Internal Audit Department

The Internal Audit Department (OIA) provides independent and objective review and evaluation of operations and internal control system in accordance with legal regulations, Standards for Internal Audit, the Statute of Internal Audit and the Code of Ethics for Internal Auditors. Thus, it assures the hospital director and management that: 

• legislation, set internal procedures and methodologies or measures adopted are followed in the performance of activities across the hospital,
• risks affecting the hospital's operations are identified and assessed in a timely manner and relevant preventive measures are taken to eliminate or mitigate them,
• the internal control system is properly set up and sufficiently effective, responding in a timely manner to changes that may affect the hospital's operations 
• management control takes place in all hospital activities and provides timely, relevant and reliable information to the hospital's director and management. 

The Internal Audit Department, as part of the audit reports, provides the Hospital Director with an independent view of the operation of processes and performance of activities and proposes recommendations to improve the internal control system, prevent or mitigate risks and make processes and activities more efficient. An integral part of the activities of the Internal Audit Department is consulting and methodological activities to the hospital's senior staff.