This is Part 1 of Embedded Bias, a series revealing how race-based clinical algorithms pervade medicine and why it's so difficult to change them. Pediatrician Alexandra Epee-Bounya had had enough. In ...

Algorithms are ubiquitous in medicine. They can take the form of a flowchart, a simple equation, or a complicated AI model, and are used to help clinicians diagnose diseases, predict the chances of ...

The changing use of the word algorithm reflects this enhanced visibility. In fact, the meaning of this word has changed ...

“It falls to both the tech companies that built these systems and an engaged public to create technologies designed for social cohesion.” But what if we redesigned social media to bridge divides?

The automatic rule-based recurrence detection algorithm (Auto-Recur), using notes on image reading (positron emission tomography-computed tomography [PET-CT], CT, magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]), ...

Many health systems depend on prediction algorithms to identify and help patients with various health conditions. Some of these algorithms exhibit significant racial bias, resulting in millions of ...

It was October 2021, and Imane, a 44-year-old mother of three, was still in pain from the abdominal surgery she had undergone a few weeks earlier. She certainly did not want to be where she was: ...

Seattle is moving to shut down the practice of your grocery bill getting tweaked based on who you are and how you shop. The ...

Elon Musk isn't a fan of X's algorithm, so he's documenting the company's efforts to improve the tech that decides what you ...