The Gourd
Vol 1, Issue 3 December 1, 2021
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Is Race Important --
Responding to an earlier study about the inaccuracies associated with the race adjustment in GFR (see Issue 1), F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE comments on the role of race in healthcare. The link contains the transcript as well as the video of his discussion.
A Network Approach to Bias in Patient Care
Reuters Health reported on a novel approach to reduce gender and race bias in patient care. Clinicians who initially under-treated a hypothetical Black woman adjusted their recommendations closer to standard of care when exposed to peer treatment decisions. There is potential to incorporate such a model into EMRs and other digital infrastructures. A summary can be found at Medscape and the full article is in the publication Nature Communications.
The Cork Board
The NM Black Leadership Council is hosting a workshop on 12/14 "to provide awareness and understanding of how African cultural traditions and Black Psychology impact mental health." Register at the NMBLC website.
If you have information you would like to share with this provider community, send it to DRoss@NMBLC.org.
The Gourd will be published monthly starting in 2022 and will not have a December 15 issue.
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