Accounting for bias in medical data helps prevent AI from amplifying racial disparity
October 30, 2024
October 30, 2024
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Oct. 30 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news:
Some sick Black patients are likely labeled as "healthy" in AI datasets due to inequitable medical testing
Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive medical tests that doctors use to diagnose severe disease, such as sepsis, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown.
Because of the bias, some sick Black patients are assumed to be hea . . .
Some sick Black patients are likely labeled as "healthy" in AI datasets due to inequitable medical testing
Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive medical tests that doctors use to diagnose severe disease, such as sepsis, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown.
Because of the bias, some sick Black patients are assumed to be hea . . .