Mentor Night Series: How David Norris builds a great team

David Norris, MD Insider, B2B

I did a search for a doctor on Yelp and the first review I saw said, “with ‘my man’ Dan Chan you can’t go wrong!”

Today’s guest has a company that ranks physicians based on facts and data, like how many times they did the procedures.

So if you’re going to have knee surgery and you want to know how often the doctor has done that surgery, and how often it went wrong, they’ll tell you.

David Norris is the founder of MD Insider, which uses big data to rank doctors.

David Norris

MD Insider

David Norris is a co-founder and CEO of MD Insider, an innovative and disruptive healthcare technology company that uses big data to lower healthcare costs for employers and insurers.

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All right. So, before the interview started, I went to Yelp and I did a search for a doctor to see what kind of reviews can you get if you want to find a doctor and get some help from the community. The first review I saw about this guy, Dr. Dan Chan, here’s what he’s said, “You can’t go wrong with my man, Dan Chan.” I thought, “Huh… That’s the kind of reviews you get on Yelp.” Think about helpful or unhelpful that is if you’re really going in for something critical.

Well, today’s guest has a different approach. Instead of subjective feedback, he wants real data, real facts, like how did past procedures go. So imagine, for example, that you’re going to have knee surgery. You don’t want to know that “My man Dan Chan” is the guy to go with. What you...

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