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When you visit your physician—whether it’s for a routine
checkup or to address a specific concern—diagnostic
laboratory tests are a vital, reliable, convenient and
cost-effective source of needed medical information.
Quest Diagnostics offers thousands of different diagnostic
tests that extend a physician’s physical senses. We provide
crucial insights that physicians need to make the best
possible healthcare decisions for their patients. Some
tests identify healthy patients at risk for disease, others
detect disease, and still others help monitor the
effectiveness of treatment.
Early detection of disease improves your health through
faster treatment, better outcomes and generally more
cost-effective healthcare. By discovering problems early,
preferably before symptoms appear, you and your
physician can make choices that improve treatment
options. Early detection also lowers costs for you, and
throughout the healthcare system. That is why diagnostic
testing is such a hidden value, accounting for less than
4% of healthcare spending, but driving more than 70%
of healthcare decisions.
Screening tests identify people without symptoms who may
be at the earliest stages of a disease. Early detection enables
your physician to embark on cholesterol-lowering regimens,
stem the growth of pre-cancerous conditions and cancer,
or begin to make changes and treatment choices when
they are most likely to make a difference in your life.
A good example of how crucial testing can be in
managing disease is diabetes. An estimated one-third
of the 16 million Americans with the disease continue
to go undiagnosed. Untreated, people with diabetes can
develop blindness, kidney and heart disease, and
gangrene. But the need for testing doesn’t stop once
a diabetic has been diagnosed. Follow-up testing provides
information that can help prevent or delay complications.
DIAGNOSTIC INSIGHTS
Diagnostic tests are a vital, reliable, convenient and
cost-effective source of needed medical information.
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Technician performs an esoteric test. Pathologists review complex cases at a daily conference.