Health AI: UK study of real world examples of bias

In early March 2024, the UK Government released a report by an independent expert panel into equity in medical devices.The inquiry was triggered by concerns that a medical device called a pulse oximeter, which clips on the end of your finger and estimates the level of oxygen in the blood by sending light through the skin, tends to overestimate oxygen levels in non-White patients. During the COVID pandemic, this could have delayed hospitalisation and use of oxygen for non-White patients.