Support the Diagnostic Safety Act Today!

Please contact your Senators and Congress person and ask them to co-sponsor the "Saving Lives and Reducing Health Care Waste by improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act."

You can easily add your own brief story about why this matters to you in the letter on the right, below the form.

LEARN MORE

Up to a million people a year die or are seriously disabled by missed, delayed, or wrong diagnoses (source: Johns Hopkins)


  • Half of patient safety events are not reported, limiting the ability to make care safer (source: HHS OIG)


  • The patient's role in diagnostic safety (source: AHRQ)


  • CDC guidelines on Diagnostic Excellence (source: CDC)


  • Learning from patients' experiences of diagnostic errors (source: Health Affairs)


You can read the Senate Bill here: S. 4989


You can read the House Bill here: H.R. 9696


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HOW IT WORKS IN 3 STEPS

  • FILL YOUR INFO
  • ADD YOUR STORY TO THE LETTER
  • HIT SEND EMAIL

It goes straight to your Senators and Representative.

NOT SURE WHAT TO WRITE?

  • Was a diagnosis missed, delayed, or wrong for you or someone close to you?
  • What happened as a result?
  • What would have made a difference?
  • Why does it matter to you that Congress acts now?


Example:

“In 2021, my mother’s stroke symptoms were dismissed as anxiety. By the time she was correctly diagnosed, the damage was permanent. No family should go through what we did. Please co-sponsor this bill.”


Two or three sentences is enough. You don’t need to be an expert, just honest.