Hospital Algorithms Are Biased Against Black Patients, New Research Shows

Health care software prioritizes white patients, even when they’re not as sick

Dave Gershgorn
OneZero
Published in
5 min readOct 24, 2019

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AAlgorithms meant to help patients in need of extra medical care are more likely to recommend relatively healthy white patients over sicker black patients, according to new research set to be published in the…

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.