Participants in a survey from the University of Washington’s Information School, in Seattle, reported that they were much more likely to misfile and lose track of paper information than information stored on a computer. More than half of survey participants admitted losing track of a paper document at least once a week—more than twice the number of people who reported losing electronic information. While more than 60 percent reported being satisfied with their ability to handle computerized records such as e-mails, electronic documents and Web bookmarks, only 31 percent were satisfied with their ability to organize their papers.
The study is part of an ongoing National Science Foundation-funded project called Keeping Found Things FoundTM, whose goal is to understand how to help people to manage their information better, regardless of its form or location.
Full story in the Advance for Health Information Executives NewsMagazine
Thanks to MedicalInformaticsWeblog for inspiring this.
Posted by rsk at November 29, 2004 10:48 PM