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Seeking to curb racial bias in medicine, Doris Duke Fund awards $10 million to health groups

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is awarding more than $10 million to five health organizations to reconsider the use of race in medical algorithms, which research shows can lead to potentially dangerous results for patients of color. Physicians have used medical assessment tools and algorithms since the 1970s to help make decisions about patient care. Recent studies have found that some algorithms that consider race lead to biased assessments and the denial of treatment options.

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