Fracture Screening and Prevention Program

Posted November 30, 2017

In 2005, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced the launch of Ontario’s first Osteoporosis Strategy. The goal of the strategy is to reduce fractures, morbidity, mortality and costs from osteoporosis through an integrated and comprehensive approach aimed at health promotion and disease management.


One of the five focus areas is on professional education to enhance the use of best practices in osteoporosis care by health care professionals through the development of tools for practitioners, and education material for dissemination by health units.


The Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy has been focused on improving post-fracture care and reducing the incidence of hip fractures in Ontario through its Fracture Screening and Prevention Program (FSPP).


What is the FSPP?



  • The FSPP, which is a key priority area for the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy, is a secondary fracture prevention initiative launched in 2007.

  •  A coordinator-based program, it screens patients aged 50 and older, usually in an orthopaedic fracture clinic setting, by identifying and assessing patients who have had a fragility fracture – a broken bone from an activity that would not normally cause a bone to break, such as a simple slip, trip or fall. The coordinator then facilitates access to appropriate diagnosis and follow-up care for patients identified as being at-risk for a subsequent fracture.

  • The FSPP also has key resources, tools, and staff that can support hospitals and healthcare professionals in implementing Health Quality Ontario’s (HQO) hip fracture quality standard.

  • The FSPP operates in 36 key sites across Ontario. For a complete list of FSPP sites, information and to link with a site close to you, please visit: http://www.osteostrategy.on.ca/services/screening-program/


 


 


 

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