Osteoporosis-related fractures are undertreated, due in part to misinformation about recommended approaches to patient care and discrepancies among treatment guidelines. To help bridge this gap and improve patient outcomes, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research assembled a multistakeholder coalition to develop clinical recommendations for the optimal prevention of secondary fractureamong people aged 65 years and older with a hip or vertebral fracture. The coalition developed 13 recommendations (7 primary and 6 secondary) strongly supported by the empirical literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOsteoporosis-related fractures are undertreated, due in part to misinformation about recommended approaches to patient care and discrepancies among treatment guidelines. To help bridge this gap and improve patient outcomes, the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research assembled a multistakeholder coalition to develop clinical recommendations for the optimal prevention of secondary fracture among people aged 65 years and older with a hip or vertebral fracture. The coalition developed 13 recommendations (7 primary and 6 secondary) strongly supported by the empirical literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWhile health care evolves from volume to value, there is increasing interest by payors to use patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to determine value and more specifically, quality from the patient's perspective. This article reviews the current state of PROs and discusses future directions. Specifically, this article will review the current history and background of PROs; it will highlight the perspective of the National Quality Forum and review the efforts of the musculoskeletal community related to PROs.
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