Physicians are more likely to doubt Black patients than white patients

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Physicians are more likely to doubt Black patients than white patients

When the 21st Century Cures Act was implemented Monday, healthcare providers were required to give their patients free access to all the health information in their electronic medical records. Black patients are much more likely than white patients to discover language in those records that indicates they are not believed by their physicians, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

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