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Research and Markets: Get the Latest Key Data on Quest Diagnostics

Research and Markets: Get the Latest Key Data on Quest Diagnostics

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c18478) has announced the addition of Quest Diagnostics BusIntell Report to their offering.

Dublin (PRWEB) June 3, 2005

Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c18478 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c18478)) has announced the addition of Quest Diagnostics BusIntell Report to their offering.

This report provides the information and analysis you need on Quest Diagnostics to gain an understanding of what makes the company the largest independent clinical laboratory company in the United States.

Quest Diagnostics is the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services. Its clients include patients and consumers, physicians, hospitals, health insurers, employers and government agencies, touching 130 million patients annually. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (Quest) provides access to high quality testing and services throughout the United States. With almost 2,000 patient service centers, approximately 155 rapid response laboratories, 30-plus regional laboratories and esoteric testing laboratories on both coasts Quest provides a broad range of services to its customers. Quest also has an international presence. Quest offers the broadest access to diagnostic testing services through its national network of laboratories and patient service centers, and provides interpretive consultation through its extensive medical and scientific staff. Quest is the leading provider of esoteric testing, including gene-based medical testing, and provides advanced information technology solutions to improve patient care.

During 2003, Quest generated net revenues of $4.7 billion and processed over 130 million requisitions for testing. Each requisition form accompanies a patient specimen, indicating the tests to be performed and the party to be billed for the tests. Quest's customers include physicians, hospitals, managed care organizations, employers, governmental institutions and other commercial clinical laboratories. Quest performs more than a million tests every business day, serving approximately half of the physicians and hospitals in the United States. Each year, Quest performs: personal health testing on over 100 million patients; over 250 million diagnostic laboratory tests; and more than 6.5 million gene-based tests.

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