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Fracture Liaison Services: Promoting Enhanced Bone Health Care

  • Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease (KG Saag, Section Editor)
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The high prevalence of osteoporotic fractures and their major effect on morbidity and mortality emphasizes the critical need to optimize bone health care. Patients presenting with fragility fractures are at high risk of subsequent fracture, but treatment rates have remained low for these patients. Recently developed fracture liaison services have successfully increased osteoporosis treatment, with improved patient outcomes. We review factors contributing to the treatment gap in osteoporosis, the function of fracture liaison services in reducing this gap, and lessons learned from the literature on effective formats, key elements, and suggestions for managing challenges in implementation of a fracture liaison service.

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Juliet Aizer reports that she has no conflict of interest. Dr. Aizer received funding in part from the Rheumatology Research Foundation Clinician Scholar Educator Award. Marcy B. Bolster reports the receipt of a research grant from Eli Lilly, outside the submitted work.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, 535 E 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Juliet Aizer

  2. Division of Rheumatology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Bulfinch 165, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Marcy B. Bolster

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Aizer, J., Bolster, M.B. Fracture Liaison Services: Promoting Enhanced Bone Health Care. Curr Rheumatol Rep 16, 455 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11926-014-0455-2

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