
Quest, based in Madison, New Jersey, said it has been a strong advocate of the effort to provide patients with direct access to lab testing in Colorado and Missouri, as well as through its Sonora Quest Laboratories joint venture in Arizona. Quest already operates 11 locations in the city of Jacksonville. George Riedl, senior vice president and president of Walmart Health and Wellness, said the company was working to make its stores a one-stop shop for customers’ everyday health and wellness needs.

Steve Rusckowski, Quest Diagnostics chairman, president and CEO, said in the June news release that by providing laboratory testing and health care services where people also shop, “we will make it easier for Walmart customers and their associates to get the quality diagnostic insights they need in convenient locations.” No contractor is listed for the $90,000 project to make interior alterations in existing retail office space in the store.Ī Wal-Mart spokesman referred to the June news release when asked which Wal-Mart stores in Jacksonville might be renovated for a Quest lab. The co-branded sites will provide laboratory testing and could expand to include other basic health care services.Ī pending building permit application shows that Quest will take almost 700 square feet of space in the Walmart Supercenter at 9890 Hutchinson Park Drive. said June 26 they will launch with about 15 Walmart stores in Florida and Texas by the end of 2017.

Quest Diagnostics and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is preparing to add a Quest Diagnostics laboratory-testing space in its Regency area store as part of a partnership announced in June.
