Start Date
5-28-2020 11:00 AM
End Date
5-28-2020 12:00 PM
Description
Objective
- Osteoporosis is defined as a T-score ≤ -2.5 on DEXA or history of fragility fracture
- Affects a significant proportion of our population over 65 with an estimated annual cost burden of $22 billion
- Only 46% of females over 65 years of age had been screened for osteoporosis at JHAP
- Our study aims to increase that percentage between July 2019 and July 2020 from 46% to 60%
Included in
May 28th, 11:00 AM
May 28th, 12:00 PM
Improving Osteoporosis Screening Rates in a Primary Care Practice Using an EMR-based Intervention
Objective
- Osteoporosis is defined as a T-score ≤ -2.5 on DEXA or history of fragility fracture
- Affects a significant proportion of our population over 65 with an estimated annual cost burden of $22 billion
- Only 46% of females over 65 years of age had been screened for osteoporosis at JHAP
- Our study aims to increase that percentage between July 2019 and July 2020 from 46% to 60%
Comments
Presented at the 2020 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference