8 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 About us Action from insight As the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, Quest Diagnostics is committed to uncovering insights that empower clinicians and patients with the information they need to inspire actions that transform lives through: • Being a thought leader in the healthcare sector, discovering new ways to identify, monitor, and treat disease • Offering routine and non-routine testing representing a central part of healthcare delivery and services that follow an innovative testing model, including genetic and advanced molecular testing that plays a crucial role in today’s era of precision medicine • Making it faster and more convenient for patients and clinicians to access lab tests and data, services, and care • Powering affordable care with innovative value-based solutions, ensuring that quality isn’t a trade-off, service isn’t a sacrifice, and cost isn’t a barrier • Leveraging insights from Quest’s database of billions of lab test results to raise awareness of disease states and health concerns that impact our world Quest is also committed to solving health inequities and impacting the communities in which we live and work by promoting a healthier world. Quest firmly believes that when the right information is in the right hands, it encourages actions that positively change lives. .................................... For more information, please visit our website www.questdiagnostics.com that has that designation and we are very, very proud of our open heart surgeries, our electrophysiology program, our heart attack care, and our cardiology services. All of those teams work together to provide heart care for our patients and they do an incredible job.” The healthcare system has also been recognized with three stars by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the top honor given. “We have had that three-star distinction for several years and that is once again due to all the hard work that our teams do in coming together to provide great heart care here in the community,” Garner says. West Tennessee has a long history that began more than 70 years ago with just one hospital – the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital – having just 123 beds and 166 employees. Today, they have more than 1200 available beds and over 7000 employees. “It’s just grown astronomically over the last 72 years that we’ve been in business,” Garner says. It has also been very involved in community efforts and has educational links in the community. WEST TENNESSEE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM We have had that three-star distinction for several years and that is once again due to all the hard work that our teams do in coming together to provide great heart care here in the community.”
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