Talk:Quest Diagnostics

Complaint

Items under History are very biased (i.e. "becoming the leading provider of cancer diagnostic testing services." and "making Quest Diagnostics the undisputed leader in the world of Clinical Diagnostics.") — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjcandyman (talk • contribs) 21:28, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

I realize I'm about a year late to this, but I agree with you. I just went through and removed anything not strictly factual. Of course, that's kind of hard when very few things are actually cited. I'd like to begin working on a new version of the article that expands the History section and turns to bulleted list into prose. I'll message again when that is complete. Votrepetite (talk) 13:45, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

I believe you're right. The bullet point section is really a potted history and would be better as narrative. However, before deleting all positive statements about the company, their claims should be checked. I believe QD is a leading company in its field, based on turnover & market share, and saying that is not "biased" as the first editor puts it Chrismorey (talk) 21:47, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

I just skimmed the Quest Form 10-K and I found their promotional tone very unusual (and maybe inappropriate) for an SEC filing. I don't like phrases like "a leading company in its field." How many companies would not like to be called a leading company in its field? If it really is "leading," I would delete that and explain why it's leading, eg the largest market share, or the largest number of FDA-approved cancer tests, or whatever the real reason is. This kind of language violates our Wikipedia style manual (see WP:PEACOCK) and has to go. I don't understand these guys. They really do have areas of excellence, but they obscure it with PR bullshit. --Nbauman (talk) 03:11, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

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COVID-19 testing

According to this story, Quest is one of the largest labs in the US testing for COVID-19, with 150,000 tests a day. A Harvard study estimated the need at 20 million a day.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/13/us-coronavirus-surge-leads-to-testing-delays-across-the-nation-quest-diagnostics-says.html
Surge in U.S. coronavirus cases causes testing delays across the nation as labs scramble to keep up
CNBC
JUL 14 2020
Will Feuer

--Nbauman (talk) 02:30, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Form 10-K

Here's the Quest Diagnostics Incorporated 2019 Form 10-K (latest one, filed February 2020) from the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR database of corporate filings. It's a fairly comprehensive, candid description of the company and the industry, in 74 pages of small type plus several appendices. I recommend starting with the table of contents.

https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1022079/000102207920000017/dgx1231201910-k.htm

(I might note that unlike most Form 10-Ks, which are written in objective lawyerly language, this one uses a lot more PR buzzwords and platitudes than I'm used to, eg, "providing insights that empower and enable a broad range of customers...")

--Nbauman (talk) 02:52, 17 July 2020 (UTC)