On Wednesday, May 19th, LabQ Diagnostics partnered with Robert Greenbaum, the mayor of Mt. Olive, to host an Open House and Ribbon Cutting.   The event was held for the new LabQ- HQ Center at 100 International Dr., in the International Trade Center in Mt. Olive.

This 100,000 square foot facility will hold LabQ’s state-of-the-art Molecular and Genetics Center, the first of five national data centers and the core operations for their HQ Center.  HQ is the new LabQ brand name for their suite of comprehensive and complete healthcare services, designed around the core mission to bring medicine to the highest level of personalization for each patient.  The location will employ over 400 employees.

The HQ model incorporates each person’s molecular and genetic information, medical histories and regularly scheduled laboratory monitoring to tailor a life plan for the individual to optimize their health.  ”Eighty-seven percent of the ability for the doctor to diagnose comes from lab results” said Moshe Landau, CEO of HQ Healthcare.  “We want to treat the healthy not the sick. To do this we must learn who the patient is. With our acuity to testing and monitoring we can prevent and maintain your health rather than react in a time of crisis. The advancements in genomics provide invaluable insight into each individual patient.”

“If a person shows a predisposition to an illness or set of illnesses, these illnesses will be proactively monitored.” states Danny Adar, the Chief Technology Officer of the HC Center. “Cancers can be caught in earlier stages, coronary illnesses and diabetes can be guarded against and so much more.  There is so much that the human body can tell us.  We just have to listen.”

But the scope extends well beyond the lab.  “It is a complete ecosystem encompassing all the patient may need and then more. From at home testing to rehab facilities. Nutritionists to mental health monitoring. HQ aims to give you control of your health,” adds Landau.

“We are so excited to be here in Mt. Olive,” Landau continues. “Mt. Olive has been evaluated as one of the safest towns in the New York metro area.  The quality of life here is amazing and so beautiful.  Also, we have very good access to the Connecticut to Pennsylvania corridor.”

“This is important because our main mission continues to be to provide the fastest clinical testing results possible.  Results are important.  They drive diagnosis and treatment.  Any delay in getting results out can impact outcomes.  We are driven to our mission.” LabQ is expanding their lab footprint as well, with additional laboratories opening soon in Pennsylvania, Florida, Chicago and Los Angeles.  Future expansion is also being planned.

HQ Healthcare is also serious about data and data security.  “Hospitals and labs are quite susceptible to data breaches, as history has shown.  We are investing millions of dollars into having the best systems in place to protect everyone’s personal data. The episode that just happened this week with the Colonial Pipeline is not an option for us.  It can not happen.”

The data center in Mt. Olive is the first of five data centers that HQ Healthcare will have throughout the country.  Each will independent and completely identical to the others.  Each of the centers will house the complete library of data for all patients, to provide redundancy, in case of any cyber-compromise.

Photo IDs (from left):

Yehudah Gruenstein, Chief Technical Officer, LabQ Diagnostics; Daniel Adar, Chief Operations Officer, LabQ Diagnostics; Moshe Rubin, Investor, LabQ Diagnostics;  Moshe Landau, Chief Executive Officer, LabQ Diagnostics; Dr. Martin King, Medical Director, LabQ Diagnostics; Daniel Mendoza, VP of Operations, LabQ Diagnostics;  Robert Greenbaum, Mayor of Mt. Olive;  Luke Kaufman and Danny Tommasino are representatives from Metropolitan Bank.