STAT series 'Embedded Bias' explores how race-based clinical algorithms became pervasive in medicine, and why racial factors have been difficult to …
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Embedded Bias: The struggle over removing race from clinical algorithms
For many patients, it comes as a shock to learn that calculators used to guide their care give different answers depending on their race. This series explores how these race-based clinical algorithms came to pervade medicine, the harm they may cause — and why it’s proving so difficult to remove race from the equation. Follow this storyboard for new stories from this series.
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