title: [Regional health and autonomy conferences (CRSAs): the implications for medical democracy at a regional level].
abstract: The HPST law seeks to reorganize the governance of healthcare at a regional level and to maintain the existence of regional health conferences, now known as regional health and autonomy conferences (CRSAs). The purpose of this article is to examine the new duties attributed to the CRSAs and to consider the various issues raised by their practice. The article also provides an analysis of the preconditions required for the successful implementation of medical democracy at a regional level, ie.: the involvement of the CRSAs in the assessment of regional healthcare policies, the mobilization of funds, the composition of the CRSAs (including the full range of healthcare areas), the importance of providing adequate support for territorial conferences, and the elaboration of a communicative space for fostering exchanges between CRSAs.
authors.affiliation: l'Assemblée permanente des Conférences Régionales de Santé.
authors.forename: Bernadette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devictor
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003709:Democracy; D005602:France; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards