tig brief - Air Force Inspection Agency

ight direction and the
new criteria will better
emphasize continuing
education and upgrade
training. The medical
mission is integral to the
wing mission and this
system will test them
together.”
Beginning in 2012, the
HSI will be synchronized
with the Consolidated
Unit Inspection (CUI)
Phase 0. The CUI,
Phase 0 will be headed
up by the MAJCOMs.
This synchronization
and integration will
require the AF Medical
Operations Directorate
to decouple from The
Joint Commission and the
Accreditation Association
for Ambulatory Health
Care, Inc., to decrease the
inspection frequency to
every four years. “This is
a significant change on
how the HSI team used
to inspect both inpatient
and outpatient military
treatment facilities,”
said Col. John C. Sell,
AFIA, Director of Medical
Operations. “Our goal is to
have proactive and open
two-way communication
with each MAJCOM IG
and Command Surgeon.
This will enhance our
alignment with the
MAJCOMs when they
inspect their respective
AF wings. As we start this
process in 2012, all parties
will need to be patient and
Summer 2011
provide feedback to help us
get it right.”
As AFIA Medical
Operations Directorate
transitions the HSIs to
the new CUI schedule,
some active duty medical
groups which had an HSI
during 2011, may also be
inspected as part of a CUI
in 2012. “We are looking at
various options for those
medical groups who scored
well in 2011 only to have
an additional inspection in
2012,” added Col. Sell. “We
will use common sense and
work with our customers
to make this a relatively
smooth transition for our
medical groups.”
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