Healthcare's long history of discrimination is shaping its future in ways many are blind to By Stephen A. Norris This is the full text of a previously published, five-part series exploring the impact of AI on health equity Lead art caption: Samuel Morton, an American scientist and physician
This is a five-part series examining the unmitigated risks of AI in healthcare By Stephen A. Norris Part I: When Algorithms Prescribe Prejudice Part II: A Ghost in the Machine Part III: Can AI Break Free from Healthcare's History of Bias? Part IV: Human Health and the AI
This is a five-part series examining the unmitigated risks of AI in healthcare By Stephen A. Norris Part I: When Algorithms Prescribe Prejudice Part II: A Ghost in the Machine Part III: Can AI Break Free from Healthcare's History of Bias? Part IV Researchers and developers have long
This is a five-part series examining the unmitigated risks of AI in healthcare By Stephen A. Norris For the better part of the history of Western medicine, race has been treated as biological; it is only recently that institutions have begun peeling back. The seeds for such theory date to
AI in Healthcare: The Other Edge of the Scalpel is a five-part series examining the unmitigated risks of AI in healthcare By Stephen A. Norris Concerns about the use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare aren’t always a black-or-white issue. In some situations, they’re gray, such as a radiology
This is a five-part series examining the unmitigated risks of AI in healthcare By Stephen A. Norris Recently, I watched a Netflix documentary about the crack epidemic of the 1980s and 90s. As always, below the film were suggestions of other movies that may interest me, based on what I
Takeaways from Dr. Mary O'Connor's conversation with Brandy Wilkins, DPT of Kairos Conversations By Stephen A. Norris When I saw my Linkedin friend, Brandy Wilkins, was seeking suggestions on guests for her Kairos Conversations podcast, I hesitated to chime in. Brandy’s posts always generate a
The GOOD Health (general) Northwell Hospital, in NY, bought a film studio to promote its brand. Boss move or vanity move? When I worked in journalism, PR felt like the enemy of factual, objective journalism but that was before we all lived in our own algorithms. As a result of
Information is coming at us faster than our brains can contain it. There’s a constant stream of HEALTHtEQUITY news that I want to share but before I do, my eyes dart to the next headline, while my hands try and peel my eyes away from headlines to start working
3 Takeaways from 3 Health Equity leaders By Stephen Norris 1. Representation Matters * When an older Black man approached Dr. Lisa, after she spoke on a panel about health for Black men and asked how he could “regularly access a doctor like her,” it was clear to Dr. Lisa he
Support Health Equity By Stephen Norris As a hurdler and jumper (high and long jump) in Track and Field at the University of South Carolina, Curt McGill, DPT thrived under the pressure he put on himself to improve each time he got to the track. Unlike the team sports he
SUPPORT HEALTH EQUITY By Stephen Norris Trying to navigate the United States’ healthcare system can often feel like trying to learn a second language. For those in underserved communities, the lack of resources can make interpreting notes from your provider, or understanding a diagnosis, or a bill feel like an