independent review
Unbiased third-party evaluation
An independent review is an evaluation conducted by someone with no stake in the outcome—neither employed by nor financially tied to the entity being examined.
The independence is meant to ensure objectivity: The company commissioned an independent review of its safety practices.
The term appears frequently in corporate, legal, and governmental contexts, though critics note that "independent" reviewers are often selected and paid by those they're reviewing.
- auditFormal accounts examination
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- fact findingInvestigating to establish truth
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
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- investigationsinvestigation report, audit, investigation, FBI investigation, probe
- police oversightinternal affairs, inspector general, oversight committee, federal oversight, state oversight
- utilization reviewprior authorization, preauthorization, precertification, medical necessity, clinical guidelines
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
independent reviewself-assessment
Evaluating your own performance
self-review · self-evaluation · internal audit · self-examination · peer review
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