California has an opportunity to eliminate harmful race-based clinical algorithms from its health systems — but doing so requires coordinated action across health systems, specialty societies, EHR vendors, payers, and regulators.
On May 20, 2026, CHCF and the Digital Medicine Society (DiME) hosted a webinar where speakers discussed how California can build capacity to blunt the harm of race-based clinical algorithms.
Watch the Recording
Three Key Takeaways
- Race-based clinical algorithms cause real, measurable harm — and the window to act is now.
- Change is possible. The New York City Coalition to End Racism in Clinical Algorithms (CERCA) demonstrated that coordinated, multi-system action can deliver results in a short time frame.
- Safety net providers need material support to identify and fix race-based clinical algorithms.
Speakers
- Katherine Haynes, Senior Program Officer, Improving Access, CHCF
- Ian Miller, Associate Program Director, Digital Medicine Society
- Jennifer Goldsack, CEO, Digital Medicine Society
- Monica Soni, CMO, Covered California & Chief Deputy Executive Director, Health Equity and Quality Transformation, Covered California
- Helen Burstin, CEO, Council of Medical Specialty Societies
- Michelle Morse, Hospitalist, Kings County Hospital & Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Cynthia Delgado, Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
