Exclusion cycles: Reinforcing disparities in medicine

Letter Clinical Neurology

Reader Response: Race-Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Declination of Thrombolysis for Stroke

Karan Patel et al.

NEUROLOGY (2022)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Negative Patient Descriptors: Documenting Racial Bias In The Electronic Health Record

Michael Sun et al.

Summary: This study used machine learning to analyze electronic health records and found that Black patients had a higher likelihood of negative descriptors compared to White patients. These findings raise concerns about stigmatizing language in medical records and its contribution to racial healthcare disparities.

HEALTH AFFAIRS (2022)

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Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

An algorithmic approach to reducing unexplained pain disparities in underserved populations

Emma Pierson et al.

Summary: A deep learning approach using knee X-rays can predict underserved populations' experienced pain and reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities. Algorithmic predictions suggest that much of underserved patients' pain stems from factors within the knee.

NATURE MEDICINE (2021)

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Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Respecting Autonomy And Enabling Diversity: The Effect Of Eligibility And Enrollment On Research Data Demographics

Kayte Spector-Bagdady et al.

Summary: The study reveals that there is a lack of demographic diversity among participants in research data banks, with patients recruited being younger and less representative of minority groups such as Black, Asian, or Hispanic individuals. The eligibility criteria for recruitment have a significant impact on the overall demographic diversity of the data bank.

HEALTH AFFAIRS (2021)

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