Records and Information Governance (RIG)

​​​​​​UW Medicine Records and Information Governance is committed to providing timely and professional services and resources related to the management of all records in the UW Medicine heath care system.

Our services include: organization, maintenance, appraisal, storage, and destruction or permanent retention of public records regardless of format; on-site consultation for records review regarding retention and organization; guidelines for scanning records; assistance with the application and interpretation of the two Records Retentions Schedules which govern UW Medicine records - the Washington State Government General Records Retention Schedule Version 6.3 and the UW Medicine Records Retention Schedule Version 2.5​​​ and the management and organization of electronic records including email.

UW Medicine Records and Information Governance is also responsible for:

• Complying with federal, state and local laws regarding electronic and paper records management, destruction and preservation.
• Developing legal retention periods for UW Medicine records.
• Developing policies, procedures and standards, for the capture and management of the trusted and authentic record.

IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST MEDICAL RECORDS, PLEASE CONTACT RELEASE OF INFORMATION (ROI) ONLINE OR CALL 206.744.9000 FOR MORE INFORMATION.​