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OHSU ends practice of factoring a patients race into treatment decisions in kidney disease

OHSU ends practice of factoring a patient’s race into diagnosis, treatment decisions in kidney disease

The use of a “race factor” in clinical algorithms that help determine who gets what treatments for various diseases in under scrutiny; its removal in the algorithm for kidney disease follows national recommendations championed locally.

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