Physicians use clinical algorithms daily to make decisions about patients, including factoring in attributes like blood pressure, age, weight, surgical history, and sometimes race. Bioinformatician Shyam Visweswaran noticed race-based tools in medicine and created a database listing 48 clinical tools with race adjustments. The use of race in algorithms has been criticized for perpetuating the false idea of biological differences based on race. The database highlights the inconsistency in how race is used and categorized in healthcare tools. While not comprehensive, it serves as a starting point for understanding the historical use of race in clinical decision-making and the need for reform.
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Searchable database of race-based clinical tools
