New Report Reveals Biased Algorithms Leading to Downstream Consequences in Healthcare

Algorithms are used throughout health systems, such as in identifying high-risk patients and assessing healthcare needs. Now, a report details how potentially biased algorithms impact healthcare decision-making and patient care.

“But instead of making health care delivery more objective and precise, a new report finds, these algorithms — some of which have been in use for many years — are often making it more biased along racial and economic lines.” Read more here.

(Source: Casey Ross, STAT News, 6/21/21)