While appendectomy is a standard surgical procedure, its cost has been found to vary considerably in the United States. A 2012 study analyzed 2009 data from nearly 20,000 adult patients treated for appendicitis in California hospitals.
In government and politics, an inspection is the act of a monitoring authority administering an official review of various criteria (such as documents, facilities, records, and any other assets) that are deemed by the authority to be related to the inspection.
The purpose of the Evaluation Standard in the HIPAA Security Regulation is to ensure that the covered entity appropriately maintains its security policies, procedures and technical safeguards.n addition to the Initial and Continuing Evaluations, the HIPAA security rule requires each organization to complete a Periodic Evaluation to ensure that changes in the environment did not compromise its compliance.