WASHINGTON: Computer algorithms are used across thousands of hospitals in the United States to identify patients most at risk in order to provide them with extensive follow-ups.
But these programs exhibit significant racial bias in favor of whites and against blacks, according to a new study published in Science on Oct 24.
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