3 papers
q-bio.OT2025
Bias Detection in Emergency Psychiatry: Linking Negative Language to Diagnostic Disparities
Alissa A. Valentine, Lauren A. Lepow, Donald Apakama +3
The emergency department (ED) is a high stress environment with increased risk of clinician bias exposure. In the United States, Black patients are more likely than other racial/et…
cs.CY2024
Fair Machine Learning for Healthcare Requires Recognizing the Intersectionality of Sociodemographic Factors, a Case Study
Alissa A. Valentine, Alexander W. Charney, Isotta Landi
As interest in implementing artificial intelligence (AI) in medical systems grows, discussion continues on how to evaluate the fairness of these systems, or the disparities they ma…
cs.CL2024
The Point of View of a Sentiment: Towards Clinician Bias Detection in Psychiatric Notes
Alissa A. Valentine, Lauren A. Lepow, Lili Chan +2
Negative patient descriptions and stigmatizing language can contribute to generating healthcare disparities in two ways: (1) read by patients, they can harm their trust and engagem…