HealthTALK

Beyond the Algorithm,  AI, Health Equity & the Future for BAME Women

There are moments in history where everything changes, not through a viral headline, but through quiet shifts in access, behaviour and power. COVID-19 was one of those moments. But what followed may be even more defining,  the silent rise of AI and digital acceleration in healthcare.

While algorithms replaced admin and remote care replaced waiting rooms, an uncomfortable truth emerged, BAME women remain underrepresented and underserved. Not just in treatment, but in the design of the very systems meant to improve our wellbeing.

Let’s break it down.

1. AI in Healthcare and Who Gets Seen

The Great Health Reset: How the System Fails Women of Colour

Health is not just about biology — it is deeply tied to economics, anthropology and systemic structures that dictate who thrives and who struggles. The current health crisis in the U.S. is not simply an issue of personal choice; it is a result of a rigged system where profit trumps well-being and marginalised communities — particularly women of colour   — bear the brunt of this reality.

The Legacy of Inequity

From an anthropological perspective, health disparities among women of colour are deeply rooted in historical and cultural oppression. The medical system has long treated Black, Indigenous and Latina women as experimental subjects, from the exploitation of Black women in gynaecology by J. Marion Sims to…