title: [HEALTH INSTITUTIONS: WHAT ABOUT RANKINGS, INDICATORS AND PERIODIC EVALUATIONS AVAILABLE TO THE "BIG" AUDIENCE?].
abstract: This publication is a focus on what is proposed for the classification, evaluation of our health institutions. The Healthcare professionals and patients are usually interested to know the best... and avoid the worst. Some publications do not hesitate to publish blacklists of institutions. In France, the information provided by the minor and the great media and official accreditation agencies, do not concern the quality of service or the service provided to patients. This explains the low impact of the press in the choice of a health facility. Health is a unique and complex product/The request for information is mostly focused on the quality of care with respect to a specific treatment and improving the quality of life after this treatment. A more coordinated management of administrative information and better communication on improving the quality of life after admission would be more useful and relevant, when the choice is still possible between several health facilities. Medicine is an art, not an exact science. Many other terms and measures are needed to avoid any mercantile influences or manipulation of the public... It will take a few years to bring them together!
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Hyaric
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care