BONUS Ep. 2: Laura Beil on Dr. Death — Healthcare, Cover-Ups, and Accountability

Ep. 3: Why Good Doctors Stay Silent: The Hidden Culture Inside Hospitals | AdvoKAYte Season 2

Why would good doctors, nurses, and healthcare professionals stay silent when they know something is wrong? In Episode 3 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, host Kay Van Wey sits down again with healthcare executive and patient safety advocate, Anne Roberts, for a deeply personal and eye-opening conversation about fear, burnout, hospital culture, and the hidden pressures inside modern healthcare systems. This episode goes beyond medical malpractice headlines and explores the emotional reality many healthcare workers face every day: fear of retaliation, pressure from hospital administration, burnout and moral distress, unsafe staffing and system failures, and the challenge of speaking up for patients. Anne shares why truly safe hospitals are built on cultures where people feel empowered to report concerns without fear, and why organizations that discourage transparency can put patients at greater risk. Kay and Anne also discuss the lasting lessons from the Dr. Death case and why dangerous system failures still happen across the country today. They explain how healthcare is not just medicine but also a business, and how that tension can sometimes affect patient care in ways families never see. This episode is honest, emotional, and incredibly important for patients and families, doctors and nurses, healthcare leaders, and anyone navigating the healthcare system. At Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm in Dallas, Texas, Kay Van Wey and her team advocate for families affected by medical malpractice, hospital negligence, birth injuries, surgical errors, preventable medical mistakes, and healthcare system failures. Because accountability in healthcare is not about blame. It is about protecting patients. And supporting the people trying to care for them. Listen to more episodes: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/] Learn more about Van Wey & Metzler: https://www.vanweylaw.com/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/] #PatientSafety #MedicalMalpractice #HealthcareAccountability #HospitalSafety #PhysicianBurnout #MedicalErrors #PatientAdvocacy #HealthcarePodcast #KayVanWey #VanWeyMetzler

Ep. 2: Beyond Dr. Death: Why America’s Healthcare System Keeps Failing Patients | AdvoKAYte Season 2

What if most medical errors are not caused by bad doctors… but by broken healthcare systems? In the Season 2 premiere of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, host Kay Van Wey welcomes nationally recognized patient safety expert Dr. Matt Austin for a powerful conversation about the hidden system failures driving preventable medical harm in hospitals across America. Dr. Austin, a PhD-level patient safety expert with a background in systems engineering and aviation safety, explains why healthcare continues to struggle with medical errors despite decades of research, technology, and regulation. Together, Kay and Dr. Austin explore one of the biggest questions in healthcare today: Are medical mistakes caused by bad people — or bad systems? This episode dives deep into: 1. Preventable medical errors 2. Patient safety failures 3. Hospital system design 4. Healthcare worker burnout 5. Wrong-site surgeries and communication breakdowns 6. The parallels between aviation safety and healthcare safety 7. Artificial intelligence in medicine 8. Why healthcare accountability matters more than ever Kay brings the perspective of a nationally recognized medical malpractice attorney who has spent decades representing families devastated by preventable medical mistakes. Dr. Austin brings the perspective of a systems engineer focused on improving hospital safety and reducing harm before tragedy occurs. Together, they unpack why patients continue to be harmed in hospitals every day — and why fixing healthcare requires more than blaming individual doctors or nurses. One of the most eye-opening moments of the episode comes when Dr. Austin compares preventable medical harm in hospitals to “three 747s crashing every day” in America — a staggering comparison that highlights the scale of the patient safety crisis. But this conversation is not about fear. It is about awareness. It is about accountability. And it is about building safer healthcare systems for everyone. Listen to more episodes of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/] Learn more about Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm in Dallas, Texas: https://www.vanweylaw.com/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/] Subscribe for conversations about: Medical malpractice, patient safety, healthcare accountability, hospital negligence, birth injuries, healthcare reform, medical errors, physician burnout, and patient advocacy.

Ep. 1: Beyond Dr. Death: Why Patient Safety Still Matters | AdvoKAYte Season 2

Welcome back to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable. Season 2 begins with a very special conversation between host Kay Van Wey and her law partner Luke Metzler, a birth injury attorney at Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm in Dallas, Texas. After Season 1 explored the shocking failures behind the Dr. Death case, Kay and Luke are widening the lens. This season is not just about the cases that make headlines. It is about the families whose lives change in an instant because of medical malpractice, preventable medical errors, birth injuries, hospital negligence, and healthcare system failures. These are the stories Kay and Luke see in their work every day. In this season premiere, Kay and Luke talk about why patient safety is personal, why medical negligence is often bigger than one bad doctor, and why healthcare accountability matters to every patient, every parent, and every family. Kay explains that Season 2 will take listeners inside the issues that too often stay hidden from hospital decision-making and patient safety science to nurse burnout, doctor burnout, birth injury cases, and the growing role of AI in healthcare. This episode is the bridge between Season 1 and what comes next: deeper conversations, real-world examples, and expert insight into how the healthcare system can better protect patients. In this episode, Kay and Luke discuss: 1. Why Season 2 moves beyond the Dr. Death case 2. The real families behind medical malpractice lawsuits 3. How birth injuries can affect a child and family for a lifetime 4. Why hospital errors are often connected to larger system failures 5. How nurse burnout and doctor burnout can affect patient care 6. Why patient safety should matter to everyone 7. What listeners can expect from Season 2 of AdvoKAYte At Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm, Kay Van Wey and Luke Metzler represent patients and families whose lives have been forever changed by medical negligence. Through this podcast, they are opening up honest conversations about medical malpractice, birth injury, patient safety, hospital accountability, and the future of healthcare. Because healthcare accountability is not abstract. It is personal. It is urgent. And it affects all of us. Learn more about the podcast: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/] Learn more about Van Wey & Metzler Law Firm: https://www.vanweylaw.com/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/] Subscribe to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable for thoughtful conversations about medical malpractice, patient safety, birth injuries, healthcare system failures, and patient advocacy.

Season 1 Finale: What Dr. Death Taught Us + What’s Next in Season 2

Season 1 was a deep dive—sometimes infuriating, sometimes heartbreaking —into how Christopher Duntsch (“Dr. Death”) was able to hurt so many people. But this season was never about retelling a story you’ve already heard. It was about getting to the real question: how could this happen again and again without institutions stepping in to stop it? In this short wrap-up, Kay Van Wey reflects on why we started here, why the public outrage still hasn’t translated into the changes patients need, and what she hopes you’re walking away with: a clearer understanding of the system, and a reason to keep pushing for accountability because whether you’ve been affected or not, we’re all patients eventually. Kay also shares an open invitation: if you’ve got a story, feedback, or expertise that belongs in this conversation, reach out. This podcast is for you and it’s not meant to be an echo chamber. That’s a wrap on Season 1… we’re heading into Season 2! We hope you come along for the ride.  Learn more: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/] New episodes every Wednesday at 9 AM CT #AdvoKAYtePodcast #HoldingHealthcareAccountable #PatientSafety #HealthcareAccountability #DrDeath #HealthcareReform #MedicalMalpractice

BONUS Ep. 2: Laura Beil on Dr. Death — Healthcare, Cover-Ups, and Accountability

Christopher Duntsch made headlines. But if you zoom out, the bigger question is harder and more important: How did the system let him keep going? In BONUS Episode 2 of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, Kay Van Wey sits down with Laura Beil, the investigative journalist and host of Wondery’s Dr. Death, to talk about what most people miss. This story was labeled “true crime,” but Laura explains why it was never really a whodunit. It was a why-was-this-allowed. They get into what Laura learned reporting Dr. Death, what happens when healthcare is treated like a business, and why transparency is still so hard for patients even when they’re trying to do everything “right.” In this BONUS episode, we talk about: 1. Why the healthcare system is the main character in Dr. Death 2. The money, pressure, and incentives that shape decisions behind the scenes 3. Why patients can research a refrigerator more easily than a surgeon 4. What to look for when you’re choosing a doctor (and why instincts matter) 5. Tools like ProPublica’s Surgeon Scorecard and what data can—and can’t—tell you 6. Why people inside hospitals are often afraid to speak up, even when they know something’s wrong 7. What has (and hasn’t) changed since Dr. Death and why that matters now If you’ve followed Dr. Death, or if you’ve ever wondered how stories like this keep happening, you’ll want to hear this conversation. Learn more: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/ [https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/] New episodes every Wednesday at 9 AM CT #AdvoKAYtePodcast #LauraBeil #DrDeath #Wondery #PatientSafety #HealthcareAccountability #MedicalMalpractice #InvestigativeJournalism #HealthcareReform