This study examines the differences between strategic systems audit approach compared with traditional based audit approach and its impact on development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business, has been discussed. Strategic systems audit approach advocates argue that this approach creates a better development of auditors’ knowledge of the client’s business than the traditional-based au...

BACKGROUND Inappropriate use of sedating medication has been reported in nursing homes for several decades. The Reducing Use of Sedatives (RedUSe) project was designed to address this issue through a combination of audit, feedback, staff education, and medication review. The project significantly reduced sedative use in a controlled trial of 25 Tasmanian nursing homes. To expand the project to ...

Many businesses are now moving to e-business and implementing computerized accounting information systems. This phenomenon has given impact to audit profession in performing IT audit, financial reports audit and tracing electronic source documents. Computer-Assisted-Auditing Techniques and Tools (CAATTs) are audit technologies that allow IT audit work to be performed efficiently, effectively an...

Objective To estimate the prevalence of delirium in patients on 15 medical and surgical wards at two hospitals in Western Australia. Design Following a review of the literature on delirium a standardised data collection tool was developed and four prevalence audits were conducted over a four week period at the target hospitals. The nurse coordinator on each ward was asked to identify any patien...

Improving the care of older residents in nursing homes during a medical crisis is an important challenge. Although the respective priorities, accountabilities and responsibilities of homes, hospitals and primary health care services differ, developing a defined and co-ordinated approach is highly desirable [1, 2]. For example, a recent Audit Commission report stated that hospitals were dependen...

Aims This re-audit aimed to determine the level of performance in assessment and management patients with alcohol use disorders following admission one general adult inpatient wards Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust whether has improved compared original audit done 2021 recommendations that were implemented have been effective. Methods A list all inpatients on each eight was obtained. The electr...