Audit market concentration causes to decrease the scope of companies' au-thorities for selecting the audit institutions but instead it increases the power of auditors' market that it turns, leads to a decrease in quality and an increase in auditors' stress. The purpose of the present research is to study the effect of audit market concentration on auditors's job stress and audit quality of Tehr...

BACKGROUND In the past 15 years mortality rates from liver disease have doubled in the UK. Brief alcohol advice is cost effective, but clinically meaningful reductions in alcohol consumption only occur in around 1 in 10 individuals. AIM To provide evidence that detecting early liver disease in the community is feasible, practical, and that feedback of liver risk can increase the proportion of...

BACKGROUND Physician recommendation is one of the strongest predictors of mammography use. This study was designed to review research articles assessing the effectiveness of interventions to enhance physician breast cancer screening behavior. METHODS A MEDLINE search was conducted to identify intervention studies published from January 1980 to April 1993. The search was supplemented by review...

The voting audit logs produced by electronic voting systems contain data that could be useful for uncovering procedural errors and election anomalies, but they are currently unwieldy and difficult for election officials to use in post-election audits. In this work, we develop new methods to analyze these audit logs for the detection of both procedural errors and system deficiencies. Our methods...

Evidence-based practice is now considered to be a vital element of health care service delivery. The call to use evidence to inform other areas, such as teaching and learning, is growing. This paper reports on the processes used to integrate best evidence into teaching practices within an undergraduate health science program. An existing course within this program at an Australian tertiary inst...

Rapid treatment of Severe Sepsis can save lives but requires a coordinated response. Trust-wide audit at Nottingham University Hospitals* in 2006 and 2009 showed significant care deficiencies when compared with international guidelines. Whilst system improvements were tackled with improved infrastructure, antibiotic logistics, and staff education, sepsis care remained reliant on individual clin...

BACKGROUND Promoting the appropriate use of antimicrobials is a core value of antimicrobial stewardship. Prospective audit and feedback constitute an effective strategy for reducing the cost and use of antimicrobials, as well as their adverse effects, such as infection with Clostridium difficile. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the antimicrobial stewardship program in the intensive care unit at the aut...