California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating hospitals' software algorithms to help identify potential racial biases in the systems. Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott ...

You remove items - like race or income level, for example - that could bias the results. From the article above, it's clear in hindsight that including these factors was a mistake (although I suspect ...

The growing and widespread use of algorithms to make health care decisions for patients could be adding to racial bias against minorities, a new study has found. Algorithms are the mathematical rules ...

A paper published today in JAMA Network Open addresses bias in healthcare algorithms and provides the healthcare community with guiding principles to avoid repeating errors that have tainted the use ...

Risk prediction has permeated many aspects of modern life, including health care. Algorithms developed using advanced statistical methods have been used to identify hospitalized adults at risk of ...

A paper published today in JAMA Network Open addresses bias in healthcare algorithms and provides the healthcare community with guiding principles to avoid repeating errors that have tainted the use ...

If your parents are on Medicare Advantage, there’s a good chance their doctor’s healthcare decisions will be judged by a computerized tool. If your parents are on Medicare Advantage, there’s a good ...

Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk ...

GE HealthCare announced that it has codeveloped an AI algorithm with Mass General Brigham to help with scheduling predictions, including failure to show up to appointments, neglecting to schedule ...

Why on earth would you- the US - let the question of seeing to peoples healthcare needs be decided by an algorithm? Why? You don’t have doctors and nurses who can look at a patient, talk to them, and ...