Scott Air Force Base
Medical Center Facts

Overview

TRICARE medical care was activated at the Scott AFB Medical Center in May, 1998.

Mission / Vision

Mission Statement

Horizon Statement

The 375th Medical Group will continually seek to organize and use resources in the most effective manner to meet the needs of our customers.   We will focus our continuous improvement efforts on 13 processes which support our three key mission elements.   We identified the following processes for priority improvement and use of manpower, time and resources: appointments, health education, determining scope of care, evaluation of readiness plan, and communication/ information flow, clinic visit, inpatient stay, manage patient acuity, physical facility improvements, referral, admission, resource allocation and medical record maintenance.

Community

Of the 60,700 total beneficiaries within the catchment area, 79% live in Illinois, while 21% live within Missouri.   Of the active duty Air Force population, 92% live on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River.   Except for the Mississippi River, there are no significant natural barriers to impede traffic flow. Average travel times from the 375th Medical Group to downtown St Louis are in the 40 to 45 minute range.   Travel times to Belleville hospitals are in the 10 to 15 minute range. Beneficiary location and geographic barrier information are important when determining placement of satellite clinics.   The future location of the 375th Medical Group Satellite Clinic, currently projected to be located on the Missouri side of the Mississippi, will be determined by geographic information coupled with the availability of cost-effective facilities.