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(02/16/14 7:54pm)
The University Health System became an Accountable Care Organization Jan. 1, a designation newly created under the Affordable Care Act. An ACO is a network created to coordinate care between doctors and hospitals in an effort to lower Medicare costs. Each ACO is responsible for at least 5,000 Medicare patients, according to the Center for Medicare Services.
(04/24/13 2:43am)
Seasonal allergies — also known as allergic rhinitis or hay fever — run rampant this time of year among students, as pollen levels in the air hit their peak. Sharon Krause, coordinator of the Student Health’s Allergy Shot Clinic, said the pollen that causes spring allergies comes primarily from oak, maple and pine trees. In Charlottesville, the sweet gum and birch trees in bloom may also cause some allergy symptoms, she said.
(04/17/13 2:14am)
A March study in the New England Journal of Medicine has shown that radiation therapy used to treat breast cancer can cause long-term cardiovascular damage and increase a patient’s chance of heart attack. To combat these side effects to treatment, doctors in the University Hospital’s Moser Radiation Therapy Center offer a safer radiation therapy technique for breast cancer patients that limits damage to the heart.