For decades, some health care devices that are used to diagnose and treat patients have failed to provide adequate care for Black people, according to several research studies.
have a significantly higher COVID-19 mortality rate than white or Asian Americans, data shows.
Doctors can draw blood to determine an accurate reading of a patient’s oxygen level, but the process is challenging. “Once we are able to test it in the hospital on critically ill patients, to confirm whether the pulse oximetry readings that we obtain are accurate for patients of all skin tones who are critically ill, then we will be able to miniaturize it,” Jakachira explained.
Such omissions could be deadly. “It’s dangerous because when a hospitalized patient has a fever, a doctor is notified. And the doctor might evaluate the patient sooner, they might give antibiotics faster, or even transfer them to an ICU quicker,” Bhavani said.
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