Grant: Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Despite the publications of best-practice guidelines and the extensive availability of effective treatments, over 80% of Canadians who suffer osteoporosis-related fractures do not receive the osteoporosis screening and/or treatments that have been demonstrated to be cost-effective for secondary prevention. Patients presenting with such fractures are twice as likely to suffer future fractures compared to peers that haven't suffered a fracture. We are planning a one-day workshop to enable our group of clinician experts, researchers and stakeholders (including patient representatives) to build on local initiatives with the overarching goals to characterize and share the Quebec experience and expertise in terms of secondary fracture prevention programs and to catalyze partnerships with the Ministry of Health for the development of an efficient provincial model of healthcare delivery.