title: Invited commentary: fracture follow-up program in an open healthcare system.
abstract: The basis of the Fracture Liaison Service is to identify and treat those patients at highest risk of suffering a second fracture. The execution of this type of program poses unique challenges in open healthcare settings that lack a central coordination of patient care. This invited editorial reviews the establishment and operation of The Marian Osteoporosis Center at Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria, California.
authors.affiliation: Marian Osteoporosis Center, 116 S. Palisade Drive, 200, Santa Maria, CA, 93454, USA, mary.oates@dignityhealth.org.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Oates
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics; D019468:Disease Management; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention