Past Online Articles Create username. Julia Roberts, portraying a beguiling Erin Brockovich in the eponymous film, was able to charm her way into records offices to get what she needed for her case. This is why Matthew D. Cottrell started MediConnect.net, but the question is whether the gatekeepers of the info are prepared for this next line of offence. Now with corporate headquarters in South Jordan, UT, MediConnect has grown into a national, Internet-based records retrieval business that markets its services to law firms and insurance companies.
Clients sign up online, agreeing to the terms and conditions of the online service contract.
We check them out thoroughly and make sure they're a legitimate organization. Once we've determined that, we provide them with a user ID and a password. Users complete the records request on the Web, filling in their client's name, social security number and doctor or health care provider's information. Arguably, involving a third party in an ROI transaction increases the chances of a confidentiality breach, and MediConnect's practice of digitizing all the information it receives to make it available to the requesting party online could raise concerns for providers, as well as patients. It's an encrypted link, and we also make sure that all of the information we receive is fully encrypted.