How can LGBTQIA health testing and outcomes be improved? Dr. Brandy Gunsolus discusses LGBTQIA disparities and solutions toward health equity.

For overweight patients who experience bias, how can they help ensure equitable testing? Dr. Brandy Gunsolus shares her perspective and advice.

Diagnostic testing is important, but how can providers help those who might have barriers to access? Dr. Brandy Gunsolus shares advice.

Medical laboratory science is now using artificial intelligence (AI) in some testing, but what is the impact? Dr. Brandy Gunsolus explains.

An informed and balanced approach must be taken with artificial intelligence to ensure that optimal benefits prevail for patients while also decreasing long-standing healthcare disparities.

Dana Powell Baker discusses the point of view of LGBTQIA+ patients and how healthcare providers can help provide more inclusive spaces for all patients.

Dana Powell Baker discusses assumptions about female-specific diagnostic tests and tests that are still commonly overlooked.

Dana Powell Baker explains some stigmas that persist in healthcare settings and advice for patients to ensure they receive essential female-specific diagnostic tests.

Dana Powell Baker discusses barriers to prenatal testing and solutions to improve prenatal testing rates and pregnancy outcomes.

Dana Powell Baker discusses past provider attitudes about LGBTQIA+patients and solutions to improve access to care.

Dana Powell Baker discusses how stereotypes and societal expectations can impact care and how healthcare providers can work toward optimal care for all.

Dana Powell Baker explains how various cultural factors must be considered as a factor in patient care and shares advice on how providers can adjust to cultural factors to help reduce care disparities.

Dana Powell Baker shares her perspective on provider education and methods healthcare providers can utilize to advance equity for female patients.

Dana Powell Baker shares information about female-specific diagnostics tests like mammograms and pap smears and how healthcare providers can help advance equity.

An estimated 13 billion lab tests are performed in the U.S. each year. Diagnostic tests are the highest-volume medical activity we experience. And these tests help drive most medical decisions.

Algorithms are used to diagnose kidney and lung disease and to determine which method of childbirth is best for expecting mothers. These equations consider various factors, including your age, test results, and race.

Recent evidence shows that pulse oximeter, a small device that measures oxygen, inaccurately measures low blood oxygen levels in patients with darker skin. Yet, the same device is still used as a standard of care today.

People with coarse, curly hair are often denied opportunities to participate in neuroscience research that uses electroencephalogram (EEG) testing due to standard electrodes being unable to reach the scalp. What can be done to help?

Medicine’s use of race can have the effect of reinforcing false, disproven ideas of race and biology and relying on racist assumptions. The continued use of eGFR means the kidney function of Black patients may appear better than it is, and patients may not get the treatment they need.

BIPOC patients are endangered in America’s healthcare system. Racially biased diagnostic tests are misdiagnosing BIPOC patients, inaccurately hiding the severity of their health issues. This lethal predicament affects some patients' chances to receive timely care and access to crucial resources.