The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded more than $10 million in grant money to five medical organizations last month to study and address the “potentially dangerous” consequences of race misuse ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic decision-making systems — algorithms that analyze massive amounts of data and make predictions about the future — are increasingly affecting Americans’ ...

A coalition of medical experts from New York City hospitals has pledged to tackle racially biased computer algorithms that are used to diagnose diseases or decide routes of patient care. It aims to do ...

For years, it was harder for Black patients to secure a coveted spot on the national kidney transplant waitlist because a clinical algorithm was making Black patients appear healthier than they were.

hat’s in the box? The “black box,” that is. Increasingly, doctors are relying on sophisticated, and at times inscrutable, algorithms to make healthcare recommendations—a practice dubbed “black box ...

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Medical algorithms are used across the health-care spectrum to diagnose disease, offer prognoses, monitor patients’ health and assist with administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling. But the ...

Social media algorithms shape what users see, influencing emotions, perceptions, and mental well-being in ways that often go ...

Most medical algorithms were developed using information from people treated in Massachusetts, California, or New York, according to a new study. Those three states dominate patient data — and 34 ...