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At฀ Quest฀ Diagnostics,฀ we฀ touched฀ the฀ lives฀ of฀ patients฀ more฀ than฀ 150฀ million฀ times฀ in฀ 2006,฀฀
offering฀them฀vital฀insights฀and฀answers฀regarding฀their฀health.฀We฀achieve฀this฀extraordinary฀reach฀
by฀leveraging฀ our฀ powerful฀infrastructure฀and฀knowledge฀base฀to฀ help฀improve฀health฀outcomes฀in฀
every฀way฀we฀can.
We฀partner฀with฀hospitals฀to฀perform฀highly฀specialized฀testing฀and฀to฀provide฀expert฀laboratory฀man-
agement฀services฀that฀benefit฀from฀our฀expertise฀in฀Six฀Sigma฀quality฀and฀next-generation฀information฀
technology.฀Physicians฀select฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀more฀often฀than฀any฀other฀lab฀in฀the฀nation฀because฀
we฀ consistently฀ give฀ them฀ fast,฀ reliable฀ results฀ in฀ a฀ clear฀ format.฀ Payers฀ choose฀ Quest฀ Diagnostics฀
because฀we฀offer฀the฀industry’s฀broadest฀test฀menu,฀combined฀with฀a฀network฀of฀2,100฀patient฀service฀
centers฀and฀the฀critical฀mass฀necessary฀to฀serve฀the฀needs฀of฀their฀customer฀networks.฀Major฀employers฀
rely฀ on฀us฀ for฀routine฀drug฀ testing,฀ as฀well฀ as฀for฀ comprehensive฀ wellness฀testing฀and฀ health฀ assess-
ments฀for฀their฀employees.฀Life฀insurance฀companies฀turn฀to฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀for฀risk฀assessments฀
for฀ candidates฀ for฀ insurance,฀ while฀ pharmaceutical฀ companies฀ engage฀ us฀ to฀ perform฀ clinical฀ trials฀
testing฀required฀to฀secure฀regulatory฀approval฀of฀new฀products.
We฀work฀hard฀to฀offer฀each฀of฀our฀customer฀groups฀compelling฀advantages฀that฀align฀with฀their฀unique฀
needs.฀Yet,฀ they฀all฀choose฀Quest฀Diagnostics฀for฀the฀same฀core฀ reason—because฀the฀quality,฀speed฀
and฀accuracy฀of฀the฀diagnostic฀testing฀we฀perform฀matters฀very฀much฀to฀the฀patients฀we฀serve.
For฀more฀information฀please฀visit฀www.mylabisquest.com
Our฀Customers
because฀it฀matters.
PATIENTS
PHYSICIANS
HOSPITALS
PAYERS
EMPLOYERS
LIFE฀INSURERS
PHARMACEUTICAL฀COMPANIES
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