Major international accreditors typically require US$40,000+ just to apply, and were built for large, resource-rich hospitals. Every major accreditor in the world has a minimum scale that excludes most of the world’s hospitals. ASF was built for exactly the hospitals they cannot serve.
The world’s small hospitals — district hospitals, regional clinics, specialist day centres with fewer than 200 beds — are where the majority of the world’s patients receive care. They are also invisible to every major international accreditation body. Not because they are unimportant, but because the major accreditors were designed for a different scale: large urban referral hospitals with dedicated quality departments, compliance officers and the budget to sustain a three-year accreditation cycle.
A 100-bed hospital cannot hire a full-time quality coordinator. It cannot absorb a US$40,000 survey fee. It cannot staff the paperwork a standard accreditation cycle demands. So it remains unverified — not because its care is poor, but because no system was ever built to verify it.
ASF becomes your quality department. A dedicated coordinator, remotely embedded. Monthly indicator review. Incident management. No new hire, no desk, no overhead.
An independent patient council convened by ASF. A neutral ombudsman. A QR-code feedback channel that goes directly to ASF — not the hospital. Patients speak honestly. The hospital hears the truth.
Essential trainings for clinical and non-clinical staff. A Training Passport per person — portable, verifiable. ASF Academy access at member discount. Scientific writing support for clinical staff.
In four formats: PDF, one-minute film, podcast episode, and peer-reviewed article. Your facility’s year in a document that patients, payers and partners can actually read.
A hospital profile. Doctors promoted by name. Stories syndicated across ASF’s media network. International patient care listing backed by live indicators, not a brochure.
Valid only while monitoring continues. Listed on the public register. Verifiable at france-asf.fr/verify. Suspended if quality falls — which is what makes it worth having.
Most quality consultants visit. They produce a report. They leave. The hospital files the report and continues as before. ASF is not a consultant. We are the quality function — present every month, facilitating every quarterly session, convening the patient council, managing the ombudsman channel, producing the monthly report and the annual one.
We do not create documents only for us. We do not add bureaucracy. We read what you already produce and give it back to you in a form that drives improvement.
The standard membership is designed for hospitals up to 200 beds. Larger hospitals and ambulatory clinics are quoted individually — write to us for a tailored proposal.
No. ASF becomes your quality department. You need approximately three hours of staff time per month to share existing data. No new hire, no new bureaucracy.
€3,500 for ASF members, €6,000 for non-members. Travel at cost. Zero per diem. Published and fixed — no hidden costs.
Write to us. No obligation. We reply in writing within three working days.
* All prices shown are net of tax. Local taxes (including VAT or equivalent) are applied additionally where required by the applicable jurisdiction. ASF is a registered non-profit association (loi 1901) headquartered in Paris, France. Tax treatment varies by country — your invoice will reflect the applicable tax rate for your jurisdiction. Contact us for a pre-invoice estimate including applicable taxes for your country.