For Patients
While you are in the hospital, a health care professional should assess you for osteoporosis (which causes bones to become brittle) and offer you the appropriate medication to help your bones be as healthy as possible.
For Clinicians
While your patient is still in hospital recovering from surgery, perform an osteoporosis assessment, and offer an osteoporosis medication (e.g., a bisphosphonate or bisphosphonate derivative, monoclonal antibody, or parathyroid hormone analog) unless they are already on osteoporosis medication or such medications are contraindicated.
For Health Services
Ensure that systems, processes, and resources are in place to allow all postoperative hip fracture patients to access a clinician with osteoporosis expertise who is qualified to perform osteoporosis assessments and prescribe osteoporosis medications.