The Dr. Death case didn’t just expose one surgeon. It exposed a broken system.

In this episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, the speaker sits down with Lisa McGiffert, longtime patient safety advocate and former Consumer Reports leader, to explain what the Dr. Death case revealed about medical boards, transparency, and accountability in healthcare.

Lisa spent 27 years at Consumer Reports working on healthcare oversight and later led a national campaign requiring hospitals to publicly report infection rates. She now leads the Patient Safety Action Network (PSAN), helping patients and families turn harm into action.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How Dr. Death exposed failures in medical board oversight

• Why disciplined doctors appeared “clean” in Texas

• How new laws now require continuous monitoring of the National Practitioner Data Bank

• Why secrecy still protects doctors over patients

• What patients can do to demand accountability

If you followed the Dr. Death story and want to understand how the system failed and how to prevent it from happening again—this episode is essential.

Learn more about PSAN: https://www.patientsafetyaction.org

More AdvoKAYte episodes: https://www.vanweylaw.com/advokayte-podcasts/

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