A STAT investigation found that a common method of using analytics software to target medical services to patients who need them most is infusing racial bias into decision-making about who should receive stepped-up care.

On assignment for @statnews, I went to Ahoskie and photographed for an investigative story on how analytics software can infuse racism into health care. More images, and a powerful story by @caseymross ⬇️ bit.ly/2GM8MkP pic.twitter.com/jBf4i1nyfA

Insanely proud to work with @caseymross, who wrote this fantastic look into how software infuses racism into health care. statnews.com/2020/10/13/how… "The hard lines of segregation have faded in Ahoskie. But in health care, a new force is redrawing those barriers."

A major STAT investigation: @caseymross tracks how analytics software is infusing racial bias into health care. One expert refers to an "algorithm that reinforces structural biases in our society.'' statnews.com/2020/10/13/how… via @statnews @commonwealthfnd pic.twitter.com/D4xjSXsgpa

A common way of using analytics software -- and cost predictions -- to target services to needy patients is infusing racial bias into health care. Cost ≠ need. My investigation for @statnews here: statnews.com/2020/10/13/how… via @statnews pic.twitter.com/hHt7JQJ59t

Sad but unsurprising - racial disparities in multiple patient assessment algorithms used in healthcare, reporting by @caseymross . The bias is not intentional, but it reinforces deeply rooted inequities in the American health care system. cc: @pstamber

Remember that study last year that documented racial bias in the use of an algorithm in one health system? A @statnews investigation by @caseymross found that the problems arise from multiple algorithms used in hospitals across the country

From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S healthcare statnews.com/2020/10/13/how… via @caseymross

A STAT investigation found that a common method of using analytics software to target medical services to patients who need them most is infusing racial bias into decision-making about who should receive stepped-up care. By ⁦@caseymross⁩.

"From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into health care."

The problem with using cost of care in predicting health outcomes..... shouldnt we be focused on quality?????? #datasaveslives From a small town in North Carolina to big-city hospitals, how software infuses racism into U.S.... statnews.com/2020/10/13/how… via @statnews