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The most recent short interest data has been released for the 01/31/2019 settlement date, and we here at Dividend Channel like to sift through this fresh data and order the underlying components of the S&P 500 by "days to cover." There are a number of ways to look at short data, for example the total number of shares short; but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded.

Quest Diagnostics, the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the clinical laboratory services business of Boyce & Bynum Pathology Laboratories (BBPL), a leading provider of diagnostic and clinical laboratory services in the Midwest.

A diagnostic test used by Mayo Clinic to detect a rare neurological disease involves standard techniques and is not subject to patent law, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The appellate court's decision to uphold a district court ruling in the patent dispute effectively denied claims by Quest Diagnostics' Athena Diagnostics division that it was owed royalties for the testing. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with Mayo in a 2-1 decision.

Back in 2017, Microsoft first announced the new AI-powered research project under Healthcare NExT initiative that enables healthcare providers to easily create intelligent and compliant healthcare virtual assistants and chatbots. Last year, Microsoft announced the preview of Healthcare Bot service on Azure Marketplace that enabled healthcare organizations to build and deploy, AI-powered virtual health assistants and chatbots. Microsoft today announced the general availability of the service. Virtual health assistants built using this service can be used for enhancing processes, self-service support, and cost reduction efforts. Quest Diagnostics in Cary, NC recently built a bot using the Microsoft Healthcare Bot service. This bot helps Quest Diagnostics' patients in finding testing locations, schedule appointments and get answers to non-medical questions such as whether to fast before a blood test or when to expect results.

Several large health insurance companies, including Aetna, Anthem, and Healthcare Service Corporation, have announced a collaboration with PNC Bank and IBM to utilize blockchain technology to “improve transparency and interoperability in the health care industry” and “address a range of industry challenges, including promoting efficient claims and payment processing, to enable secure and frictionless healthcare information exchanges, and to maintain current and accurate provider directories.” The Synaptic Health Alliance launched in April 2018 with Humana, MultiPlan, Quest Diagnostics, UnitedHealthcare and Optum.

Prism Capital Partners announced it is planning new developments at ON3, a 116-acre campus spanning the cities of Clifton and Nutley Township. The planned construction projects will add approximately 400,000 square feet of laboratory facilities. Prism also stated it is finalizing plans to build a four-story, 150,000-square-foot speculative laboratory building at ON3. Additionally, Quest Diagnostics, leading provider of diagnostic information services, will break ground imminently for a flagship laboratory on a 12-acre parcel. The 250,000-square-foot, owner-occupied lab will become the largest in Quest’s network of 20-plus major laboratory facilities across the country, and will employ more than 1,100 people.

As the industry moves beyond mere EHR adoption and meaningful use, small practices of 10 physicians or fewer told researchers that they want their EMRs to do more than just meet regulatory requirements, a new KLAS report on small physician practices finds. But first, they want the basics to just work better. That means tailoring usability for them and improving customer service. As part of this research, KLAS interviewed representatives from AdvancedMD, Allscripts, Aprima, athenahealth, Azalea Health, CareCloud, Cerner, CureMD, eMDs, Greenway Health, Kareo, NextGen Healthcare, Quest Diagnostics, and Virence Health (GE Healthcare) to determine how well the vendors were aligned with the small practices’ needs and what is driving dissatisfaction among small groups.

Drug testing can be complicated. Much like a baseball player, you must learn the fundamentals of drug testing to execute a successful, drug-free workplace program. No one hits a home run the first time up to bat. Whether you are a drug testing rookie or a veteran, it’s important to understand the benefits of different specimen types and what test type fits the unique needs of your workforce. In our upcoming webinar series, Back to Basics, we take a closer look at the three most common test types for drug testing offered by Quest Diagnostics: urine, hair, and oral fluid.

Americans have multiple numbers at their fingertips, but some of the numbers that could be most important to their health are not among them. New research released today by Quest Diagnostics, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic insights, shows that a majority of adults don’t know vital health information for them or their family members, but nearly all would like to be able to access their health information online. Results from the “Know Your Numbers“ survey show that more people remember their social media log-ins, current bank balances, Wi-Fi-passwords and even the security code on the back of their credit card than they do important personal health data, including their blood type and cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

Mike Sims owns Charlotte CBD on Central Avenue in Charlotte. Their business is exploding and they’ve only been open 18 weeks. “We thought it would be successful but nothing like we’ve seen,” says Owens while a wave of customers shopped in his store. So what if you use a CBD product and have to take a random drug test? We posed that question to Dr. Barry Sample with Quest Diagnostics, the nation’s leading provider in drug testing, where millions of drug tests are administered every year.