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School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Records & Information Management

Grand Forks, ND

Startling Facts
  • 315 million - Number of computers obsolete by 2004. (National Safety Council)
  • The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 provides for the ability of an employer to monitor the e-mail transmissions of employees.  (Information Management Journal -- Vol. 35, No. 2, April 2001)
  • Reference is never made to 85-90% of stored records. (Ricks, Swafford & Gow)
  • 95% of the references made are to records created within the past three years. (Ricks, Swafford & Gow)
  • 80% of references occur within 18 months. (Ricks, Swafford & Gow)
  • Employees spend an average of 50 minutes per day looking for misplaced files. (Ricks, Swafford & Gow)
Records & Information Management Program
School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Room 1909
501 North Columbia Road Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
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