Racial bias in American medicine has existed for as long as the practice of medicine itself. How has technology masked this issue, and how do we untangle ourselves from the harmful legacies of race-based medicine?
On the latest ChilCast: Healthcare Tech Talks, Dr. Tania Martin-Mercado joins us to talk about bias in AI and healthcare.
Growing interest in health equity is driving the creation of Chief Health Equity Officers and interest in new business practices utilizing SDoH and AI. Data analytics can be both a source of bias that creates health inequities, as well as a tool to address them. Creating a culture of health equity in data sciences for health will be instrumental in creating social impact from AI.