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Brad Bostic, chairman, and CEO of hc1, the bioinformatics leader in precision testing and prescribing, discusses the collaboration between hc1 and Quest Diagnostics, the largest provider of lab testing in the U.S.

The move to value-based care has sparked a healthcare revolution. Instead of focusing on the volume of healthcare services, health systems are implementing population health programs aimed at improving patient outcomes through personalized care delivery and reducing costs by eliminating…

Partnering with two firms focused on lab analytics and building a High-Value Care program, the health system within 15 months reduced unnecessary potassium tests by 63%, unnecessary magnesium tests by 40%, and unnecessary lipid panels by 40%.

Quest Diagnostics, Secaucus, NJ, and the precision testing company hc1, Indianapolis, have introduced a service to optimize the use of laboratory tests. Called Quest Lab Stewardship, the strategic collaboration will use the hc1 machine-learning platform to improve the clinical impact…

Laboratory testing is one of the most commonly performed medical activities with, according to the American Clinical Laboratory Association, some 7 billion tests ordered each year. Quest Diagnostics recently announced its partnership with bioinformatics firm, hc1, in order to optimize…

Lab testing provider Quest Diagnostics tied up with bioinformatics company hc1 to create a machine learning-enabled solution that’ll help trim down the number of lab tests — and associated costs — hospitals order, according to Modern Healthcare.

Quest Diagnostics and hc1 collaborate to unveil Quest Lab Stewardship powered by hc1, an innovative new service that employs machine learning to harmonize laboratory testing.

A recent study has demonstrated that machine learning methods can sort out which laboratory tests used in hospitals may have greater patient-care value, and which ones don’t. Laboratory testing firm Quest Diagnostics and healthcare solutions company hc1 announced a partnership…

The strategic collaboration aims to improve patient care and reduce costs across thousands of health systems nationwide by delivering insights that empower optimal lab testing.

Quest Diagnostics and bioinformatics company hc1 have announced the debut of Quest Lab Stewardship, a machine learning-powered program for tracking and monitoring the appropriateness of lab testing across health systems.

Quest Diagnostics and hc1 team up in order to launch service for optimizing lab test utilization. Quest uses hc1’s machine learning technology to collect and analyze lab data, allowing systems to identify areas where usage is inappropriate or inefficient.

Lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics has teamed up with healthcare data analysis company hc1 to try to prevent health systems from ordering too many or too few tests.