Little is known about how racism and bias may be communicated in the medical record. This study used machine learning to analyze electronic health records (EHRs) from an urban academic medical center ...

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.

Black patients face higher odds of having their credibility questioned in EHRs compared to White patients, potentially affecting care quality. Less than 1% of EHR notes contained language undermining ...

A majority of patients want notification about the potential uses of their medical records or samples according to a study published in JAMA. A team of University of Michigan researchers found that ...