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BoneChat #24 short - Addressing the new Health Equity question with VACs - Mark Copeland

26 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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Clinical care shouldn't change based on skin color. If a medical device performs differently across age groups, skin tones, or socioeconomic status, that data must be visible, not buried by companies hiding demographic performance information.

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That's not right that somebody, because of the color of their skin, doesn't get the same clinical care. And it's kind of important. Oxygen to the brain seems to me to be pretty important. Those are health equity examples from an implant or a, uh, simple med device standpoint. But I could tell you if I had a product that showed it worked better in older, younger, different color skin, different economic. I would make sure I'm highlighting that because that's important. And I, I find companies bury these things because it's still clinical.