Some CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) customers are getting a fast new option for COVID-19 testing. Healthcare providers that normally work at the company's retail medical clinics in Georgia and Rhode Island will begin providing drive-up testing in two parking lot pop-ups with results provided while customers wait. The technology making this new rapid drive-up service possible is Abbott's (NYSE: ABT) ID NOW system. Abbott's machines can amplify and read genetic material quickly enough to provide results for COVID-19 (or a handful of other infections) in minutes. Image source: Getty Images. For the safety of its customers and staff, CVS Health will run the rapid-testing services outside its stores. The testers will set up shop in parking lots large enough to accommodate multiple vehicle lanes. Eligible patients will need to register online before showing up at one of CVS Health's pop-up test locations. Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo said the rapid-testing site CVS Health has planned will double her state's capacity to provide on-the-spot results to thousands daily. Patients will need to meet state residency and age guidelines. Lessons learned On March 19, CVS Health opened a parking lot test site in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, that initially focused on serving first responders and healthcare workers. CVS Health intends to apply lessons learned from that first pop-up molecular diagnostics service center to the new sites in Rhode Island and Georgia. Rapid testing isn't the first step CVS Health has taken to address the coronavirus pandemic. In recent weeks, the company has also waived charges for home delivery of prescription drugs and dropped the copays for telemedicine visits for those covered by its health insurance service, Aetna. 10 stocks we like better than CVS HealthWhen investing geniuses David and Tom Gardner have a stock tip, it can pay to listen. After all, the newsletter they have run for over a decade, Motley Fool Stock Advisor, has tripled the market.* David and Tom just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now... and CVS Health wasn't one of them! That's right -- they think these 10 stocks are even better buys. See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of March 18, 2020 Cory Renauer has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends CVS Health. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.Source