A Major Hospital Algorithm Is Biased Against Black Patients
by Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki from Lifehacker on (#4T4YE)
Computers can do many jobs more quickly than humans, but they tend to copy our mistakes-after all, they learned it from watching us. Scientists have found that a major algorithm used in hospitals is biased against black patients, because it's reflecting racial health disparities that already existed.