Interrogating and uprooting systemic racism in the emergency department.
Sangal RB, Khidir H, Agarwal AK. Interrogating and uprooting systemic racism in the emergency department. JAMA Health Forum. 2024;5(8):e242347. doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.2347.
In a busy emergency department, individuals may rely on heuristics that unknowingly undermine equitable care. This commentary highlights how actions such as selection of patient care queuing and subjective decision-making can be generated by implicit racial biases. The authors suggest triage protocols and partnering with patients to design process solutions.