Grady Neighborhood Health Centers Grow in Response to Serving Patients' Medical Needs Neighborhood health center services operated by the Grady Health System are growing exponentially, thanks largely to the increasing immigrant population in metropolitan Atlanta, and the excellent medical services provided by physicians working in the clinics. Grady Health System operates 10 neighborhood health centers, which are located in north Fulton, north DeKalb, south Fulton and south DeKalb counties. It really is a vertically- integrated system that is community based. Two of the medical clinics have optometry services, some have on-site radiology departments, and most of the health centers have pharmacies. Social workers and nutrition services are also available.
Patients receive continuous care, as well.
Those with diabetes are monitored using a diabetes tracking system, while physicians use a computerized database to track preventive services, such as mammograms, pap smears and lab information. Many of these services now exist because of booming growth in metro Atlanta. Three of the clinics operated by Grady, for example, have either been built or refurbished since 1996. North DeKalb Clinic has grown from 1,200 to 12,000 patients in less than five years, largely because of its new facility and a high demand for medical services in that area. Prenatal care and family practice visits have also grown from about 14,000 to 18,000 at the Northwest Grady clinic.