About HAS
The Haute Autorité de santé (HAS) - or French National Authority for Health - was set up by the French government in August 2004 in order to bring together under a single roof a number of activities designed to improve the quality of patient care and to guarantee equity within the healthcare system. HAS activities are diverse. They range from assessment of drugs, medical devices, and procedures to publication of guidelines to accreditation of healthcare organisations and certification of doctors. All are based on rigorously acquired scientific expertise. Training in quality issues and information provision are also key components of its work programme.
HAS is not a government body. It is an independent public body with financial autonomy. It is mandated by law to carry out specific missions on which it reports to Government and Parliament. It liaises closely with government health agencies, national health insurance funds, research organisms, unions of healthcare professionals, and patients' representatives.
HAS has been built on 3 founding principles: a very broad field of action, which means that it can compare a range of healthcare initiatives; a high degree of scientific rigour; and independence.
HAS' organisational structure and resources
The HAS Board provides governance. Each Board member heads a specialist Committee and is responsible for a specific mission or specific aspects of a mission. The organisation is divided into several divisions which implement the strategic work-plan conceived by the Board. The annual budget is 60 million euros. HAS has 350 permanent staff but can call upon over 3000 experts.
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HAS (French National Authority for Health) is organising together with the BMJ (British Médical Journal) the first conference dedicated to the clinical impact of quality and safety improvement programmes in health care.
08/02/2010
To gather public opinion on their projects, guideline developpers and health assessment technology agencies have increasingly used public consultations.
These can take various forms (online questionnaire, public meetings, surveys of practice, etc ...).
03/02/2010
Written information should be part of a coherent communication strategy aimed at facilitating patients’ involvement in making decisions about their own care. The brochures should give relevant, clear, and concise information which can facilitate communication with patients. They can supplement any other information and advice given, thus helping patients make decisions about their health.
Specialty societies and professional organisations wishing to provide patients and users with an information brochure based on available professional guidelines, which is an adjunct to verbal information, should find this guide useful.
This guide updated in June 2008 is based on a critical review of the literature on producing information brochures for patients/users and on feedback obtained on ANAES brochures based on professional practice guidelines. A quick reference guide is also available.
02/11/2009
At the 26th Conference of ISQua, HAS chairs a workshop on psychotropic drug prescriptions in the elderly
12/10/2009
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