Clinical Notes Reveal Biases

Clinical Notes Reveal Biases

January 2022

Negative descriptors appear more often in clinical notes for Black patients — new findings that build on what we already know, says Nwamaka Eneanya, MD, MPH:  “Such biases won't go anywhere without systemic interventions,” she comments.

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