Articles Tagged With: ethnicity
-
Triage: When Relying on Historical Data, Do Not Apply Bias from Past Decisions
There is no denying that in a system that relies heavily on clinician judgment regarding acuity designations, bias can influence triage decisions. Indeed, among the disparities identified in the study into Emergency Severity Index triage accuracy was that Black patients had a 4.6% greater relative risk of overtriage and an 18.5% greater relative risk of undertriage when compared with white patients.
-
Patients’ Race, Insurance Status Affect Likelihood of Ethics Consult
More frequent ethics consults in a given patient population could be a signal of more ethical dilemmas, or more conflict, communication issues, or bias. Regardless of the reason, the fact that a group of patients is going through more ethics consults is not necessarily harmful.
-
Do Race and Ethnicity Affect the Likelihood of ICU Admission?
Patients who identify with racial or ethnic minority groups and present with sepsis or acute respiratory failure are more likely to be admitted to the ICU when compared to white patients.
-
Contraception for Youth in Texas Is Affected by Dating Violence
A study of Texas high school students’ information on sexual and other risks revealed that 11% of the adolescents surveyed reported experiencing physical or sexual dating violence. Those who reported violence were more likely to report not using contraception.
-
Survey Reveals Widespread Discrimination in Healthcare
In addition to racial/ethnic discrimination, survey respondents reported discrimination based on education, income level, weight, sex, and age. Ethicists play a major role in applying methodological and theoretical tools to respond effectively to this problem.
-
Obesity Connected to Up to Half of All U.S. Diabetes Cases
Recent analysis reveals strong connection between body weight and type 2 diabetes.
-
Tips to Help Collect Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data
This information collected at registration is for patients’ benefit. It is a way to identify the population the hospital serves, compare outcomes, and find areas that need improvement. When patients and registrars understand this, the process is easier.
-
Easier to Ask for Race, Ethnicity, and Language Data if Registrars Know Why
Hospitals want to show care processes and outcomes are not different based on patient race or ethnicity. Facilities do that by collect the data, and then stratifying the whole range of hospital quality measures by race and ethnicity.