Clinical Audit is a tool used to examine the practices of health care professionals implemented in a health care environment. Clinical audit can be defined as a clinically led initiative which seeks to improve the quality and outcome of patient care through clinicians examining and modifying their practices according to the standards of what can be achieved‚ based on the best available evidence’ (Morrell & Harvey 1999). Audit has many benefits: increasing the quality of patient care directly‚ professional
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AUDIT EXPECTATION GAP The phrase "Audit Expectations Gap" was first introduced into the literature over thirty five years ago‚ by Liggio (1974)‚ under the Cohen Commission. It was defined as the difference between the levels of expected performance "as envisioned by the independent accountant and by the user of financial statements" The term ‘expectation gap’ is commonly utilized to describe the situation whereby a difference in expectation exists between a group with a certain expertise‚ and
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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT JOHN GALSWORTHY BUILDING GAIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT REPORT JOHN GALSWORTHY BUILDING KINGSTON UNIVERSITY APRIL 2013 UNDERTAKEN BY GAIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIAM COOK MARIUS LERET BARTHÉLÉMY LOUVAIN SOPHIA WOOD ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT JOHN GALSWORTHY BUILDING GAIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT JOHN GALSWORTHY BUILDING GAIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES Contents 1. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................
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AUTOMATED ACCOUNTING Automated accounting is an approach to maintaining up-to-date accounting records with the use of accounting software. This software is often configured to allow for easy cross posting of receivable and payable‚ eliminating the need to enter multiple posting in order to keep accounting record in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting as it exists today may be viewed as a system of assumptions‚ doctrines‚ tenets‚ and conventions‚ all encompassed
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Substantive Audit Testing: Revenue Cycle 1. Substantive Audit Testing: Revenue Cycle 2. MULTIPLE CHOICE: 3. 1. Which of the following might be detected by an auditor’s review of the client’s sales cut-off? 4. a. Excessive goods returned for credit. 5. b. Unrecorded sales discounts. c. Lapping of year end accounts receivable. d. Inflated sales for the year. 6. ANSWER: D 7. 2. Which of the following forms of evidence represents the most competent evidence that a receivable actually exists? 8. a. A
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dangers which may result from auditors providing ‘additional services’ to auditees”? Non-audit services (NAS) may be any services other than audit provided to an audit client by an incumbent auditor. Such services may be referred to in the professional and academic press as management advisory services or consulting‚ but NAS also includes compliance related services (such as taxation and accounting advice) and assurance related services (such as due diligence and internal audit). Compliance related services
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in their supply chain) Second Stage: Compliance as companies start adopting the compliance approach and creating value on the medium tem by protecting their reputation and reducing the risk of litigation (for Nike as ex: accept hiring external auditors to investigate the case in order to taking back their credibility) Third Stage: Managerial‚ in this stage companies need to get the concept of social responsibility in their managerial business level by mixing the notion of economic value on the
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execution of the strategy at various stages First you have to decide how you are going to tackle the audit. That’s the big picture. It could be that you decide there are no good internal controls. Your strategy would then be to not do any TOCs and concentrate on substantive procedures. Having decided that then you have to plan how you will use substantive procedures to get sufficient appropriate audit evidence. If your strategy is not to do any tests of control‚ then the detailed plan will take that into
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EXAMPLE AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER This example engagement letter is intended solely for general educational purposes. It is not intended for the purpose of providing specific legal‚ accounting‚ or other professional advice to any particular recipient or with respect to any particular jurisdiction. The author‚ publisher‚ and distributor of this document (1) make no representations‚ warranties‚ or guarantees as to its technical accuracy or compliance with any law ( federal‚ state‚ or local) or professional
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Paper on Network Performance Audit ByAbhay Shanker Data Center Consultant Catalyst Business Solution Pvt. Ltd. www.catalyst-us.com Date - 20110501 Contents Introduction 3 Network Performance Issues 3 Network Performance In Perspective4 Performance Measurements: Speed‚ Bandwidth‚ Throughput and Latency 5 Speed 5 Bandwidth 6 Throughput 6 Solution- Key Parameters to maximize the performance & optimization of the network 6 Summary 8 Date - 20110501
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