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More health inequality: Black people are 3 times more likely to experience pulse oximeter errors

  • Written by Thomas Valley, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan
More health inequality: Black people are 3 times more likely to experience pulse oximeter errorsA pulse oximeter measures a person's blood oxygen saturation level and heart rate.Grace Cary via Getty Images

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have purchased small devices called pulse oximeters for use in their home – based on well-intentioned recommendations from health care providers and the media. Pulse oximeters are devices,...

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