The BEAT Score
⚠️ This tool is for educational use only. Do not use it to report emergencies or make defamatory claims. For urgent concerns, contact your provider or licensing board directly.
What Is the BEAT Score?
The BEAT Score is a new way to measure healthcare experiences through the lens of Bias, Equity, Accessibility, and Trust.
It’s a patient-led tool that gathers real stories, detects patterns of discrimination or mistreatment, and transforms them into actionable insights — for individuals, communities, and healthcare systems.
Who It’s For:
The BEAT Score was created for anyone who has ever felt:
• Ignored during a doctor’s visit
• Misgendered or misnamed
• Rushed, dismissed, or spoken over
• Unsafe because of your race, identity, or disability
• Like you had to bring a caregiver just to be taken seriously
“That didn’t feel right… but I don’t know how to explain it.”
The BEAT Score was born from moments like this — when patients feel something is off, but don’t have the words or power to name it.
Founder Andrew Charles Dunn, a nurse and public health advocate, created the BEAT Score to make these moments visible, trackable, and undeniable.
What It Looks Like:
• A short reflective survey
• AI-powered language analysis to detect emotional tone, barriers, and bias
• A scoring system based on Bias, Equity, Accessibility, and Trust
• Optional visual reports and community-level data trends
“Hospitals get rated for speed. Doctors get graded for efficiency.
But who’s listening for respect, equity, and humanity?”
The BEAT Score brings patient stories to the center of healthcare — not as an afterthought, but as a new metric of accountability.
Ready to share your experience?
Your story matters — and it can help change the system.
This short survey takes just a few minutes. Your answers will help us shape the BEAT Score and build a healthcare system where bias is exposed, and every voice is heard.
All identities and experiences are welcome. You can remain anonymous, or choose to leave your info if you’d like to be contacted for future testing or collaborations.
✨ You’re not imagining it. And you’re not alone.
📩 Stories may be used (anonymized) for advocacy or education. This form is not for medical emergencies or complaints.
Bias in care doesn’t just hurt feelings. It harms lives.
The BEAT Score is how we speak up — together.
⚠️ This tool is for educational use only. Do not use it to report emergencies or make defamatory claims. For urgent concerns, contact your provider or licensing board directly.