Racial bias can seep into U.S. patients’ medical notes

By Aimee Cunningham

When health care providers enter notes into patients’ electronic health records, they are more likely to portray Black patients negatively compared with white patients, two recent studies have found.

The unfavorable descriptions may perpetuate bias and stigma and influence the care patients receive. “The first impression is the…www.sciencenews.org

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