Breaking the fracture cycle through effective and coordinated models of care
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 18:31
in Health & Medicine
A prior fracture at least doubles a patient's future fracture risk -- yet numerous studies from across the world have found that health-care systems fail to respond to the first fracture to prevent future fractures. A new position paper concludes that coordinator-based systems are the most clinically- and cost-effective models to optimize outcome in fragility fracture patients and help prevent secondary fractures.