Carolyn M. Clancy

Topic: Carolyn M. Clancy

Carolyn M. Clancy is the subject or is mentioned in the following stories:

Surgical errors costs $1.5 billion a year

ROCKVILLE, Md., July 30 (UPI) -- Potentially preventable medical errors that occur during or after surgery may cost employers nearly $1.5 billion a year, U.S. government officials said.

Health checklist for those 50 and older

WASHINGTON, July 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. government and the AARP released two checklists to help men and women over age 50 stay healthy and prevent disease, officials said.

Insurance costs vary widely by city

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) --

Database compares health coverage costs

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Consumers, companies and analysts can compare health coverage costs in the largest U.S. metro areas using a new database developed by the U.S. government. The data bank, developed by the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Resea

U.S. brochure advises on surgery

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a brochure on questions patients should ask before surgery.

U.S. medical system creates errors

PHILADELPHIA, May 4 (UPI) -- American doctors write about 3.5 billion prescriptions every year and new research suggests nearly one in every 100 of those prescriptions is wrong -- the wrong drug, the wrong dose or the wrong patient.