Artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic decision-making systems — algorithms that analyze massive amounts of data and make predictions about the future — are increasingly affecting Americans’ ...

In an era where technology continues to evolve at a staggering pace, the integration of algorithms into healthcare decisions holds ...

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded more than $10 million in grant money to five medical organizations last month to study and address the “potentially dangerous” consequences of race misuse ...

A coalition of medical experts from New York City hospitals has pledged to tackle racially biased computer algorithms that are used to diagnose diseases or decide routes of patient care. It aims to do ...

In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis wrote that we live "in a world where every road, after a few miles, forks into two, and each of those into two again, and at each fork, you must make a decision." The ...

For years, it was harder for Black patients to secure a coveted spot on the national kidney transplant waitlist because a clinical algorithm was making Black patients appear healthier than they were.

hat’s in the box? The “black box,” that is. Increasingly, doctors are relying on sophisticated, and at times inscrutable, algorithms to make healthcare recommendations—a practice dubbed “black box ...

Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Survival Differences and Potential Geographic Determinants Among Men and Women in Utah Artificial intelligence in oncology is no longer hypothetical, and its U.S. Food ...

Medical algorithms are used across the health-care spectrum to diagnose disease, offer prognoses, monitor patients’ health and assist with administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling. But the ...

Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the field of medical imaging, driven by the immense potential to improve diagnostic accuracy and enhance the workflow of ...

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