Patent ID: 7072895

Claim:
A method for auditing a subject area, the audit being adapted to ascertain whether the audited subject area is being administered in compliance with a set of rules without the need to 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 question designed to elicit an answer relevant to the subject area to be audited; c) obtaining a response to the first question from a first person; d) obtaining a verification of the response to the first question from a second person; and e) flagging an audit alert if the response to the first question reveals tat the audited subject area is not being administered in compliance with the set of rules; f) flagging the audit alert if the verification of the response to the first question is negative; and g) if the audit alert has been flagged, providing notice of the flagged audit alert.