Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1
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The Good News Is Racial Bias in AI Is Beginning to Get Attention From Federal Health Officials
The good news Paige says is racial bias in AI is beginning to get attention from federal health officials. They see how even the most well resourced well-intentioned health systems like Duke are struggling to diagnose bias in their algorithms. Next week in part two of our story, we'll hear what three federal agencies are doing to keep racial bias from getting to the bedside. Mark Sendak and Emily Sterrett tried to keep their childhood sepsis algorithm from succumbing to this newfound bias.
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