Study Finds Bias Against Black Patients Written Into Medical Charts

January 20, 2022

(Axios) – Black patients were more than two-and-a-half times as likely as white patients to have negative descriptors about them in their electronic health record, according to a study published Wednesday in Health Affairs. Why it matters: The study is further evidence of bias in the U.S. health care system, which can ultimately result in worse care and disparately poor outcomes. (Read More)