Navigating the Health Care System Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy, M.D., has prepared brief, easy-to-understand advice columns for consumers to help navigate the health care system. They will address important issues such as how to recognize high-quality health care, how to be an informed health care consumer, and how to choose a hospital, doctor, and health plan. Check back regularly for new columns. Sign up: Dr. Clancy's Corner: Health Care Advice for Consumers email updates May 1 2010 Video Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. Patients who are involved in their health care get better quality care and better results. These videos on Navigating the Health Care System feature Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Director Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., encouraging patients to ask questions of their doctor, nurse or pharmacist and to speak up if they have concerns about medications, tests, or procedures.BackgroundPreventing medical errors is a task best shared by care providers and patients. To help patients understand their role in preventing errors, AHRQ has created five 2-minute videos in English on Navigating the Health Care System. In these videos, AHRQ Director Dr. Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., gives patients advice on and examples of questions they should ask about their medical tests, surgery, and medicines so they can avoid medical errors. These videos complement Dr. Clancy's monthly Navigating the Health Care System advice column, which is available on the AHRQ Web site.Viewing the VideosYou may watch any of the five health columns on your computer.Asking Questions to Get the Care You NeedAsking Questions About Medical TestsWhat to Ask Before SurgeryTips for Taking Medicines SafelyWhere Medical Errors Occur and How to Avoid ThemAdditional ResourcesNavigating the Health Care System Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy.Healthcare 411 podcasts.Having Surgery? What You Need to Know.Your Medicine: Be Smart. Be Safe. Current as of May 2010 Internet Citation: Video Advice Columns from Dr. Carolyn Clancy. May 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/columns/navigating-the-health-care-system/video.html
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