The Pilot Program
In 2005, the AOA conducted a pilot program in 14 hospitals nationwide. Through a Web-based registry, participants applied a series of educational prompts to change physician and patient behaviors as they related to the management of osteoporosis in patients who sustained a fragility fracture. The goal was to promote quality care measures for the prevention of additional fragility fractures.
Positive Results
Efforts to educate patients and primary care physicians regarding the prevention of future fragility fractures nearly quadrupled.
