US centre for health improvement hires medtech firm executive
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Fred Williams, the director of health benefits management at US diagnostics specialist Quest Diagnostics, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Center for Health Value Innovation (St Louis, Missouri). Mr Williams brings 30 years of experience in his speciality to the centre, which is aimed at producing evidence for sustainable health and financial improvement. Quest Diagnostics’ HealthyQuest initiative offers a range of methods to improve health, such as combining lifestyle choices with diagnostic tests to get a personalised health report.
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