MedCity News September 22, 2021
Algorithms are everywhere and so are the biases behind them. As algorithms find greater use in healthcare, a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health virtual conference addressed how and why algorithms are biased, how that bias affects clinical care, and some possible solutions to bias.
Algorithms are becoming more entrenched in our lives, a consequence of the growing stores of data and the push to make greater use of them. While that’s happening everywhere, in health care, the consequences are much higher because lives are at stake. Algorithmic calculations can affect diagnosis, treatment, the allocation of healthcare resources, and reimbursement. But lurking within algorithms is bias that can lead to unintended or suboptimal outcomes.
Many of the algorithms are...
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