• Amrut Borade, Harish Kempegowda, Akhil Tawari, Michael Suk, and Daniel S Horwitz.
• Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Geisinger Medical Center, 100 N. Academy Ave, Danville, PA 17822-2130, USA.
• Injury. 2016 Dec 1; 47 (12): 2755-2759.

IntroductionCare gaps have been identified in the treatment of osteoporosis after the occurrence of a fragility hip fracture. HiROC (High Risk Osteoporosis Clinic) is a fracture liaison service implemented at our institution. In ProvenCare geriatric hip fracture care program at our institution pre-set orders for the inpatient HiROC consults were prescribed. We hypothesized that there will be a significant increase in the rate of enrollment of patients in the HiROC program after the integration of the pre-set orders.Patients And MethodsThe trauma database at a level-I trauma center was reviewed retrospectively for the charts of patients >50 years of age with fragility intertrochanteric fractures. Patients not treated under the geriatric hip fracture care program and patients treated under the geriatric hip fracture care program were identified and reviewed for the enrollment in HiROC and subsequent follow up.ResultsOut of 589 patients treated before the implementation of ProvenCare, 443 patients (75%) were enrolled in HiROC at the index consult. In comparison, out of 153 patients treated after the implementation of ProvenCare, 131 patients (85.6%) were enrolled in HiROC at the index consult. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p=0.008).ConclusionOur experience shows that the occurrence of a fragility intertrochanteric fracture can be effectively utilized for the detection and initiation of treatment of osteoporosis. With the implementation of pre-set orders in the geriatric hip fracture care program significantly better enrollment can be achieved.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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