Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Accounts Receivable System for the period of March 29, 2010 through May 6, 2010

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Accounts Receivable System for the period of March 29, 2010 through May 6, 2010

Audit report of Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa (Iowa State University) as of and for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Audit report of Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa (Iowa State University) as of and for the years ended June 30, 2010 and 2009

Report of Recommendations to Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2010

Report on Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2010

Audit report on the Student Health Facility Revenue Bond Funds of Iowa State University of Science and Technology for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report on the Student Health Facility Revenue Bond Funds of Iowa State University of Science and Technology for the year ended June 30, 2011

Agreed-upon procedures report on the Iowa State Center Business Office of Iowa State University of Science and Technology for the year ended June 30, 2011

Agreed-upon procedures report on the Iowa State Center Business Office of Iowa State University of Science and Technology for the year ended June 30, 2011

Audit report of the accompanying Schedule of Debt Service and Coverage for Iowa State University of Science and Technology as of February 10, 2012 for the Athletic Facilities Revenue Bond Funds

Audit report of the accompanying Schedule of Debt Service and Coverage for Iowa State University of Science and Technology as of February 10, 2012 for the Athletic Facilities Revenue Bond Funds

Ruling out coronary artery disease in primary care: development and validation of a simple prediction rule.

BACKGROUND: Chest pain can be caused by various conditions, with life-threatening cardiac disease being of greatest concern. Prediction scores to rule out coronary artery disease have been developed for use in emergency settings. We developed and validated a simple prediction rule for use in primary care. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional diagnostic study in 74 primary care practices in Germany. Primary care physicians recruited all consecutive patients who presented with chest pain (n = 1249) and recorded symptoms and findings for each patient (derivation cohort). An independent expert panel reviewed follow-up data obtained at six weeks and six months on symptoms, investigations, hospital admissions and medications to determine the presence or absence of coronary artery disease. Adjusted odds ratios of relevant variables were used to develop a prediction rule. We calculated measures of diagnostic accuracy for different cut-off values for the prediction scores using data derived from another prospective primary care study (validation cohort). RESULTS: The prediction rule contained five determinants (age/sex, known vascular disease, patient assumes pain is of cardiac origin, pain is worse during exercise, and pain is not reproducible by palpation), with the score ranging from 0 to 5 points. The area under the curve (receiver operating characteristic curve) was 0.87 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.83-0.91) for the derivation cohort and 0.90 (95% CI 0.87-0.93) for the validation cohort. The best overall discrimination was with a cut-off value of 3 (positive result 3-5 points; negative result <or= 2 points), which had a sensitivity of 87.1% (95% CI 79.9%-94.2%) and a specificity of 80.8% (77.6%-83.9%). INTERPRETATION: The prediction rule for coronary artery disease in primary care proved to be robust in the validation cohort. It can help to rule out coronary artery disease in patients presenting with chest pain in primary care.

Report on a review of selected application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Facilities Planning and Management - Facilities Administrative Management Information System for the period of April 18, 2011 through May 16, 2011

Report on a review of selected application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Facilities Planning and Management - Facilities Administrative Management Information System for the period of April 18, 2011 through May 16, 2011

Report of Recommendations to Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2011

Report on Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2011

Patient, primary care physician and specialist expectations of primary care physician involvement in cancer care.

BACKGROUND: In Canada, many health authorities recommend that primary care physicians (PCP) stay involved throughout their patients' cancer journey to increase continuity of care. Few studies have focused on patient and physician expectations regarding PCP involvement in cancer care. OBJECTIVE: To compare lung cancer patient, PCP and specialist expectations regarding PCP involvement in coordination of care, emotional support, information transmission and symptom relief at the different phases of cancer. DESIGN: Canadian survey of lung cancer patients, PCPs and cancer specialists PARTICIPANTS: A total of 395 patients completed questionnaires on their expectations regarding their PCP participation in several aspects of care, at different phases of their cancer. Also, 45 specialists and 232 community-based PCP involved in these patients' care responded to a mail survey on the same aspects of cancer care. RESULTS: Most specialists did not expect participation of the PCP in coordination of care in the diagnosis and treatment phases (65% and 78% respectively), in contrast with patients (83% and 85%) and PCPs (80% and 59%) (p < 0.0001). At these same phases, the best agreement among the 3 groups was around PCP role in emotional support: 84% and more of all groups had this expectation. PCP participation in symptom relief was another shared expectation, but more unanimously at the treatment phase (p = 0.85). In the advanced phase, most specialists expect a major role of PCP in all aspects of care (from 81% to 97%). Patients and PCP agree with them mainly for emotional support and information transmission. CONCLUSION: Lung cancer patient, PCP and specialist expectations regarding PCP role differ with the phase of cancer and the specific aspect of cancer care. There is a need to reach a better agreement among them and to better define PCP role, in order to achieve more collaborative and integrated cancer care.

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Room and Board System for the period of April 9, 2012 through May 1, 2012

Report on a review of selected general and application controls over the Iowa State University of Science and Technology Room and Board System for the period of April 9, 2012 through May 1, 2012

Audit report of Iowa State University of Science and Technology as of and for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report of Iowa State University of Science and Technology as of and for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report of Recommendations to Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2012

Report on Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report of the Schedule of Debt Service and Coverage for Iowa State University of Science and Technology for the Dormitory Revenue Refunding Bonds for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report of the Schedule of Debt Service and Coverage for Iowa State University of Science and Technology for the Dormitory Revenue Refunding Bonds for the year ended June 30, 2012

Audit report of Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, and its discretely presented component unit as of and for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012

Audit report of Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, and its discretely presented component unit as of and for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012