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News Release – The Messenger In a meeting with Dr. Ed Miller, Superintendent of Gadsden City Schools, Wayne Rowe, Chief Executive Officer of Quality of Life Health Services, Inc. announced today that Gadsden Family and Student Health Solutions is one of the school-based health center (SBHC) programs awarded funding from a recent, competitive federal grant. The approved grant application will provide funds allowing the Gadsden school-based health center, currently located between Oscar Adams Elementary and Litchfield Middle School at 927 Raley Street and on campus at Gadsden City High School to expand quality and affordable services to many more Gadsden City students, families and employees. Gadsden Family and Student Health Solutions plans are to utilize the funds available through the School-Based Health Centers Capital (SBHCC) program for the purpose of purchasing a mobile van equipped with medical, dental, computer and telemedicine equipment which will be used for administering an Electronic Patient Management (EPM) system, Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Electronic Dental Health Records (DHR). The mobile van will also contain Telemedicine equipment to link the clinical team located on the mobile van to Behavioral Health, Patient Education, Pediatric and other specialists. According to Rowe, “these investments in school-based health centers will help ensure effective, efficient, and high-quality care.” With the mobile van, “this grant will make it a lot easier for working moms and dads to help get their children the health care they need.”
The SBHC operated by Quality of Life
Health Services, Inc. (QOLHS), a community health center, founded
the SBHC program in a partnership with Gadsden City Schools in 2003.
This needed funding will allow for expansion of the clinical
programs operated at the SBHC center and make services more
accessible to all students in the Gadsden City school district. A
mobile unit that can travel between the school campuses is designed
to improve access, increase the number of students utilizing the
program and remove the transportation barrier that students might
face. By purchasing a mobile unit that is fully-equipped to provide
medical and dental services, high-risk children will secure access
to much-needed health care and school attendance should improve. The
equipment purchases will result in addressing key needs within the
SBHC project which are: improving access to primary care and dental
health, ensuring the early identification of medical and oral health
conditions and operating an efficient and cost-effective health
center. The use of electronic medical and dental records will assist
in the documentation of clinical services, tracking of quality
indicators and improving the billing and collection system. The
current school based health center, Gadsden Family and Student
Health Solutions, will continue to operate on the campus of the
Oscar Adams Elementary School. It is projected that the number of
students served will increase by a minimum of 1,800 during the first
year of utilization of the mobile SBHC van, by traveling to all
schools in the Gadsden City system. Dr. Ed Miller, Superintendent of
the Gadsden City Board of Education, met with Rowe today to be
notified in person about the grant award. Miller acknowledged that
“Gadsden City Schools is excited to be a cooperating partner with
Quality of Life and to have this opportunity to bring health care
services to our students and the community. Quality of Life
leadership and staff is to be commended for their tireless efforts
to bring quality health improvement to the City of Gadsden.”
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