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Podcast: Creating a New Healthcare
Episode: Episode #162: Addressing Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement – with Neil Friedman, COO & Co-Founder of BodiMetrics
Description: Friends,
This interview is one of the most startling I’ve posted to date. In this episode, we discover that pulse oximeters – which measure blood oxygen levels – are not always accurate in people of color. Mounting evidence suggests that they’re far less accurate in people of color than in white people. They can overestimate the amount of oxygen saturation in the blood and miss low oxygen levels. As a result, people of color may be underdiagnosed and undertreated for low blood oxygen – in conditions ranging from pneumonia and flu, to numerous chronic lung conditions, to asthma, and heart...