- Yang, Connie;
- Coney, Leslie;
- Mohanraj, Deepthi;
- Casanova-Perez, Reggie;
- Bascom, Emily;
- Efrem, Niyat;
- Garcia, Joseph;
- Sabin, Janice;
- Pratt, Wanda;
- Weibel, Nadir;
- Hartzler, Andrea
Implicit biases may negatively influence healthcare providers behaviors toward patients from historically marginalized communities, impacting providers communication style, clinical decision-making, and delivery of quality care. Existing interventions to mitigate negative experiences of implicit biases are primarily designed to increase recognition and management of stereotypes and prejudices through provider-facing tools and resources. However, there is a gap in understanding and designing interventions from patient perspectives. We conducted seven participatory co-design workshops with 32 Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ+), and Queer, Transgender, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (QTBIPOC) individuals to design patient-centered interventions that help them address and recover from provider implicit biases in primary care. Participants designed four types of solutions: accountability measures, real-time correction, patient enablement tools, and provider resources. These informatics interventions extend the research on implicit biases in healthcare through inclusion of valuable, firsthand patient perspectives and experiences.