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DATE: September 4, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT NEWS MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: STAT+: Lindsay Clancy case exposes dangers of fragmented U.S. health system, experts say
Thirteen medications across 30 different prescriptions. Five clinicians. Two hospitals.
In the four months before killing her three children and attempting to kill herself, Lindsay Clancy desperately sought help for her deteriorating mental condition. But as her ongoing murder trial has made clear, the help she got was scattered across multiple providers who gave conflicting advice and, crucially, didn’t talk to one another.
For Americans with private insurance, Clancy included, this kind of fragmented care is the norm. Not only are providers siloed within their own employers with little incentive to communicate, there’s no universal electronic health records where they can see the totality of a patient’s care and medications. Experts following the Clancy case said if there had been someone in the driver’s seat responsible for overseeing all of her care, things may have turned out differently.
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