Category: Healthcare

Racial Bias in a Medical Algorithm Favors White Patients over Sicker Black Patients

Algorithmic Bias, Algorithms, Cultural Misunderstandings, Healthcare, Racial Bias, Racial Equity, Unconscious Bias

Author: Carolyn Y. Johnson; Publisher: The Washington Post; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how algorithms are created with the intention of eliminating bias, such as racial bias, but there are variables that can…
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AI Bias Could Put Women’s Lives At Risk – A Challenge For Regulators

Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Discrimination, European Union, Gender, Gender Bias, Gender Gap

Author: Carmen Neithammer; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2020. The following article touches on the bias that is introduced into algorithms by using data sets that are comprised mainly of information about the male population. A…
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The Ethics of Big Data: Current and Foreseeable Issues in Biomedical Contexts

Big Data, Big Data Divides, Biomedical Studies, Consent, Epistemology, Objectivity, Ownership

Author: Brent Daniel Mittelstadt, Luciano Floridi; Publisher: The Ethics of Biomedical Big Data; Publication Year: 2016. The following article pays particular attention to biomedical Big Data due to the inherent sensitivity of medical information. 5…
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The Evolution of Biometric Data Privacy Laws

Biometric Data, Biometric Information Privacy Act, BIPA

Author: N/A; Publisher: Bloomberg Law; Publication Year: 2023. The following resource explains what exactly biometric data is, why it is important, and why it is even more important to protect it. Along with that, it…
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Addressing Race in Pulmonary Function Testing by Aligning Intent and Evidence With Practice and Perception

COVID-19, Healthcare, PFT, Systematic Bias

Author: Bhakta NR, Kaminsky DA, Bime C, Thakur N, Hall GL, McCormack MC, Stanojevic S.; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2021. The following article identifies how the COVID-19 pandemic has raised awareness of…
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Heart Studies Allegedly Manipulated Data, Saying a Blood Thinner had Healing Effects

Data Manipulation, Misconduct, Temple University, Xarelto

Author: Associated Press; Publisher: New York Post; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a recent instance of possible data manipulation in a medical study. Temple University researchers authored a paper in which they concluded…
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Data Ethics & Privacy: Doing the Right Thing with Data

COVID-19, GPS, GPS Tracking, Healthcare, Infection Trails, Personal Data, Personal Health

Author: Ashley Brown; Publisher: RGP; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how COVID-19 has expedited the use of technology, particularly in healthcare and in dealing with containing the disease. Many countries are using GPS…
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Understanding the Ethical Dance of AI and Healthcare

Augmented Reality, Health Data, Healthcare, Human Augmentation Technology, Regulation

Author: Ashleigh Kennedy; Publisher: TEDx Talks; Publication Year: 2020. The following video discusses how AI is innovating the healthcare industry, but as the technology develops and the line between humans and machine becomes blurry, ethical…
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Ethics of Data Collection: Is Your Data Ethically Resourced?

Accountability, Anonymity, Bias, Consent, Data Collection, Data Protection, Facebook, HIPPA, Law Enforcement, Transparency, Usage Protection, User Data

Author: Aren Carpenter; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how data protection and usage protections for users and consumers have been a hot topic in recent years, and there are many examples…
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