The Effective Health Care (EHC) Program is seeking input, per the notice below, on clinical algorithms and their risk of racial/ethnic bias.
Opportunity to Comment on Draft Key Questions
We encourage the public to participate in the development of our research projects. Comments can be submitted for:
Impact of Healthcare Algorithms on Racial Disparities in Health and Healthcare
(Available for comment until November 15, 2021)
This report will examine how health care algorithms and algorithm-informed decision tools can introduce racial or ethnic bias into clinical care explicitly or implicitly, and examine how they affect racial/ethnic disparities in access to care, the quality of care, and health outcomes.