Refracture following fracture liaison service assessment illustrates the requirement for integrated falls and fracture services.

The Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) allows appropriate antiosteoporosis therapy to be targeted to potentially reduce future fracture risk. A proportion of these treated patients will still experience a further fracture. This work reviews the characteristics of these patients.

Setting up an osteoporosis fracture liaison service: background and potential outcomes.

A large evidence base now exists for treatment interventions that will reduce fracture risk. However, the key area of practice now is how to get this evidence base into clinical practice. All health-care systems are subject to financial constraints, and therefore it is important that all areas of clinical practice can demonstrate that they are able to deliver care in a cost-effective manner.

The fracture liaison service: success of a program for the evaluation and management of patients with osteoporotic fracture.

Introduction: Fracture care often represents the first opportunity for clinical management of osteoporosis; however, many patients do not receive any evaluation after a fracture. In Glasgow, Scotland, fewer than 10% of fracture patients underwent bone mineral density (BMD) testing. In an effort to better meet the needs of fracture patients by providing routine assessment and, where necessary, treatment for osteoporosis after their fracture, a novel service (The Fracture Liaison Service) was designed and implemented in two separate National Health Service trusts in Glasgow.