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How I addressed racial bias in my company’s AI algorithm
After watching a pulse oximeter struggle with his father’s dark skin, @AmBeRnIgAm began a personal quest to confront racial ...
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Health monitoring devices at risk of being hacked, study shows
Billions of people around the world are using internet-connected medical devices to monitor their health, but could be putting themselves at risk of hackers using their data for unhealthy reasons, ...
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FDA’s promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias
The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered well above the 88 percent blood oxygen saturation level that signals an urgent risk of organ failure and death.
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Pulse Oximeters Are Less Accurate on Darker Skin—And There's No Good Alternative
Pulse oximeters may provide less accurate readings for individuals with darker skin tones, which can lead to delayed care. Black patients were found to be three times more likely to experience ...
Medical Xpress28d
FDA's promised guidance on pulse oximeters unlikely to end decades of racial bias, say experts
The oximeter placed on his fingertip registered ... the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health professor who co-authored the New England Journal of Medicine article.
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Ariz. EMTs, paramedics face $5M wrongful death lawsuits
GILBERT, Ariz. — Jacqueline Aschieri, a 61-year-old Gilbert resident, was in reasonably good health until Feb. 27. That evening, after complaining of a debilitating headache, Aschieri was ...