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AI Bias in Healthcare Triage Systems
In this episode of AI Ethics with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive deep into a growing concern: AI-powered triage systems used in emergency rooms and telehealth platforms. These systems, designed to prioritize patients based on symptoms, can inadvertently learn biases from historical healthcare data. The conversation anchors on a 2025 study from a major US hospital network, where the algorithm consistently under-triaged Black patients with cardiac complaints compared to white patients with identical symptoms. The hosts unpack the root cause: the algorithm was trained on historical data that…
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