<- Production AI Graph
incident event
Optum Healthcare Algorithm Systematically Underprovided Care to Black Patients
A widely used healthcare risk algorithm sold by Optum used healthcare spending as a proxy for health need. Because structural inequalities mean Black patients historically spent less on healthcare than equally sick white patients, the algorithm systematically underestimated the health needs of Blac…
Confidence
80%
Sources
1
Entities
1
Detected
1 Jan 2019
Event summary
A widely used healthcare risk algorithm sold by Optum used healthcare spending as a proxy for health need. Because structural inequalities mean Black patients historically spent less on healthcare than equally sick white patients, the algorithm systematically underestimated the health needs of Blac…
D3D6
Linked entities
- Optum (UnitedHealth)
organisation | 72%
Related graph edges
| Edge | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| ent-org-optum-unitedhealth to ent-psf-d3 | maps to | 62% |
| ent-org-optum-unitedhealth to ent-psf-d6 | maps to | 62% |