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.

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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.

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Subscribe to AdvoKAYte: Holding Healthcare Accountable for thoughtful conversations about medical malpractice, patient safety, birth injuries, healthcare system failures, and patient advocacy.

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.

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