Differential Documentation of Race in the First Line of the History of Present Illness

Jessica R Balderston; Zachary M Gertz; Raees Seedat; Jackson L Rankin; Amanda W Hayes; Viviana A Rodriguez; Gregory J Golladay

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5792

Differential Documentation of Race in the First Line of the History of Present Illness

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Mar 1;181(3):386-388. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5792.

Authors

Jessica R Balderston¹, Zachary M Gertz², Raees Seedat³, Jackson L Rankin¹, Amanda W Hayes⁴, Viviana A Rodriguez⁵, Gregory J Golladay⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond.
² Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
³ Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses medical records for evidence of racial bias in clinician documentation among patients admitted for breast cancer, sickle cell disease with crisis, status epilepticus, hypertensive emergency, pneumonia, or motor vehicle collision.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Documentation / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Medical Records*
Racism*
Retrospective Studies