SECAUCUS, N.J., Oct.
12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics
(NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic
information services, today announced that it has received the
prestigious C. Everett Koop National Health Award for
2020.
Named for C. Everett Koop, the
13th Surgeon General of the United States (1982-1989),
the award is given by The Health Project to organizations that
demonstrate their health programs deliver significant health
improvements and business results. In a quarter of a century, fewer
than 70 organizations have won the honor. Quest Diagnostics is the
sole winner in 2020.
The award was presented last month as part of the virtual annual
Health Enhancement Research Organization (HERO) Forum. To watch a
video about the Quest Diagnostics employee population health
program that won the award, click here.
"Quest Diagnostics is committed to fostering a healthier world,
starting with our employees," said Steve
Rusckowski, Chairman, CEO and President, Quest Diagnostics.
"To achieve that goal, we empower our employees with health
insights, based on lab and biometric data. But we don't stop there.
We also provide our employees with access to medical expertise and
support programs tailored to their individual needs, helping them
to adopt healthier behaviors and access better care at lower costs.
We are proud to be recognized for our achievements with the C.
Everett Koop Award."
"We are proud to confer the 2020 C. Everett Koop National Health
Award to Quest Diagnostics," said Ron
Goetzel, CEO of The Health Project. "Ten independent
reviewers evaluated the data submitted by Quest Diagnostics and
determined that the company's health improvement and business
results merited being chosen as the winner of this year's
prestigious prize."
Quest Diagnostics' employee population health strategy is
centered on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's "Triple Aim"
approach—enhancing the experience of care, improving population
health, and reducing per capita healthcare costs. Now in its 15th
year, the company's award-winning well-being program, HealthyQuest,
provides more than 60,000 Quest Diagnostics employees and their
participating family members with best-in-class programs to improve
their health and save money under the banner of "Health in Your
Hands."
Over the past several years, Quest has been able to measurably
improve health outcomes and bend the cost trend over time. Through
its employee population health offerings, the company has saved
more than $40 million in healthcare costs over four
years, and subsets of its employees have measurably improved
healthcare access and outcomes (such as cholesterol, blood pressure
and body weight), reducing risk of diabetes and cardiovascular
disease, among other health challenges.
"Our data-driven employee health strategy shows that we can
deliver better healthcare outcomes for less cost," said
Jay G. Wohlgemuth, M.D., Senior Vice
President and Chief Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics, and head of
the company's Employer Population Health services. "In addition to
benefiting Quest Diagnostics and our employees and plan members, we
make this expertise available to thousands of other employers in
the United States who seek to
achieve similar results for their employees and bottom-line."
Quest Diagnostics has won numerous awards for its employee
population health programs. In addition to the Health Project's
Koop Award, the National Business Group on Health, American Heart
Association and the CEO Roundtable on Cancer have recognized Quest
with several awards for its employee health strategy.
About Quest Diagnostics Employer Population
Health
Quest Diagnostics Employer Population Health is the leader
in employee population health management and
screening solutions designed to improve health
outcomes and medical costs for employers. With nationwide lab
access and insights from clinical data, Quest Diagnostics
specializes in population health techniques that glean insights
from lab and other data to help identify chronic disease risks,
connect employees to needed in-network care, and empower better
health. For more information, visit www.QuestForHealth.com
About Quest Diagnostics
Quest Diagnostics empowers people to take action to improve health
outcomes. Derived from the world's largest database of clinical lab
results, our diagnostic insights reveal new avenues to identify and
treat disease, inspire healthy behaviors and improve health care
management. Quest annually serves one in three adult Americans and
half the physicians and hospitals in the United States,
and our 47,000 employees understand that, in the right hands and
with the right context, our diagnostic insights can inspire actions
that transform lives. www.QuestDiagnostics.com
About the Health Project
The Health Project
(www.thehealthproject.com) is a tax-exempt not-for-profit
corporation formed to bring about critical attitudinal and
behavioral changes in addressing the health and well-being of
Americans. The Health Project's mission is to seek out,
evaluate, promote and disseminate the lessons learned from
exemplary health promotion and disease prevention programs with
demonstrated effectiveness in improving employee population health
and related business outcomes. The C. Everett Koop
National Health Awards are given each year to worksite, community,
or provider programs that are well-integrated into the
organization's infrastructure and have yielded significant
improvement in population health and noteworthy business
results.
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