For Small Hospitals

From invisible to verified.

JCI requires US$,+ just to apply. Accreditation Canada was built for large, resource-rich hospitals. Every major accreditor in the world has a minimum scale that excludes most of the worldrsquos hospitals. ASF was built for exactly the hospitals they cannot serve.

See membership amp pricing

The invisibility problem

A -bed hospital treats thousands of patients a year. No accreditor was built for it.

The worldrsquos small hospitals mdash district hospitals, regional clinics, specialist day centres with fewer than beds mdash are where the majority of the worldrsquos 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 -bed hospital cannot hire a full-time quality coordinator. It cannot absorb a US$, survey fee. It cannot staff the paperwork a standard accreditation cycle demands. So it remains unverified mdash not because its care is poor, but because no system was ever built to verify it.

ASF was built to change that.

What the major accreditors require

JCI: US$,ndash, per cycle bull Large dedicated quality team bull Extensive documentation system bull Snapshot survey every years bull Designed for + bed hospitals

What ASF requires

euro/month bull ~ hour staff time per month bull Data you already collect bull No dedicated quality hire bull Continuous monitoring, not a snapshot bull Designed for up to beds

What ASF gives small hospitals

A quality department you do not have to hire.

Quality coordination

ASF becomes your quality department. A dedicated coordinator, remotely embedded. Monthly indicator review. Incident management. No new hire, no desk, no overhead.

Patient voice

An independent patient council convened by ASF. A neutral ombudsman. A QR-code feedback channel that goes directly to ASF mdash not the hospital. Patients speak honestly. The hospital hears the truth.

Training

Essential trainings for clinical and non-clinical staff. A Training Passport per person mdash a portable, verifiable record. ASF Academy access at % discount. Scientific writing support for clinical staff.

Annual report

In four formats: PDF, one-minute film, podcast episode, and peer-reviewed article. Your facilityrsquos year in a document that patients, payers and partners can actually read.

Digital presence

A hospital profile. Doctors promoted by name. Stories syndicated across ASFrsquos media network. International patient care listing backed by live indicators, not a brochure.

The certificate

Valid only while monitoring continues. Listed on the public register. Verifiable at france-asf.fr/verify. Suspended if quality falls mdash which is what makes it worth having.

The consultant trap

ldquoWe donrsquot visit your quality department. We become it.rdquo

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 mdash present every month, faciliting 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 numbers

What euro per month buys mdash and what it replaces.

euro ASF membership / month


services including quality coordinator, patient council, ombudsman, training, annual report

euro, average quality specialist salary / month


One person. One desk. No council, no ombudsman, no annual report. Accreditation not included.

US$k+ JCI survey fee alone


Survey only. Annual loaded cost estimated US$k+. Per diem charged. Designed for + bed hospitals.

Common questions

Small Hospitals FAQ

Is ASF only for hospitals under beds?

The standard membership is designed for hospitals up to beds. Larger hospitals and ambulatory clinics are quoted individually mdash write to us for a tailored proposal.

Do we need a quality department before joining?

No. ASF becomes your quality department. You need approximately one hour of staff time per month to share existing data. No new hire, no new bureaucracy.

How is the survey fee structured?

euro, for ASF members, euro, for non-members. Travel at cost. Zero per diem. Published and fixed mdash no hidden costs.

Your hospital is not too small. It is exactly the right size.

Write to us. No obligation. We reply in writing within working days.

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