Racial and Ethnic Designation Inaccuracies in Children’s Medical Records May Impede Equity Efforts

A study from the Michigan Child Health Equity Collaborative, or Mi-CHEC, found substantial errors across the three health systems in racial and ethnic designations in their electronic medical records despite the desire from leadership to address equity issues for pediatric patients. Gary L. Freed, M.D., M.P.H., professor in the department of pediatrics at the U-M Medical School, discusses the strategies to improve data accuracy and equity.