title: [Report of the activity of ANDEM and outlook].
abstract: ANDEM was created on February 7, 1990. A non profit organisation, the Agency has a Board of Administration and a Scientific Council. It has two principal missions: The setting up and the development of an evaluation process in the filed of medical technologies and strategies. For this purpose, the Agency develops clinical guidelines and participates in the organisation of consensus conferences, in full partnership with scientific societies and professional groups. Since 1994, the Agency has been involved in a program of medical recommendations and references. The development, both in hospitals and in ambulatory care, of programs evaluating quality of care using adapted and validated methods.
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authors.lastname: Matillon
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D006077:Government Agencies; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends*