Audit system and method

A method for auditing a subject area, the audit being adapted to provide notification of an audit alert if audited subject area is not being administered in compliance with a set of rules, the audit being conducted without review source documents, the methods comprising the steps of:

• a) identifying an element of the set of rules that is relevant to the subject area to be audited;
• b) creating a first multiple-choice question having a first response;
• c) creating a second multiple-choice question having a second response, the second response being adapted such tat the selection of the second response to the second multiple-choice question and the selection of the first response to the first multiple-choice question would reveal that the audited subject area is not being administered in compliance with the set of rules;
• d) obtaining a response to the first question;
• e) obtaining a response to the second question;
• f) providing notification of an audit alert if the response obtained to the first question is the first response and the response obtained to the second question is the second response.

A method of performing an audit to determine non-compliance with a set of rules without the need for review of source documents, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) creating a first and a second audit question;
• b) determining a logical relationship between at least one response to the first audit question and at least one response to the second audit question, the logical relationship being adapted to reflect the existence of non-compliance with the set of rules;
• c) obtaining responses to each of the first and second audit questions;
• d) determining whether an audit alert exists due to the satisfaction of the logical relationship between the at least one response to the first audit question and the at least one response to the second audit question;
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• e) providing a report of the audit alert determined to exist.

A method of performing an audit to determine non-compliance with a set of rules without the need for review of source documents, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) creating a first and a second audit question;
• b) determining a logical relationship between at least one response to the first audit question and at least one response to the second audit question, the logical relationship being adapted to reflect the existence of an internal inconsistency between one of the at least one response to the first audit question and one of the at least one response to the second audit question;
• c) obtaining responses to each of the first and second audit questions;
• d) generating an audit alert in the event that the responses to the first and second audit questions reflect the existence of an internal inconsistency;
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• e) providing a report of the generated audit alert.

A method of performing an audit to determine non-compliance with a set of rules the method comprising the steps of:

• a) creating a first and a second audit question;
• b) determining a logical relationship between a first audit question and a second audit question, the logical relationship being adapted to reflect the existence of non-compliance with the set of rules;
• c) obtaining a response to each of the first and second audit questions;
• d) determining whether an audit alert exists due to the satisfaction of the logical relationship between at least the first answer and the second answer;
• e) providing a report of the audit alert determined to exist;
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• f) evaluating the audit alert by a review of source documents, thereby eliminating the need for a review of source documents unless an audit alert is determined to exist, and limiting the review of source documents to documents relevant to the audit alert.