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Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) in Nova Scotia: A Primary Health Care program improving osteoporosis care for patients presenting with fragility fractures

février 24, 2020 dans /par

A province-wide post fracture care gap has previously been documented in Nova Scotia: in 2010, only 23% of hip fracture patients received osteoporosis medication within 6 months of their fracture.1 With the assistance of the Dartmouth General Hospital (DGH) Foundation and a philanthropic grant from Sun Life Financial, the first Nova Scotia (NS) FLS was […]

Breaking the cycle of recurrent fractures: 2019 Implementation Science Team Project Grant Recipient

juin 5, 2019 dans /par

After rigorous peer review, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) recently awarded the Fraser Health Authority team in British Columbia (BC), a three-year project team grant worth $500,000. The project, titled “Breaking the cycle of recurrent fracture: Scaling up a secondary fracture prevention program in Fraser Health to inform spread across British Columbia”, […]

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

janvier 21, 2019 dans /par

Osteoporosis Canada (OC) is pleased to announce the updated version of “Key performance indicators (KPIs) for Canadian FLSs (v2.0)”. Version 2 of the OC FLS KPIs brings in new learnings from OC’s first national audit released in September 2018. The FLS KPIs provide: A way to measure the performance of the FLS at the level […]

Congratulations to Fraser Health’s Fracture Liaison Service team!

octobre 24, 2018 dans /par

A development grant to improve osteoporosis care for fragility fracture patients has been awarded to British Columbia’s Fraser Health Authority. Funding for “Breaking The Cycle Of Recurrent Fracture: Scaling Up A Fracture Prevention Program In British Columbia” was awarded by the Michel Smith Foundation for Health Research. Osteoporosis Canada congratulates the project co-leads, Dr. Sonia […]

septembre 27, 2018 dans /par

Premier audit national de FLS Les résultats du premier audit national de FLS mené par Ostéoporose Canada démontrent que les FLS canadiens ont un impact positif sur la vie des patients souffrant de fractures de fragilité. Les résultats prometteurs publiés en septembre 2018 sont intégrés dans le « Rapport sur le premier audit national de FLS ». […]

Osteoporosis Canada’s first national FLS audit

septembre 20, 2018 dans /par

The results from Osteoporosis Canada’s first national FLS audit demonstrate the positive impact of Canadian FLSs on the lives of fragility fracture patients. The promising results, released in September 2018, are included in the “Report from Canada’s first national FLS audit” which provides an overview of the audit for the cohort of patients enrolled in […]

Ostéoporose Canada annonce le lancement d’un nouveau répertoire de FLS

septembre 21, 2015 dans /par

Ostéoporose Canada (OC) est emballée d’annoncer le lancement prochain de son répertoire de FLS. Le répertoire de FLS d’OC se présentera sous la forme d’une carte en ligne mettant en évidence les programmes de FLS offerts au Canada qui répondent aux Éléments essentiels d’un service de liaison pour fractures d’OC. Le répertoire de FLS d’OC […]