECT GLOBAL RECEIVES UTAH BUSINESS HEALTH CARE HEROES AWARD FOR INNOVATION
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, September 23, 2009 — Utah Business magazine announced the winners of the annual Health Care Heroes Award, naming MediConnect Global, the leading medical records retrieval and electronic document management provider, as a winner in the category of Innovation.
“It’s a great honor to be recognized among companies and individuals who are so devoted and passionate about improving health care,“ said Amy Rees Anderson, MediConnect CEO. “Our goal is to provide global access to medical information which empowers our customer, improves patient care, and reduces the cost of treatment; making quality, affordable health care more available for everyone, everywhere.”
In response to customer requests for medical records, MediConnect contacts each hospital or physician; retrieves each medical record; creates organized, digitized copies of the records; and delivers them to the requestor securely over the Internet. To date, MediConnect has retrieved and stores over 5 million patient medical records in their online secured repository. MediConnect was given special recognition at the award event for offering digitized copies of medical records a no charge to patients and providers who have lost their records as a result of natural disasters.
The Utah Business Health Care Heroes Award annually recognizes individuals and organizations for outstanding achievement in various facets of health care including: Administrative Excellence, Health Care Provider - Physician, Health Care Provider – Non-Physician, Volunteers, Community Outreach, Innovation, Corporate Achievement, and Lifetime Achievement.
About MediConnect Global
MediConnect Global Inc. (www.MediConnect.net) is the worldwide leader in innovative medical record retrieval, digitization and management for organizations and individuals. Through its patented record retrieval and delivery processes, MediConnect helps organizations turn inefficient processes into centralized, Web-based workflows that increase project transparency and dramatically reduce time and cost. The company is equally committed to empowering individuals to take control of their own healthcare, which begins with ownership of the information found on their medical records. All MediConnect users benefit from the largest single repository of medical records gathered from throughout the world-more than 6 million strong. All MediConnect products and services feature strong HIPAA standards-based security.
Press Contacts:
Jacob Moon
MedConnect Global Public Relations
801.520.2960
jacob@methodcommunications.com