HealthTap announced on Tuesday a new collaboration with Quest Diagnostics that will enable doctors to order diagnostic testing services for patients through HealthTap’s virtual care platform.

We’re told that this is the first ever partnership between a major national medical laboratory provider and an end-to-end virtual care company.

The end result? The effort will enable doctors and consumers to access a broad range of diagnostic service options to help care for patients in a virtual setting.
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This week, mHealthWatch learned that Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services, was honored with the news that its Care360 cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) has ranked number one among physician practices and groups with two to five practicing physicians.

The ranking is based on a poll of 5,700 small and solo medical practices surveyed by Black Book in 2015.

Physicians across all specialties in these small-sized practices ranked Care360 EHR number one in overall satisfaction. The ranking includes assessments in client experience and satisfaction with web-based EHRs based on 18 key performance indicators, such as implementations, updates, usability, customization and pricing.
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