NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, frequently mentions “risk assessment.” But what does this mean, and how do you perform such an assessment? Informative Annex F answers those ...

Identify hazards. Assess risks. Implement risk control according to the hierarchy of risk control methods. The first Informational Note following this says the risk assessment procedure could identify ...

Value assessments in health care tend to focus on pharmaceuticals rather than services and procedures, despite the outsized contribution of services and procedures to health spending. We use the term ...

When you hire an employee to work for your company, he must remain competent. An incompetent employee can slow down the company's overall productivity, as well as lower the morale of the workplace ...

The widespread use of information technology (IT) can introduce various risks that affect financial reporting and the audit process. To assist auditors in identifying and addressing these risks, the ...

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) provides quality education by offering students the opportunity to acquire and apply the knowledge, skills, and attitudes/values through all aspects of ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology finalized assessment procedures to correspond with updated information system security and privacy controls, in its latest special publication ...

When drafting Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 145, Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) ...

WHAT IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT? A psychological assessment is a process by which a psychologist obtains detailed information about a child’s functioning in order determine whether a diagnosis ...

Disorders of the shoulder are extremely common, with reports of prevalence ranging from 30% of people experiencing shoulder pain at some stage of their lives up to 50% of the population experiencing ...