{"id":111662,"date":"2025-03-24T14:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/24\/quest-diagnostics-strikes-generative-ai-partnership-with-google-cloud\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T14:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:59:33","slug":"quest-diagnostics-strikes-generative-ai-partnership-with-google-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/03\/24\/quest-diagnostics-strikes-generative-ai-partnership-with-google-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Quest Diagnostics Strikes Generative AI Partnership With Google Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Quest Diagnostics Strikes Generative AI Partnership With Google Cloud<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Companies all across the healthcare industry are looking to scale their AI abilities, often<\/a> striking<\/a> multi-year<\/a> collaborations<\/a> with<\/a> Big<\/a> Tech<\/a> players<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This week, Quest Diagnostics<\/a> made one of those deals. The diagnostics giant announced<\/a> a new partnership with Google Cloud<\/a> that aims to deliver new AI capabilities \u2014 including predictive population health analytics, customized physician results reporting and individualized patient engagement.<\/p>\n

Under the collaboration, Quest will use Google Cloud\u2019s data analytics and generative AI technologies \u2014 including Google Agentspace, a platform that uses generative AI to surface data and automate tasks.<\/p>\n

One of the collaboration\u2019s goals is to generate personalized health insights for patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are still exploring potential applications for generative AI and the implications this new relationship might have for patients. One potential use case involves reminding a patient to schedule a follow-up or annual appointment if data shows they are due but have not yet done so,\u201d said Mark Clare, Quest\u2019s chief data officer.<\/p>\n

The collaboration also seeks to give clinicians ready access to comprehensive laboratory data, he noted.<\/p>\n

Laboratory testing and results can provide clinicians with important insights into a patient\u2019s health, helping to guide the treatment plan, Clare pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cA complete picture of a patient\u2019s lab data helps physicians provide the best care possible. Trends over time and correlations between different lab results help physicians form a complete picture of their patient\u2019s health,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

One of the key metrics Quest will use to gauge the success of its collaboration with Google Cloud will be the degree to which a typical business user can obtain a sophisticated report generated through a natural-language prompt, Clare stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said this will reduce the time analysts spend creating ad-hoc reports, giving them more to dedicate to \u201creal data science efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Google Cloud\u2019s generative AI has many applications in the diagnostics world, pointed out Shweta Maniar, the company\u2019s global director of healthcare and life sciences.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can process, analyze and reduce silos in the enormous and complex datasets generated in modern healthcare \u2014 from genomic information to medical images \u2014 far more efficiently than humans, which can help providers understand what kinds of additional diagnostics might be required. This leads to faster and more accurate diagnoses, enabling earlier interventions and better patient outcomes,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

AI can also flag subtle patterns and anomalies in data that might evade the human eye, potentially uncovering new insights into disease and predicting individual risk, Maniar said.<\/p>\n

She also highlighted AI\u2019s role in personalizing medicine, saying that the technology can help tailor treatments and preventive strategies to each patient based on their unique characteristics and data.<\/p>\n

Photo: Galeanu Mihai, Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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