Tag: Bias

  • Embedded Bias: How Medical Documents Sow Discrimination

    Embedded Bias: How Medical Documents Sow Discrimination

    David Confer, a bicyclist and an audio technician, advised his health care provider he “used to be Ph.D. level” for the duration of a 2019 appointment in Washington, D.C. Confer, then 50, was talking figuratively: He was enduring mind fog — a symptom of his liver troubles. But did his doctor consider him seriously? Now,…