Low-value health care services that provide little or no benefit to patients are common,
potentially harmful, and costly. Nearly half of the patients in the United States will receive at …

Context: An expert opinion perspective on why osteoporosis is underdiagnosed and
undertreated. Objective: To highlight the potential reasons for why osteoporosis is …

Background: Low-value care, defined as care with a lack of benefit, can lead to higher health
care costs, inconvenience to patients and, in some cases, harm to patients. The objectives of …

To evaluate diagnostic efficacy of deep learning (DL)-based automated bone mineral
density (BMD) measurement for opportunistic screening of osteoporosis with routine …

Importance Owing to a rapid increase in rates of diagnostic cardiovascular testing in the
1990s and early 2000s, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services implemented a series …

Introduction: Bone density measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) volume,
performance site and interpreters have changed in the US since 2005. The purpose of this …

Background: Orthopaedic surgeons must play an important role in the secondary prevention
of fragility fractures; however, some surgeons are more aware than others of their …

Background/purpose Osteoporosis has been linked to an increased fracture risk and
subsequent mortality in the later life. Previous prediction models have focused on …

Introduction. Evidence of inappropriate bone mineral density (BMD) testing has been
identified in terms of overtesting in low risk women and undertesting among patients at high …

Introduction The Korean National Health Insurance revised its reimbursement criteria to
expand coverage for anti-osteoporotic drug treatments in 2011 (expanding diagnostic …