How a failure to understand race leads to flawed health tech

A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies — namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested can exacerbate existing racial health inequities.

​A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies — namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested can exacerbate existing racial health inequities. A new study focused on wearable health monitors underscores an entrenched problem in the development of new health technologies — namely, that a failure to understand race means the way these devices are developed and tested can exacerbate existing racial health inequities.