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Medical Record Retrieval Company Led by Female CEO Changing the Way Healthcare Records Are Accessed.


SALT LAKE CITY -- Amy Rees Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of MediConnect Global, Inc., is leading a unique technology-based services business through rapidly changing times. MediConnect Global (www.mediconnect.net), an industry leader in online retrieval and delivery of patient medical records for the insurance and legal industries, actively managed well over half a million medical record retrieval requests last year, and that number is expected to triple in 2007. Under Lewis' leadership, the company has grown from 200 to 1200 employees worldwide, and nearly tripled its revenues in the last three years.

MediConnect is currently the fastest growing medical records retrieval organization, servicing some of the top legal firms and insurance companies throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The Company has achieved this growth by focusing on its core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
  1. It provides customer benefits
  2. It is hard for competitors to imitate
  3. It can be leveraged widely to many products and markets.
, while maintaining a progressive attitude towards evolving its services to more effectively meet the needs of it customer base.

"Although proprietary systems and technology is the catalyst for our superior service offering, MediConnect's success over the past several years is largely attributed to a strong dedication to customer care," said Amy Rees Lewis, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of MediConnect. "As a company, we do not feel like we succeed until we have effectively helped our customers become more efficient and successful within their own business. Our goal is to simplify a traditionally complex process by providing secure access to medical records at any time from any location in the world in a timely and cost effective manner. This is tremendously valuable to our clients."

Established in 1996, MediConnect was an early market leader offering medical record retrieval services to law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 and insurance companies via the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
. In 2003 MediConnect was awarded a U.S. patent for their online retrieval process. Clients can simply log into a secured web-based system, order medical records from anywhere in the world, track the status of the request with real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example.  notes, and receive a digital copy within a matter of days.

Since 2004, when Lewis joined MediConnect, she has led MediConnect to experience exponential growth Extremely fast growth. On a chart, the line curves up rather than being straight. Contrast with linear.  more than tripling MediConnect's revenues. Lewis has combined her leadership and medical industry knowledge to excel in the professional realm of record retrieval. Her uncompromising drive for excellence and quality service undoubtedly promises to continue to build MediConnect's propensity in forging new frontiers New Frontier

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See : Aid, Governmental
 within the medical records retrieval industry.

About MediConnect Global

MediConnect Global, Inc. is an industry leader in the medical records retrieval, scanning and storage services industry. State-of-the-art medical records retrieval practices, document management technology and a strong commitment to superior customer service have positioned MediConnect as a premier leader in the medical records retrieval industry. MediConnect's proprietary online RapidRetrieve system provides medical records to the insurance and legal industries quickly and effortlessly ef·fort·less  
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effort·less·ly adv.
 over the Internet in a fast, efficient and cost effective manner. For more information visit www.mediconnect.net.
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