What does ASMR stand for?
| Full form | Amélioration du service médical rendu |
|---|---|
| Category | Health & medicine |
| Type | Initialism |
The initialism ASMR stands for the French phrase Amélioration du service médical rendu in HAS medicine assessments. HAS’s English assessment pages use Clinical Added Value for this evaluation of progress relative to the existing treatment context.
ASMR and SMR are separate assessment headings. HAS’s explanatory page describes ASMR V as no therapeutic progress, while a later medicine assessment can separately record substantial SMR in a stated indication. No added value in that comparison is therefore not the same statement as no medical benefit. Preserve the medicine, indication, comparison and assessment date from the actual record. A level is not a price, marketing authorization or instruction for an individual patient.
Meaning in context
- Amélioration
- The improvement or added-value aspect of the original French term.
- Service médical rendu
- The medical-benefit wording in the term; ASMR evaluates progress and must be distinguished from the separate SMR heading.
Practical examples
Read the two headings
- Before
ASMR V means there can be no benefit recorded anywhere in the assessment.
- After
Read the assessment’s ASMR comparison separately from its SMR benefit statement for the stated indication.
The original example reflects two distinct headings. It names no patient, recommends no medicine and changes no actual assessment.
Keep the assessment context
- Before
An ASMR label applies to every use of the medicine at every date.
- After
Keep the indication, comparison and opinion date beside the level stated in that record.
A label without its context does not establish the outcome of a different assessment or a personal treatment choice.
Original illustrative examples, not quotations or reports of actual events.
Use ASMR with clarity
Does ASMR V mean that a medicine has no medical benefit at all?
See all guidance
Expand the term
Retain the French full form and explain the English added-value meaning.
ASMR is the French abbreviation; Clinical Added Value is the English assessment heading.
Compare SMR and ASMR
Read the benefit and added-value headings separately.
An added-value comparison and an SMR statement answer different questions.
Read an opinion
Preserve the stated indication, comparison and date.
Which assessment context does this level describe?
The exercise reads invented assessment labels. The actual opinion provides its context; the tool prescribes no medicine and sets no price, authorization or reimbursement.
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