COVID-19: Supporting Safety for the Front Line

Diagnostics Dialogues - Innovation & Insight

Today’s podcast features Dr Nicholaos Bellos with strategies that are helping some health systems best operate in today's healthcare environment. In this session, Dr Bellos discusses:

• The ease of viral transmission and what health systems can do to mitigate risk
• Diagnostic solutions, guidelines, and best practices to ensure safety for the front line
• The future of health systems in the post-pandemic landscape

Nicholaos Bellos MD Bio:

Board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease, Dr Nicholaos Bellos brings both deep clinical knowledge and executive leadership experience to the discussion. Drawing from his passion for advancing positive outcomes for patients, his expertise includes delivering evidence-based, measurable healthcare solutions that contain costs, reduce hospital length-of-stay and readmissions, and cut down on hospital-acquired drug-resistant infections. Dr Bellos maintains a private clinical practice of over 20 years, as well as serving as National Medical Director, Extended Care Services at Quest Diagnostics. Previously, he was Associate Vice President of Medical Operations and Performance Management and Innovation at Tenet Health.

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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 healthcare management. Quest Diagnostics annually serves 1 in 3 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.

More information is available at www.QuestDiagnostics.com