Health Equity

From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S. health care

Abstract: The use of analytics software to target medical services to patients who need them most is infusing racial bias into health care decisions.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: October 13, 2020

Author(s): Casey Ross

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