ReviewNPJ digital medicine2022
Addressing racial disparities in surgical care with machine learning.
Review in NPJ digital medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Algorithmic bias in surgical risk prediction models and its impact on patient safety: a review.Patient safety in surgery · 2026Review
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- Delayed surgery among patients diagnosed with spinal disorders: Retrospective analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Biases in Artificial Intelligence Application in Pain Medicine.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Disparate Model Performance and Stability in Machine Learning Clinical Support for Diabetes and Heart Diseases.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2025Article
- Expanding Horizons: The Realities of CAD, the Promise of Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning's Role in Breast Imaging beyond Screening Mammography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The digital transformation of surgery.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
- Solving the explainable AI conundrum by bridging clinicians' needs and developers' goals.NPJ digital medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
There is ample evidence to demonstrate that discrimination against several population subgroups interferes with their ability to receive optimal surgical care. This bias can take many forms, including limited access to medical services, poor quality of care, and inadequate insurance coverage. While such inequalities will require numerous cultural, ethical, and sociological solutions, artificial intelligence-based algorithms may help address the problem by detecting bias in the data sets currently being used to make medical decisions. However, such AI-based solutions are only in early development. The purpose of this commentary is to serve as a call to action to encourage investigators and funding agencies to invest in the development of these digital tools.
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