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The goal of quality in the health-care system is common to professionals, policy-makers and users. Assessments of medical technologies and formalized expressions of the state of the art of medical knowledge both aim to improve decision-making for the public authorities and for health care professionals and users. Innovation should not be brought into question by the assessment procedure itself or by the various interested connections of working group members, including experts: the quality of expert scientific assessments in medicine must rely on the education of all those involved, including teachers and decision-makers.