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HA Standards 6th Edition: Key Issues for Thai Hospitals
HA Standards 6th Edition is a key development of Thai hospital and health services standards by the quality certification institution of the hospital (General Organization) or Summary. It indicates that this standard was certified by ISQua EEA in 2026 and was developed to enhance, modernise and respond to more changes in the health system.
Digital and AI are considered as part of the quality system.
HA 6th Edition emphasizes the digital and AI applications to support patient care. This idea makes hospitals overlooking Technology Governance, Data Quality, User Competence and Risk caused by the combined use of technology. Not only investing new systems, but also considering the work completed.
Sustainability is connected to corporate administration.
HAI identifies sustainable organizational development as a priority. Hospitals should consider sustainability in terms of resources, people, environmental management, technology use and the ability to maintain services as circumstances change.
Safety cover more than patients.
The Safety Concept in HA 6th Edition focuses on the safety that covers patients, people and the public, which helps push for a wider risk group, from Patient Safety, Occupational Safety, Facility Risk to the impact of operations on the community and stakeholders.
Telemedicine and new service models require quality.
When the service is not only in the hospital area, the workflow, patient confirmation, data storage, communication and communication must be designed to be standard as well as on-site service.
Spiritual Dimensions and Integrated Care
HAI also mentioned spiritual dimensions, Thai traditional medicine and health promotion which reflect that quality of care is not limited to clinical outcomes but should take into account the patient context, beliefs, needs and health promotion in general.
How to prepare a hospital?
- Make Gap Assessment match the current system with new issues.
- Choosing the topics that affect multiple agencies such as Digital, Safety and Sustainability is a Organization-wide Roadmap.
- Review the indicator that helps to see real results?
- Connect Quality Plan with Strategic Plan and Risk Register
- Use Internal Review and Tracer to examine what is happening.
ICORP can support HA Readiness, Gap Assessment, Workshop and Improvement Roadmap by focusing on standard transformation into development work that the team can track and implement.
Note: This article summarizes from the public information of HAI for learning. It is not used to replace the HA Standards 6th Edition guide or the official interpretation of the Summary.
Source: Healthcare Accreditation Institute – HA Standards 6th Edition