Association of Health Care Journalists Issues Commentary: How Journalism Can Shed Light on Medicine's Hidden Racial Bias
July 04, 2024
July 04, 2024
COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 4 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following commentary on July 3, 2024:
* * *
How Journalism Can Shed Light on Medicine's Hidden Racial Bias
By Anil Oza
A Friday panel at HJ24 titled "The racial bias hiding in plain sight" tackled the topic of race in clinical algorithms. For decades, researchers and clinicians have introduced so-called "race corrections" in clinical tools us . . .
* * *
How Journalism Can Shed Light on Medicine's Hidden Racial Bias
By Anil Oza
A Friday panel at HJ24 titled "The racial bias hiding in plain sight" tackled the topic of race in clinical algorithms. For decades, researchers and clinicians have introduced so-called "race corrections" in clinical tools us . . .