Far Eastern Memorial Hospital won the gold medal of the International Osteoporosis Foundation

        The care effectiveness of the osteoporosis team of the orthopaedic department of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital has won the certification of the International Osteoporosis Foundation and won the highest gold medal! The 13 criteria in the "best practice framework" published by the International Osteoporosis Society not only allow medical institutions to establish the "fracture liason service" model, but also give scores according to the implementation effectiveness evaluation, and those who pass will be marked on the "map of best practice" of the International Osteoporosis Society. Dr. Kevin Wu of the orthopaedic department of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital said that this time, he won the highest gold medal, representing that the osteoporosis care of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital has reached the international standard.

        The "fracture joint care" model proposed by the International Osteoporosis Society is centered on the case manager, integrates the patients with osteoporosis and the medical care team, carries out personalized health education, and opens appropriate drugs and examination items to provide complete care. Foreign academic studies have also confirmed that the combined fracture care model can not only reduce the recurrence of fractures, but also save health insurance expenses and improve the quality of life of patients, which has a positive effect on the care of osteoporosis. Dr. Wu Kaiwen explained that through the "fracture joint care" model, not only can osteoporosis patients receive complete medical care, but also can help their families understand how to assist them in their daily life, establish a comprehensive support system, strengthen the cognition of patients and their families about osteoporosis and reduce the risk of fracture in life.

        The osteoporosis team of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital has introduced the "fracture joint care" model into clinical practice since January 2020, and has served nearly 400 osteoporosis patients so far. To ensure the effectiveness of interventional care, each patient with osteoporosis will receive a long-term follow-up of at least one to two years. If the osteoporosis team finds a patient with suspected fragile fracture in the outpatient department, it will take the "case manager centered" in the fracture joint care model as the starting point, conduct bone mineral density and other tests at the initial stage, evaluate the severity of osteoporosis, and then the health teacher will deeply understand the patient's lifestyle and nutritional status, and evaluate the most suitable intervention mode. After the patient is included in the long-term follow-up, the doctors, nurses and other professional teams of the osteoporosis team discuss effective treatment methods according to the characteristics of the patient, or the doctors evaluate and prescribe drugs.

        A 60 year old male martial arts coach recently treated by the osteoporosis team of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital has a regular life, but after receiving bone mineral density examination, he was diagnosed with severe osteoporosis. After the health teacher provided guidelines for the prevention of osteoporosis and combined with exercise rehabilitation, and then the doctor issued relevant drugs, calcium tablets, vitamin D and other health food, the martial arts coach was in good condition and continued to follow up his condition. For the recognition that the osteoporosis care team has won the international gold medal award, the orthopaedic department team of Far Eastern Memorial Hospital will continue to make progress in the existing achievements, continuously improve the medical care quality of osteoporosis, continue to serve the people, and become the preferred osteoporosis team of the people.

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