An Interview With Dr. Ila Singh: What the TRUU-Lab Initiative Has Taught Us About Laboratory Test Names
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Dr. Ila Singh, chief of laboratory medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital, founded the Test Renaming for Understanding and Utilization in the Laboratory (TRUU-Lab) initiative several years ago to tackle challenges related to the nonstandardized and uninformative naming of laboratory tests. In this interview, Dr. Singh describes the surveys her CDC-funded collaborative has conducted with hundreds of physicians and other providers, and she shares insights about how to improve the ordering of tests through more effective naming.
Related Information:
- Click Here to Listen to this Podcast Episode on the ARUP EDU Official Website.
- Click Here to Listen to Dr. Singh's 2019 Appearance on LabMind Entitled "An Interview with Dr. Ila Singh: The TRUU-Lab Initiative to Improve Laboratory Test Names."
- Click Here to View Dr. Singh's 2019 Video Lecture Entitled "Ordering the Right Lab Test: It All Begins With the Right Test Name."
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