ACHS Accreditation

23 September 2022

Sunway Medical Centre in Sunway City the First Hospital in Southeast Asia Awarded International Accreditation by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

Sunway Medical Centre, Sunway City (SunMed) has once again received the full accreditation from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) for the period commencing 23 September 2022 to 22 September 2025.  This was following an assessment that took place from 25 to 27 July 2022. 

SunMed is the nation’s first hospital to receive full 4-year accreditation from the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) in 2014 in recognition of its commitment to deliver the highest quality of care to Malaysians, based on international evidence-based standards of healthcare assessment of SunMed’s world-class multi-specialty medical care.

The international ACHS accreditation received by SunMed underlines the high quality of healthcare services provided by the hospital and to a larger extent indicative of the quality of medical care in Malaysia. SunMed is proud of its legacy of excellence and the critical role it plays in shaping the healthcare landscape of the nation, with its strong delivery of care to patients and commitment to medical education.

SunMed and the ACHS share similar values of learning and continuous development in healthcare via community engagement, continuous feedback and improvement, benchmarking as well as addressing needs of diverse communities, which provides ACHS with a strong understanding of the local contextual issues that are critical to successful accreditation outcomes.