Doctors' unconscious bias affects quality of health care services, research shows.
Doctors' unconscious bias affects quality of health care services, research shows. Dembosky A. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. October 15, 2020.
Dembosky A. All Things Considered. National Public Radio. October 15, 2020.
Physician implicit bias is gaining attention as a patient safety concern. This piece shares a story of ineffective care delivery to a patient with COVID-19 as context for the discussion. Hospital tactics to address the problem such as training and use of patient survey data to motivate individual action are reviewed.