Medical Group earns ‘Excellent’ rating Published March 17, 2010 By Senior Airman Samantha S. Crane 375th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Office SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The 375th Medical Group base clinic recently passed its triennial inspections by the Air Force Inspection Agency and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, a civilian health care accrediting agency. The group was assessed Feb. 22-26 on its medical readiness and quality of health care, earning an overall excellent rating from the AFIA. While the AAAHC inspection results are pending, inspectors said given the noted outstanding delivery of care, they would be recommending the maximum accreditation award, which is a three-year accreditation. This accreditation statement is the same as any civilian clinic or hospital would receive and means the base clinic here meets the same standard of medical care as any other accredited hospital or clinic across the U.S. "We've come a long way in such a short time. Over 90 percent of the medical group executive staff changed over last summer, and we provided maximum support for the air show, made preparations for the Operational Readiness Inspection and sent a team on a deployment to Haiti," said Col. Jill Sterling, 375th MDG commander. "Our medical team works hard every day to bring 'excellent' care to Team Scott." The inspection included three parts: pre-arrival review, document review and a two-day interview process. During the interview portion, the panel interviewed medical group members from the newest Airmen to the most experienced staff while touring all clinic facilities where care is rendered. In all, AFIA inspected 107 elements made up of more than 1,600 criteria to assess quality of care, patient safety, customer service, deployment processing and community support while the AAAHC surveyed policies and procedures involving patient rights, quality management and improvement, clinical records and health information. "Every person in this medical group and every beneficiary should be proud of what we've done here and the quality of health care we provide every day," said Colonel Sterling. Outstanding performers included: Capt. Amanda Lawson, 375th Medical Support Squadron, Virginia Bennett, 375th Dental Squadron, Staff Sgt. Enidjim Datts, 375th Aerospace Medicine Squadron and Capt. Vicki Charbonneau, 375th AMDS.