Suboptimal osteoporosis care in hospitalized patients: a retrospective analysis of vertebral compression fractures detected on computed tomography.

Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are the most common osteoporotic fractures. Only 1/3 of patients with VCFs are clinically diagnosed. In our institution, the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) was launched in 2017 to improve osteoporosis management for hospitalized patients.

Clinical Academic Rheumatology: A Boon for Health Systems.

Objective: Finding a balance between clinical and scholarly productivity is a challenge for many academic clinician-educator rheumatologists. An examination of workload and downstream revenue determines if the financial value generated by services rendered by rheumatologists are proportionate to the financial value created for a health system. A 2005 study found that academic rheumatologists generate $10.