Northwell health ("northwell") strives to improve the health of the communities it serves and is committed to providing the highest quality clinical care; educating the current and future generations of healthcare professionals; searching for new advances in medicine through the conduct of biomedical research; promoting health education; and caring for the entire community regardless of the ability to pay. The northwell health laboratories is a central medical laboratory with satellite locations that provide laboratory services for the system affiliates and for nassau, suffolk, NYC, westchester, CT and FL residents.