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assurance

Vox populi A commitment to do a thing. See Cooperative oncology group assurance, General assurance, Multiple project assurance, Quality assurance, Single project assurance.

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The review team's ultimate objective was to determine whether the GAO's system of quality controls provided reasonable assurance that our work is independent, objective and reliable.

Enhancing public confidence: the GAO's peer review experience: even auditors need to be audited

In greater detail, the CC are a set of functional and assurance security requirements developed to provide a common international evaluation baseline for IT products and systems.

Common Criteria: a prime factor in information security for the DoD

American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Columbus, Ga.

Corporate changes: the consolidation of the life/health industry continued in 2001. (Life/Health)

28, if you purchase multi-user software under a plan called Upgrade Advantage, you'll receive your software's current version and will be automatically grandfathered into Software Assurance licensing.

Microsoft Licensing: Confusing Decisions Lie Ahead

Hint: Assess the facility's quality assurance committee composition and processes now to be ready for the next survey.

New Guidelines for Writing Plans of Correction

As distasteful as it may be personally, physicians must continue to be actively involved in quality assurance activities, because the care a patient receives in an institution reflects a combination of efforts by both the institution and the practitioner.

The private practitioner in hospital quality assurance

Robert Roussey, who chaired the committee for five years, says that benchmark standards are vital to ensuring accountants approach assurance engagements with the same level of objectivity as for other more traditional engagements.

IFAC issues standard on assurance engagements

Benson and Townes present a concise definition, description, and structural framework for the quality assurance function in ambulatory care settings.

Excellence in Ambulatory Care: A Practical Guide to Developing Effective Quality Assurance Programs

Clearly, the liability risk could be huge from nonclients (individuals or entities), the third parties that rely on SysTrust assurance reports.

SysTrust and third-party risk

If the ultimate mission of quality assurance is to enable us to manage quality, what we must do in quality assurance is to direct our energies toward issues that can yield positive health status outcomes.