Rooting Out Racial Bias in Health Care AI, Part 1

<p>There’s growing excitement that artificial intelligence can make health care better by speeding up care, improving diagnoses and easing the burden on a burned out workforce. But there are also concerns that these powerful new tools will perpetuate biases and inequities long baked into our health care system.</p><br><p>In the first of two back-to-back episodes on racial bias in health care AI, we explore the challenge of diagnosing bias in AI and what one health system is trying to do about it.</p><br><p>Guests:</p><p><a href="https://pediatrics.duke.edu/profile/emily-sterrett" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emily Sterrett</a>, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Improvement Science, Duke University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics</p><p><a href="https://dihi.org/team-member/mark-sendak-md/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mark Sendak</a>, MD, MPP, Population Health &amp; Data Science Lead, Duke Institute for Health Innovation</p><p><a href="https://hyc.globalhealth.duke.edu/people/ganga-moorthy-md/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ganga Moorthy</a>, MD, Global Health Fellow, Duke Pediatric Infectious Disease Program</p><p><a href="https://www.paigenong.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Paige Nong</a>, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan School of Public Health</p><br><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on our <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2023/05/25/artificial-intelligence-ai-racial-bias" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&amp;id=89c5edcb93&amp;utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&amp;utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">with a gift</a>.</p><br /><hr><