What is a Post Fracture Care Coordination Program ?
Post-Fracture Care (PFC) Coordination Programs, such as Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), are coordinator-based, secondary fracture prevention services implemented by health care systems for the treatment of osteoporotic patients.
PFC Programs are designed to:
Close the care gap for fracture patients
80% of whom are currently never offered screening and/or treatment for osteoporosis
Enhance communication between health care providers
by providing a care pathway for the treatment of fragility fracture patients
Best Practice Framework
The Best Practice Framework (BPF) sets an international benchmark for FLS and serves as the measurement tool for IOF to award ‘Capture the Fracture Best Practice Recognition’ in celebration of successful FLS worldwide.
Join the community and have your FLS mapped on the CTF map of best practice page.
Mentorship
The CTF mentorship programs offer opportunities for all PFC programs, such as Fracture Liaison Services to learn from experienced PFC program champions.
Find a program that matches your interests by visiting the Mentorship page
Interested in becoming a mentor for your country? If you are part of our PFC program network and would like to become a mentor, please read this document or contact Anastasia Soulié at capturethefracture@osteoporosis.foundation
Implementing Strategies
Fracture Liaison Services (FLSs) are recommended worldwide to reduce fracture risk after a sentinel fracture.
The IOF Capture the Fracture working group and the Capture the Fracture® team are actively involved in creating new educational programs and resources to help FLS implement sustainable and effective services.
Visit the Implementing Strategies page to learn more about Coordinator-based systems for Secondary Prevention in Fragility Fracture Patients, the 11 Key Performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of fracture liaison services and how to effectively identify fragility fracture patients.
Resource Center
The Resource Center is a dedicated library for all our PFC and CTF related materials. Our materials include a wide range of valuable tools and resources to help health care professionals will all facets of setting up and developing sustainable PFC programs.
Guidelines & Policies for PFC Programs
View the list of national guidelines, national/regional policies and national initiatives pertaining to secondary fracture prevention and PFC program models that have been developed by professional groups, patient societies and government departments/ministries of health in the following countries.
Call to action
A consensus has developed across the world on the pressing need for fragility fracture sufferers to receive the secondary preventive care that they need. Visit our calls to action page to view publications from international groups and champions in several countries which demand widespread implementation of PFC programs
Success stories
View publications from examples of coordinator-based, post-fracture models of care demonstrating that a systematic approach to fragility fracture prevention has been successfully implemented in many countries, with structurally distinct healthcare systems.