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Year In Review
Quality of Life
Health Services Inc. celebrated its 33rd year of operation in 2010.
The private, non-profit corporation first organized its board in
1977 through the efforts of Dr. Roberta O. Watts and a group of
volunteers from the community. Gadsden Neighborhood Health Center
(now known as the Roberta O. Watts Medical Center) opened the next
year. Since that time, the organization has expanded to include a
network of 17 primary care centers located in nine counties of a
twelve-county service area in northeastern Alabama. This has been
accomplished by working in partnerships with other health care
organizations and faith-based groups and by applying for and
receiving federal funds to establish health centers in medically
underserved areas.
The Quality of Life network offers a comprehensive set of services
which includes: outpatient primary care, dental services, optometry,
pharmacy, behavioral health and lab services. The organization also
provides enabling and social services such as interpretation,
outreach and prescription assistance. Quality of Life offers this
comprehensive set of services in an effort to make the approach to
health care holistic and seamless. The existing health care network
of centers is connected by a robust computer network that manages
patient care and contains an electronic health record and electronic
dental record package.
Quality of Life Health Services, Inc. is funded to serve special
population groups. Since 1993, the organization has served residents
of public housing. Migrant and Seasonal farmworkers and school-aged
children are also served. The organization also serves as the
primary contractor for Medicaid’s Maternity Care program, which
coordinates the prenatal care and delivery services for women
located in District III in northeastern Alabama.
The leadership of
QOLHS has remained consistent over the years, with
Wayne Rowe serving as the chief executive officer of QOLHS for 29
years. The board of directors, consisting of eleven members, has
also provided strong, consistent leadership over the years. Quality
of Life is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations, a process which shows a commitment to
quality. The organization has enjoyed that status since it was first
accredited in 1998. During the past year, Quality of Life also
continued its commitment to quality community health-care education
in 2010 by hosting their annual Breast Cancer Awareness Forum, which
featured former Miss Alabama, Shannon Camper-Gryska. Quality of Life
also hosted the seventh annual Andy Chaffin Renal Disease and
Diabetes Summit and the Pastor’s Appreciation Luncheon. Quality of
Life also hosted the fifth annual H.O.P.E. Celebration with the East
Gadsden Boys and Girls Club, participated in the 17th Annual Youth
Christmas Party with the Greater Gadsden Housing Authority and the
city of Gadsden Parks and Recreation and hosted the Get Fit For A
Cause 5k, 10k and fun run benefitting the Boys and Girls Club of
Northeast Alabama.
Hours of operation:
All sites open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. The QOL
Complex site is open until 8 p.m. Mondays.
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