Badalona Serveis Assistencials (BSA):
Badalona Serveis Assistencials is an integrated healthcare organization, which was set up in order to provide effective assistance and to respond to peoples’ needs in the territory of Barcelonès Nord (north of Barcelona urban area), including Badalona (a seaside town that lies 6 miles away from Barcelona). More than a thousand professionals provide services to a population of over 435,000 people in several settings: one acute hospital, one intermediate care hospital and seven primary health-care centers.

The Integrated Hip Fracture and Osteoporosis Rehabilitation Program of Elderly in Yi-Lan (i-HOPE) was launched in February 2014. It is designed specifically for patients aged above 65 years who have suffered a low-impact-trauma hip fracture. Combining orthopaedic medicine, surgical care and rehabilitation, our practice includes nutrition consultation, medicine reviews and household environmental assessment. By setting individualized treatment plans and goals, it aims to provide multi-dimensional care and instructions to prevent the next fracture.

FLS Sancta Maggiore is part of the private health plan Prevent Senior, which aims to provide geriatric care of quality at a fair price. Currently the FLS has 330,000 beneficiaries over 50 years of age. 80 femoral fractures occur per month. The FLS was established in Jan/2015. The team is composed by geriatricians, reumatologists, gerontologist and nutritionist. The patients are referred to our service by hospital staff and radiology service (DXA results).

The Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor in Madrid, Spain started up seven years ago. This offered an opportunity - and a challenge. From the very first beginning it was clear that fragility fracture – and ‘capturing the fracture’ in high-risk patients was one of the challenges that had to be faced.

For more information about this FLS:

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Triangle Orthopaedics is a multi-specialty center focusing on the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of musculoskeletal, neurological, rheumatoid disorders and pain problems.  Known as the largest private orthopaedic practice in the Carolinas, Triangle Orthopaedics has expanded its scope to include 17 locations and 7 Urgent Cares, which allows us to be able to offer the most comprehensive, convenient care to the people of the Carolinas.

A university teaching hospital located in Naples, Italy, the Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria – Seconda Università di Napoli has implemented the Centro Ricerche su Osteoporosi e Malattie dell`Osso (C.R.O.M.O) Fracture Liaison Service (FLS). Under the direction of Professor Raffaele Gimigliano, the FLS services outpatients and vertebral fracture patients.

FLS DR NEGRIN in CAPTURE THE FRACTURE

Directed by lead clinicians Dr. Antonio Naranjo and Dr. Soledad Ojeda, the Dr. Negrin Fracture Liaison Service has been running since 2012. The public district hospital is located in the north area of Gran Canaria island and serves a population of around 400,000 people. The fracture liaison service handles all fragility fractures.

This Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) includes a team of six: