Variation in Mentions of Race and Ethnicity in Notes in Intensive Care Units Across a Health Care System

Author(s): Julien Cobert, MD, Edie Espejo, BS, John Boscardin, PhD, Hunter Mills, MS, Deepshikha Ashana, MD, Karthik Raghunathan, MD, Timothy A. Heintz, MD, Allyson Cook Chapman, MD, Alex K. Smith, MD, and Sei Lee, MD

Contact Hours 1.00

CERP B 1.00

Expires Nov 01, 2027

Topics: TeleHealth

Population: Adult, Geriatric

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Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

This retrospective study investigated whether mentions of race in notes for critically ill patients differed according to patients’ race. Note language containing information on social constructs has consequences for clinicians and patients reading notes and for algorithms trained on clinical notes.

Objectives

  • Identify differences in rates at which note writers mention patients' race or ethnicity in intensive care unit (ICU) notes.
  • Describe factors associated with the presence of race or ethnicity terms in ICU notes
  • Explain how the presence of race and ethnicity terms in ICU notes could reflect linguistic biases

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Criteria for Awarding Contact Hours

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for {contactHours} contact hours.

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