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01-10-2012 | Original Article

Development of an electronic medical record based intervention to improve medical care of osteoporosis

Authors: B. J. Edwards, A. D. Bunta, J. Anderson, A. Bobb, A. Hahr, K. J. O’Leary, A. Agulnek, L. Andruszyn, K. A. Cameron, M. May, N. H. Kazmers, N. Dillon, D. W. Baker, M. V. Williams

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 10/2012

Abstract

Summary

Osteoporosis is infrequently addressed during hospitalization for osteoporotic fractures. An EMR-based intervention (osteoporosis order set) was developed with physician and patient input. There was a trend toward greater calcium supplementation from July 2008 to April 2009 (s = 0.058); however, use of antiresorptives (13%) or discharge instructions for BMD testing and osteoporosis treatment (10%) remained low.

Introduction

Osteoporosis is infrequently addressed during hospitalization for osteoporotic fractures. The study population consisted of patients over 50 years of age.

Methods

Northwestern Memorial Hospital is a tertiary care academic hospital in Chicago. This study was conducted from September 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009.

Results

Physicians reported that barriers to care comprised nonacute nature of osteoporosis, belief that osteoporosis should be addressed by the PCP, low awareness of recurrent fractures, and radiographs with terms such as “compression deformity”, “wedge deformity”, or “vertebral height loss” which in their opinion were not clearly indicative of vertebral fractures. An EMR-based intervention was developed with physician and patient input. Over the evaluation period, 295 fracture cases in individuals over the age of 50 years in the medicine floors were analyzed. Mean age was 72 ± 11 years; 74% were female. Sites of fracture included hip n = 78 (27%), vertebral n = 87 (30%), lower extremity n = 61 (21%), upper extremity n = 43 (15%) and pelvis n = 26 (9%). There was no increase in documentation of osteoporosis in the medical record from pre- to post-EMR implementation (p = 0.89). There was a trend toward greater calcium supplementation from July 2008 to April 2009 (p = 0.058); however, use of antiresorptives (13%) or discharge instructions for BMD testing and osteoporosis treatment (10%) remained low.

Conclusion

An electronic medical record intervention without electronic reminders created with physician input achieves an increase in calcium supplementation but fails to increase diagnosis or treatment for osteoporosis at the time of hospitalization for a fragility fracture.

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Title: Development of an electronic medical record based intervention to improve medical care of osteoporosis
Authors: B. J. Edwards
A. D. Bunta
J. Anderson
A. Bobb
A. Hahr
K. J. O’Leary
A. Agulnek
L. Andruszyn
K. A. Cameron
M. May
N. H. Kazmers
N. Dillon
D. W. Baker
M. V. Williams
Publication date: 01-10-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Osteoporosis International / Issue 10/2012
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-011-1866-9

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Development of an electronic medical record based intervention to improve medical care of osteoporosis

Abstract

Summary

Introduction

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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Summary

Introduction

Methods

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