Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

The reduction of race and gender bias in clinical treatment recommendations using clinician peer networks in an experimental setting

  • Damon Centola,
  • Douglas Guilbeault,
  • Urmimala Sarkar,
  • Elaine Khoong,
  • Jingwen Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26905-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Race and gender bias in healthcare contribute to health disparities. Here the authors show in an experimental setting that structured information sharing networks among clinicians can reduce race and gender bias in medical decisions.