Care Disparities

Transplant teams are less likely to accept donor hearts for Black men

March 27, 2024 - A study published in JAMA on March 25, 2024, found racial and gender disparities in donor heart acceptances by transplant center teams, noting that Black men on the wait list were the least likely to have a heart accepted while White women had the highest acceptance rates. The racial disparities in the organ transplant system are not a new...


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Racial Differences in Pulse Oximeter Performance May Lead to Inequity

by Veronica Salib

On July 11, 2022, researchers published an article in JAMA Internal Medicine noting racial differences in pulse oximeter performance. Researchers also postulated that these discrepancies might be...