24 October 2019
"Study reveals rampant racism in decision-making software used by US hospitals - and highlights ways to correct it."
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Millions of black people affected by racial bias in health-care algorithms (Nature, link)
"An algorithm widely used in US hospitals to allocate health care to patients has been systematically discriminating against black people, a sweeping analysis has found."
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