{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable","title":"Ep. 10: What Google Won't Tell You About Your Doctor | AdvoKAYte Season 2","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1890,"description":"Most patients research their doctor the same way they research a restaurant, they Google it, skim the reviews, and hope for the best.\nBut online reviews can't tell you if your doctor has been disciplined by the medical board. They can't tell you their complication rates, their readmission rates, or whether other physicians in your community are quietly steering patients away from them. And the data that could tell you all of that? Most of it is locked behind laws that prevent the public from ever seeing it.\nIn this episode of AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable, host Kay Van Wey sits down with Chad Erickson and Barry Howell two experienced healthcare administrators who have worked inside hospitals and large physician practice groups for an honest conversation about what patients can and cannot find out about their doctors, and what they built to start closing that gap.\nChad and Barry are the founders of Texas Best Docs, a platform designed to give patients and physicians access to factual, objective information about providers, starting with Texas Medical Board actions, without the noise of pay-to-play directories or anonymous reviews.\nIn this episode, they discuss:Why Google reviews are one of the worst ways to evaluate a physicianWhat Texas Best Docs is, how it works, and how it's different from pay-to-play directoriesWhat the Texas Medical Board actually tracks and what its limitations areWhy a clean record on the medical board does not necessarily mean a doctor is goodThe data that hospitals collect on every physician and why patients can never see itWhat the National Practitioner Data Bank is and why it is off limits to the publicHow to use CMS hospital data to make more informed decisions about your careThe best advice two healthcare insiders have for patients choosing a doctorDocWatch: how to get alerted when your doctor has a new Texas Medical Board actionOne of the most striking moments in this conversation is Kay's description of the data that...","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}