Race and Ethnicity and Clinician Linguistic Expressions of Doubt in Hospital Admission Notes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Stigmatizing language in electronic health records (EHRs) can generate or reinforce negative stereotypes about patients from minoritized groups and erode their trust and experience. However, less is known about the use of such language to cast doubt on patient clinical history in hospital settings.

Objective

To compare the prevalence of language expressing doubt about patient clinical history (eg, experiences and symptoms) in hospital admission notes by patient race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, natural language processing tools were applied to analyze 54 936 admission notes from 1249 clinicians about patients aged 18 years or older at admission and hospitalized at an academic health system in the Northeast US betwee

SUBMITTER: Lee CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature