ASF is a Paris-based non-profit that accredits small hospitals in countries where the major accreditors do not operate — and where patients need independent quality verification most.
JCI, Accreditation Canada, ACHS — built for large, resource-rich hospitals in high-income countries. A 50-bed district hospital in Georgia, Moldova or Morocco has nowhere to turn. No standard written for its scale. No surveyor who has walked its wards. No certificate its insurers or governments recognise.
ASF was built to close this gap. Non-profit by design. Continuously monitored, not snapshot-assessed. Priced so that quality improvement does not require a grant.
What makes ASF different
Every strong quality system stands on three corners: the patient, the healthcare facility, and the health workers. ASF sits in the centre — neutral, independent, accountable to all three. We facilitate, mediate and measure. We take neither the hospital’s side nor the patient’s. That neutrality is what makes us useful to both.
The patient
An independent ASF-convened council. A QR-code feedback channel that goes directly to ASF — never to the hospital. Written response to every complaint within 10 working days. Council meetings documented at pacienti.ge.
The facility
A quality coordinator, outsourced to ASF. Real-time indicators from existing data. A mock survey before the real one. A path to an internationally recognised certificate, and the digital presence that comes with membership from day one.
Health workers
A Training Passport for every staff member. ASF Academy access at 50% discount. An anonymous safety-culture survey whose results go to the council, not HR. Scientific writing support and a publishing pathway through the Georgian Medical Journal.
Small hospitals
Up to 50 beds. One fee. 20 services. A quality department you do not have to hire. Read more
Payers & donors
Governments, insurers, humanitarian programmes, corporations. Quality assurance for those who pay for care. Read more
Patients
A council that is independent, an ombudsman that is neutral, and a register you can verify. Read more
Universities
Clinical training in accredited hospitals. Graduates whose diplomas travel further. Read more
Suppliers & training providers
Independent verification, published results, Training Passport integration. Read more
Surveyors
Bring your clinical expertise to facilities that need it most. Training and recognition provided. Read more
Accreditation has borders. We do not. JCI and Accreditation Canada are extraordinary organisations. ASF does not compete with them — it goes where they do not. A non-profit that is genuinely non-profit. An accreditor that treats monitoring as a relationship, not a visit. A body that believes quality belongs to every patient, not just those treated in buildings that can afford a large accreditor.
We do not rank hospitals. We do not sell consulting to non-members. We do not charge per diem. We do not publish a certificate and walk away. We stay — every month, every quarter, every year.
In 2020, ASF and the Public Health Institute of Georgia launched the first national effort to unite academia, professional organisations and a global accreditation body around establishing healthcare accreditation in the country. More than 50 facilities entered the pilot. ASF delivered the first four accreditations Georgia had ever recorded.
In 2022, a ministerial decree introduced a requirement for independent international accreditation of all Georgian hospitals. The patient council system built in Georgia operates publicly and is documented at pacienti.ge.
Accreditation Georgia Initiative launched — PHIG, ASF and DTMU; 50+ facilities in pilot
First four accreditations in Georgian history delivered by ASF
Ministerial decree — independent international accreditation required for all Georgian hospitals
Accreditation Canada partnership — nine hospitals certified; patient council system live
Hospitals, governments, insurers, donors and surveyors. We reply in writing within 2 working days.
News and evidence from ASF and the Georgian Medical Journal newsroom.
News and evidence from ASF and the Georgian Medical Journal newsroom.
In 2021, ASF awarded the first four internationally recognised hospital accreditations ever recorded in Georgia. [Reference needed — news.gmj.ge]
A 2022 ministerial decree introduced mandatory international accreditation for all Georgian hospitals, effective 2025. [Reference needed — news.gmj.ge]
Real patients, neutral facilitation, published results. The model now offered internationally. [Reference needed — news.gmj.ge]
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