Medical Xpress

Updating allocation algorithms could help donor hearts reach the transplant patients who need them most

Receiving a heart transplant is a matter of life and death for many patients. Every time a heart becomes available, a "match run" is created to generate a list of transplant candidates ranked by an ...
STAT

Equal treatment for equal risk: Should race be included in allocation algorithms for Covid-19 therapies?

When the Omicron surge threatened to overwhelm hospitals and the number of infections greatly exceeded the quantities of anti-Covid therapies that might help keep people out of the hospital, the need ...

SHIRO & Co. Launches Algorithmic Allocation Observatory to Examine When AI Inference Becomes Consequence

New public research instrument applies ALLOW / HOLD / DENY to AI-assisted decisions in healthcare, housing, employment ...
Slate

The Kidney Transplant Algorithm’s Surprising Lessons for Ethical A.I.

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month.Become a Plus Member This article is adapted from Voices in the Code: A Story About People, Their ...