Citing harms, momentum grows to remove race from clinical algorithms.

Bridget M Kuehn

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Citing harms, momentum grows to remove race from clinical algorithms.

January 31, 2024

Kuehn BM. JAMA. 2024;331(6):463-465.

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Medical history has been tainted with a range of biases that are currently being addressed via training, decision making support and patient engagement. This essay introduces several efforts underway to address biased algorithms and how they can distort decision making tools to cause harm.

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