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  • Implementing a fracture lia...
    Greenspan, S. L.; Singer, A.; Vujevich, K.; Marchand, B.; Thompson, D. A.; Hsu, Y.-J.; Vaidya, D.; Stern, L. S.; Zeldow, D.; Lee, D. B.; Karp, S.; Recker, R.

    Osteoporosis international, 04/2018, Letnik: 29, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    Purpose Although half of women and one-quarter of men aged 50 and older will sustain an acute low-trauma fracture, less than a quarter receive appropriate secondary fracture prevention. The goal of this quality improvement demonstration project was to implement a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) focused on secondary prevention of an osteoporotic fracture in three open health care systems aided by a cloud-based tool. Methods The pre–post study design examined the proportion of men and women over age 50 who received appropriate assessment (bone mineral density, vitamin D levels) and treatment (calcium/vitamin D, pharmacologic therapy) in the six months following a recently diagnosed fracture. The pre-study (Pre FLS) included a retrospective chart review for baseline data ( N  = 344 patients) within each health care system. In the post-evaluation (Post FLS, N  = 148 patients), the FLS coordinator from each health care system examined these parameters following enrollment and for 6 months following the recently diagnosed fracture. Data were managed in the cloud-based FLS application tool. Results Ninety-three participants completed the program. The FLS program increased the percentage of patients receiving bone mineral density testing from 21% at baseline to 93% ( p  < 0.001) Post FLS implementation. Assessments of vitamin D levels increased from 25 to 84% ( p  < 0.001). Patients prescribed calcium/vitamin D increased from 36% at baseline to 93% ( p  < 0.001) and those prescribed pharmacologic treatment for osteoporosis increased on average from 20 to 54% ( p  < 0.001) Post FLS. Conclusions We conclude that the FLS model of care in an open health care system, assisted by a cloud-based tool, significantly improved assessment and/or treatment of patients with a recently diagnosed osteoporotic fracture. Future studies are necessary to determine if this model of care is scalable and if such programs result in prevention of fractures. Mini-Abstract: The goal was to implement a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) focused on secondary prevention of an osteoporotic fracture in open health care systems aided by a cloud-based tool. This model significantly improved assessment and/or treatment of patients with a recently diagnosed fracture.