Background: Older patients who experience a fragility fracture are at high risk of future
fractures but are rarely tested or treated for osteoporosis. We developed a multifaceted …

Introduction Older patients with fragility fractures are not commonly tested or treated for
osteoporosis. Compared to usual care, a previously reported intervention led to 30 …

In a cluster randomized trial, we evaluated the effect of a multifaceted intervention (directed
at both patient and primary care physician) on the rates of testing and treatment of …

Few outpatients with fractures are treated for osteoporosis in the years following fracture. In
a randomized pilot study, we found a nurse case-manager could double rates of …

Background: Despite the high risk for future fractures and the availability of effective
treatments, fewer than 10% to 20% of patients who sustain a fragility fracture are tested or …

Background: Although osteoporosis is being evaluated and treated increasingly in elderly
patients with fragility fractures, some studies have suggested that physicians may be missing …

In a randomized trial, a multifaceted intervention tripled rates of osteoporosis treatment in
older patients with wrist fracture. An economic analysis of the trial now demonstrates that the …

This article reports a controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of patient education and
a physician alerting system in altering secondary osteoporosis prevention after a low-trauma …

Introduction Despite the high risk for subsequent fracture following an initial osteoporotic
fracture, the majority of subjects with minimal trauma fractures receive no treatment for …

Patients sustaining a low‐trauma fracture are at greater risk of subsequent fracture, but as a
group are poorly managed. We report the development of our 'First Fracture Project', in …