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Algorithmic Bias Healthcare

Meaning

Algorithmic bias in healthcare refers to systematic, reproducible errors in a computational system’s output that create unfair disparity in treatment or diagnosis for specific demographic groups, often stemming from unrepresentative or skewed training data. In the hormonal health space, this bias can manifest when predictive models, perhaps designed to optimize a bioidentical hormone replacement protocol, inadvertently under-represent or misinterpret physiological responses in individuals outside the predominant cohort, leading to suboptimal or incorrect clinical recommendations. This phenomenon undermines the goal of equitable and personalized endocrine care, requiring careful validation against diverse patient populations.