The growing and widespread use of algorithms to make health care decisions for patients could be adding to racial bias against minorities, a new study has found. Algorithms are the mathematical rules ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic decision-making systems — algorithms that analyze massive amounts of data and make predictions about the future — are increasingly affecting Americans’ ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating hospitals' software algorithms to help identify potential racial biases in the systems. Listen to Health Affairs' Jessica Bylander and Rob Lott ...

The study shows that personalized medicine demands new competences that extend beyond traditional medical training.

Health practitioners are increasingly concerned that because race is a social construct, and the biological mechanisms of how race affects clinical outcomes are often unknown, including race in ...

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has been able to drop hospital stays by 7% due to an algorithm, the Hartford Courant reported Feb. 27. The healthcare organization has created a “length of stay algorithm,” ...

You remove items - like race or income level, for example - that could bias the results. From the article above, it's clear in hindsight that including these factors was a mistake (although I suspect ...

For years, it was harder for Black patients to secure a coveted spot on the national kidney transplant waitlist because a clinical algorithm was making Black patients appear healthier than they were.

United Healthcare parent UnitedHealth Group is accused of misusing an artificial intelligence-based algorithm to deny needed post-acute care, raising questions about AI transparency and accountability ...

Preparing cancer patients for difficult decisions is an oncologist’s job. They don’t always remember to do it, however. At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, doctors are nudged to talk ...