Data and Tech Use Within Our Health System — A Primer | Data, Tech & Black Communities
What are data and technology? How do they impact Black lives in our health systems?
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How Apps Can Help Migrants Achieve Better Health Outcomes
Mobile applications aided by artificial intelligence may help migrants better address their physical and mental health.
The Shuri Network Achievements Summary 2020
How many times have you seen an all-female and black and ethnic minority (BME) panel talking about technology? For many people their first time would have been the Shuri Network launch last July. The Shuri Network was launched in 2019 to support women of colour in NHS digital health develop the skills and confidence to progress into senior leadership positions and help NHS leadership teams more closely represent the diversity of their workforce.
How Data Can Map and Make Racial Inequality More Visible (If Done Responsibly) | by The GovLab | Data Stewards Network | Medium
Racism is a systemic issue that pervades every aspect of life in the United States and around the world. In recent months, its corrosive…
New Algorithms Could Reduce Racial Disparities in Health Care
Machine learning programs trained with patients’ own reports find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. Full study here: https://go.nature.com/3pnOwWP
Hidden in Plain Sight — Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms | NEJM
"By embedding race into the basic data and decisions of health care, these algorithms propagate race-based medicine. Many of these race-adjusted algorithms guide decisions in ways that may direct more attention or resources to white patients than to members of racial and ethnic minorities"