Posted by Stephanie Jones on Fri, Sep 18, 2009 @ 03:34 PM
The article below is yet another example of why document management systems can be so beneficial in a school setting.
With eBridge Solutions web-based document management system, student records can be scanned and then immediately shred, because the images remain online indefinitely. Document management increases record security and improves school compliance with record retention mandates and other regulations, like HIPAA.
Officials at a Manhattan school are coming under fire for leaving student records dumped on the street for anyone to pick up.
Boxes of student records were piled in front of the old home of the School for the Physical City.
Some records contained the Social Security numbers, grades, signatures and even psychological reports of former students ofthe public intermediate/high school.
The boxes were sitting next to a trash bin filled with old desks and other discarded school supplies.
The School for the Physical City moved to a new location over the summer and apparently the records were thrown out with the trash during the relocation.
An Education Department official said an investigation has been launched to determine how the records ended up on the street. Officials apparently picked up the boxes of records last night.
"This is not acceptable," school officials said in a statement last night. "If true, we will take appropriate action."