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Milena A Gianfrancesco¹, Suzanne Tamang², Jinoos Yazdany¹

¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

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Machine learning in healthcare promises unbiased decisions but can perpetuate biases from data. Addressing these issues is crucial to prevent widening health disparities.

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Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Clinical Decision Support Systems

Background:

Machine learning (ML) offers potential for objective data synthesis in healthcare, aiming to reduce diagnostic and treatment biases.
Integration with clinical decision support tools can provide timely, targeted information to clinicians, potentially improving patient care.
However, ML algorithms are susceptible to inherent biases present in healthcare data.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify potential biases in machine learning algorithms used in clinical decision support tools.
To explore how biases in electronic health record (EHR) data can be introduced into ML algorithms.
To propose solutions for mitigating overreliance on automation and biased data in healthcare ML.

Main Methods:

Review of potential biases in ML algorithms, including those related to data completeness, sample size, and measurement error.
Analysis of how deficiencies in EHR data can lead to biased ML outputs.
Discussion of strategies to ensure clinical meaningfulness and prevent amplification of health disparities.

Main Results:

ML algorithms can inherit and amplify biases present in electronic health records.
Common biases include issues with missing data, underestimation due to sample size, and misclassification errors.
Uncritical adoption of ML tools may exacerbate existing socioeconomic disparities in healthcare.

Conclusions:

Thoughtful implementation and critical evaluation of ML tools are necessary in healthcare.
Addressing data biases and ensuring clinical relevance are key to harnessing ML's potential ethically.
Preventing the amplification of health disparities requires careful management of ML in clinical decision support.