What would be the most cost-effective and prudent course of action for the storage or disposition of 250,000 records at a large teaching and research hospital?
A. storing the records off-site at a cost of $25,000 per year
B. scanning all 250,000 records for a cost of $195,000
C. purging and storing all death records off-site at a cost of $20,000 per year
D. destroying all records older than 3 years for a cost of $50,000
Answer: B