TY - JOUR T1 - Optimizing Fracture Prevention in Patients with Osteoporosis JF - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO - J Am Board Fam Med SP - 819 LP - 821 DO - 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.150082 VL - 28 IS - 6 AU - Cheryl Lambing AU - Anna Moll AU - Michael Hite Y1 - 2015/11/01 UR - http://www.jabfm.org/content/28/6/819.abstract N2 - Purpose: This Maintenance of Certification activity was designed to help address gaps in osteoporosis management, provide practice improvement based on recognized models, and evaluate the impact of the initiative.Methods: The program comprised 3 stages: stage A, practice self-assessment and chart review; stage B, an intervention to address at least 1 problem; and stage C, additional chart review (new patients). Data from stages A and C were compared to evaluate the impact of the activity.Results: Of 217 registrants, 62 completed the program, reviewing 2107 and 1814 charts in stages A and C, respectively. Statistically significant improvements occurred in all quality attributes from stage A to stage C in 6 specified domains, except for the proportion of patients with an osteoporosis diagnosis.Conclusions: Results of this activity support the benefit of performance improvement initiatives and are consistent with other reports. ER -