… program to reduce implicit bias in their workforce. … Tajeu GS,  Juarez L, Williams JH, et al. Development of a multicomponent …

Implicit bias can contribute to poor decision-making and lead to poor patient outcomes. This qualitative study found that many healthcare providers have negative implicit attitudes about American Indians, such as implicitly stereotyping American Indians as "noncompliant" patients. The effect of these implicit attitudes and stereotypes was moderated by self-reported cultural competency and implicit bias training.

The author analyzed national health disparity survey results and found that white patients were less apt to report perceived medical errors by white physicians, but that racial/ethnic concordance had no effect on perceived errors reported among non-white patients.