Introduction
Record management is an inevitable part of any growing business. Hospitals need to keep records of their patients, schools of their students, and police departments of the criminals. Examples are everywhere. The information must be stored safely, and easily accessed by authorized personnel when needed. How to store this data? How to retrieve it? When to destroy it? All of these questions will be covered by this course. It will also explain the system of the ISO 15489.
Course Objectives of Documents and Record Control
- Understanding the ISO 15489 standards
- Implementing the process of document and records management
- Retrieving documents when needed
- Understanding the documents and records lifecycle
- Authorizing certain personnel to access the documents
Course Outlines of Documents and Record Control
Day 1
- Key records management terminology
- ISO 15489: Information and Documentation — Records Management
- Project and program planning
- Document Management Systems (DMS) vs. Record Management Systems (RMS)
- Information governance
- Records life cycle
Day 2
- Records classification
- Managing physical records
- Automated processes
- Turning paper documents into electronic documents
- IT infrastructure details
Day 3
- Implementation planning
- Labeling and classification
- Bar code
- Filing segment
- Cost Reduction
- Validation
- Indexing
- Storage
Day 4
- Documents’ retention policy
- Document’s retention schedule
- Documents’ destruction
- Security control
- Version control
- Metadata capture
Day 5
- Information audit: monitoring compliance
- Searching for files
- Accession log
- Distribution and sharing
- Workflow
- Collaboration
- Reproduction of documents
