{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable","title":"Ep. 8: Why Dangerous Doctors Sometimes Stay in Hospitals | AdvoKAYte Season 2","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1850,"description":"Most patients assume hospitals closely monitor doctors and quickly step in when patient safety is at risk.\nBut what really happens behind the scenes when concerns are raised about physician behavior, competency, professionalism, or patient harm?\nIn this episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, host Kay Van Wey sits down with physician leader and patient safety advocate Dr. Brijen Shah for an honest conversation about hospital governance, physician oversight, peer review, and the difficult balance between transparency, accountability, and protecting patients.\nDr. Shah is a practicing gastroenterologist, geriatrician, educator, and physician leader within the Mount Sinai Health System. Together, Kay and Dr. Shah pull back the curtain on how hospitals actually oversee doctors, and why those systems sometimes succeed and sometimes fail.\nIn this episode, they discuss:How hospitals govern physiciansWhat hospital peer review committees actually doWhy some dangerous doctors stay in practiceThe tension between hospital profits and patient safetyPhysician professionalism and accountabilityWhy healthcare systems need transparency and trustThe growing fear of retaliation, lawsuits, and secrecy in medicineWhy patient safety depends on strong hospital cultureOne of the most eye-opening moments in this conversation is the discussion about how hospitals balance protecting patients while also managing legal risk, physician shortages, financial pressures, and institutional reputation.\nKay also explores the uncomfortable reality that some healthcare systems may prioritize business concerns over accountability, especially when high-revenue physicians are involved. Dr. Shah candidly explains why those pressures are real and why hospital leadership and physician governance matter more than patients realize.\nBut this episode is not about attacking healthcare workers.\nIt is about creating healthcare systems where:Doctors can speak up safelyHospitals prioritize...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ACUAWAuskVZB96h477ijBkGBeQ9EEPkCx3DKXf9k02I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZTc2/ZDE3MDBjM2IwMDhm/M2YwOTc0Mjk2OTZk/MDc3My5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}