By Dave Schleyer

Did you know government regulations such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act mandate that school systems retain all records for students, including correspondence and transcripts almost indefinitely, while assuring student privacy? Schools need to make these records accessible to students or parents upon request. However, such extensive record retention and accessibility puts a manpower and space burden on schools.  Read more...(176 words and 1 image)

By: Steve Hebel

Anyone that has ever been in a doctor’s office or hospital can plainly see that it is a very paper intensive environment as well as a very labor intensive environment from a document prospective.  Listed are some current issues pertaining to heath care records management.

1)      Currently 31 cents of every dollar in health care is spent on administrative costs.

2)      It is easy to lose or misplace paper files; it’s estimated that doctors see patients with incomplete data 40% of the time  Read more...(412 words and 1 image)