National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Examining The History, Consequences, and Effects of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms on Health Equity: A Workshop

Many health systems depend on prediction algorithms to identify and help patients with various health conditions. Some of these algorithms exhibit significant racial bias, resulting in millions of ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Examining the History, Consequences, and Effects of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms on Health Equity: Proceedings of a Workshop

Aletha Maybank, chief health equity officer of the American Medical Association (AMA), opened the workshop and explained that the AMA in 2020 called for ridding the nation’s health care system of ...