Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention
The Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention (ORP) model of care was designed to guide best practice coordinated, multi-disciplinary care to improve outcomes for people with minimal trauma fracture, resulting in reduced refracture rates and the resultant health usage, morbidity and mortality that refracture causes.
The key requirement is the development of Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) that can be coordinated from hospital out-patient or primary care settings, depending on the needs and willingness in local communities. FLS require the allocation of a health professional – often a senior nurse or physiotherapist – to coordinate the activities of the patient group, and access to a medical officer who can undertake the medical needs of the patients. The medical officer can be drawn from a range of hospital-based specialties or from general practice if contemporary evidence is consistently applied in that setting.
Musculoskeletal Models of Care Implementation Status
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Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention Resources
Model of Care for Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention
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Added: 5 August 2015 Updated: 15 July 2019
ORP service directory
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Added: 9 July 2014 Updated: 3 September 2021
Osteoporosis Refracture Prevention Peer Mentoring Webinar #1
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Added: 19 September 2019 Updated: 19 September 2019
Osteoporotic refracture prevention - Clinical priorities
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Added: 27 February 2020 Updated: 27 February 2020
Osteoporotic refracture prevention - Organisational models
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Added: 27 February 2020 Updated: 27 February 2020
How to keep your bones healthy and avoid fractures (high resolution PDF)
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Added: 29 June 2020 Updated: 29 June 2020
How to keep your bones healthy and avoid fractures (low resolution PDF)
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Added: 24 February 2021 Updated: 24 February 2021
Osteoporotic Refracture Prevention Site manual
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Added: 26 October 2019 Updated: 26 October 2019
How to keep your bones healthy and avoid fractures (iMagazine)
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Added: 28 July 2021 Updated: 28 July 2021
This model is one of the eight Better Value Healthcare clinical priorities in the Leading Better Value Care program.
Read more about ORP in the program