Document Management (here "document" and "record" is used synonymously) is the professional management of information in electronic or physical form from the time it is received or created through their processing or distribution and use, to placement in storage and retrieval systems until either eventual elimination or identification for permanent archival retention.
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ARMA states that 60% of workers’ time is devoted to working with records. 38% of staff believes they waste substantial time hunting information (you thought it was higher, perhaps!). In today’s personal computers (introduced in 1981) world and internet- (arrived in 1990) enabled environments, 15% of organizations’ revenues go to the creation, management and distribution of information.
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Government Regulation requires confidential and secure handling of your records:
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HIPAA
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Sarbanes-Oxley
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Gramm-Leach-Bliley
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U.S. Patriot Act
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ISO 15948
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Personal & Corporate Liability
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