PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute What works* Healing the healthcare staffing shortage *connectedthinking Table of contents 01 02 03 04 Executive summary l Key findings l Future Forces l Recommendations l About the research 05 Background: Business policy issues around the supply of nurses and physicians 11 The challenges of inadequate supply 20 Overcoming the disconnect 22 23 25 27 31 Strategies for developing a workforce
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CLINICAL AUDIT LITERATURE AND EVIDENCES [ARTICLE] Audit is currently defined as a cyclical activity incorporating both systematic evaluation of the quality of clinical practice and action .The aim of audit is to establish the extent to which actual clinical practice compares with best clinical practice. Bowie etal(2012 It incorporates the systematic and critical analysis by nurses‚ midwives and health visitors‚ in conjunction with other staff‚ of the planning‚ delivery and evaluation
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Safeguards Objective Assessment a) The lending of staff by the firm to an audit client may create a self-review threat. (APES110.290.142) Referring to APES110‚290 142‚ it states that if the firm lend the staff to audit client‚ and it will create the self-review threat. The possible safeguards are as following: Pay more attention on the work done by the loaned staff while in audit engagement. Do not assign any audit responsibility to the task that is performed by that loaned staff. Remove
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CHALLENGES OF EFFECTIVE STAFFING (RECTUITMENT SOURCES‚ TYPES AND CHALLENGES) TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 RECRUITMENT 3 SOURCES OF RECRUITMENT 4 NON TRADITIONAL RECRUITING 5 EXTERNAL VERSUS INTERNAL CANDIDATES 6 RECRUITING PROTECTED CLASSES 6 PLANING THE RECRUITMENT EFFORT 6 CONCLUSION 7 REFERENCES 7 INTRODUCTION Modern organizations are facing tremendous challenges in the process of staffing as they need to streamline
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Weaknesses in an Internal Audit Control System by Osmond Vitez‚ Demand Media An internal audit control system is a common safeguard found in business today. This safeguard is broken down into two parts: internal audits and internal controls. Internal audits are informal reviews by the business owner or employees. They provide information on internal operations in employee performance. Internal controls represent the specific policies the business owner‚ manager and employees must follow in the
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The Role of Audit An audit is ‘an independent examination of‚ and the subsequent expression of opinion on‚ the financial statements of an organization’ (Hussey‚ 1999‚ p. 33). The audit can be viewed as an integral part of corporate financial reporting‚ where the assurance it provides stems from the trust placed in the judgement of the auditor. The audit is designed to demonstrate ‘the completeness‚ accuracy and validity of transactions which‚ when aggregated‚ make up the financial statements’ (Power
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Independent Auditor ’s Report To the Stockholders Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. 1235 Winner ’s Road Write City‚ IN 12354 LCC has conducted an audit of Apollo Shoes‚ Inc. balance sheets‚ the retained earnings‚ cash flows‚ and other related statements of income for the year ended December 31‚ 2006/2007. Apollo Shoes Inc management is responsible for maintaining the effective internal controls that goes along with the financial statements and how well the accuracy is going to be. LLC has evaluated the
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A project audit provides an opportunity to uncover the issues‚ concerns and challenges encountered in the execution of a project. It affords the project manager‚ project sponsor and project team an interim view of what has gone well and what needs to be improved with the project to successfully complete it. If done at the close of a project‚ a project audit can be used to develop success criteria for future projects by providing a forensic review. This review will provide an opportunity to learn
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THE FINANCIAL AUDIT – THE GUARANTOR OF THE TRUE AND FAIR VIEW SUPPLIED BY THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Boa-Avram Florin Babe-Bolyai University‚ Cluj-Napoca‚ Faculty of Economical Science and Business Administration‚ St. Teodor Mihali‚ No. 58-60‚ 400591‚ Romania‚ botaavramflorin@yahoo.com‚ Tel: 0740-886491 Mati Dumitru Babe-Bolyai University‚ Cluj-Napoca‚ Faculty of Economical Science and Business Administration‚ St. Teodor Mihali‚ No. 58-60‚ 400591‚ Romania‚ dmatis@econ.ubbcluj.ro‚ Tel:
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1965 so as to give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group and of the Company as at 30 June 2009 and of their financial performance and the cash flows for the financial year then ended. This is a qualified audit report. 2. The qualified audit opinion was based on two immaterial circumstances i.e. • one of the subsidiary’s books and records were destroyed by fire‚ • auditors of other subsidiaries did not allow the auditor of the group to have access to their files
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