Dr. Susan Moore died in December from COVID-19 complications. In a viral Facebook video shared before her death, Moore alleged racial bias in the care she received at IU Health North Hospital.
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Several community groups are criticizing IU Health’s response to the external review of Dr. Susan Moore’s death. Moore died in December from COVID-19 complications. In a viral Facebook video, Moore alleged racial bias in the care she received at IU Health North Hospital.
An external review found that while the medical care Moore received did not cause her death, cultural competence was not practiced by all providers and several lacked awareness of implicit racial bias in Moore’s care.
The panel recommended that IU Health improve the delivery of patient care and increase cultural competence and awareness of implicit bias within the organization.
An external review on the death of a Black woman doctor found the “medical management and technical care” she received from Indiana University Health did
INDIANAPOLIS A Black physician died of COVID-19 weeks after she described a white doctor dismissing her pain and concerns about her treatment as she lay in an Indiana hospital.
Dr. Susan Moore passed away on Dec. 20 due to complications from COVID-19, her son told the New York Times. The internist died about two weeks after she shared a video in which she accused a doctor at Indiana University Health North Hospital (IU North) of ignoring her complaints of pain and requests for medication because she was Black, even though she was both a patient and a doctor herself.
In a video that was posted earlier this month, she filmed herself from a hospital bed and recounted her experience at IU North. Moore said her doctor brushed off her symptoms, telling her, You re not even short of breath.