US healthcare algorithm is accused of being racially bias against black people An algorithm used by hospitals in the US to identify patients with chronic diseases has a significant bias against black people, researchers have claimed.
The artificial intelligence, sold by health firm Optum, disproportionately advised medics to give more care to white people even when black patients were sicker.
It means just 18 per cent of black patients were suggested for a continued care programme, when 47 per cent of them were in desperate need of it.
The software helps medics decide the future of roughly 200million patients across the US each year. The Daily Mail
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The artificial intelligence, sold by health firm Optum, disproportionately advised medics to give more care to white people even when black patients were sicker.
It means just 18 per cent of black patients were suggested for a continued care programme, when 47 per cent of them were in desperate need of it.
The software helps medics decide the future of roughly 200million patients across the US each year. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations (open access) Science
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