International Osteoporosis Foundation launches FRAX App to assess risk of osteoporotic fracture

Osteoporosis management guidelines around the world now recommend that fracture risk assessment be part of any clinical evaluation for osteoporosis. As a result, rather than relying on bone mineral density values alone, physicians now consider future fracture risk when making treatment decisions.

The WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX-), developed by the Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases at the University of Sheffield, is an easy-to-use tool to calculate an individual patient's 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic event (clinical spine, forearm, hip or shoulder fracture) and probability of an osteoporotic hip fracture. Since June 2011 alone, the online calculator has been used to assess risk in more than 8 million patients worldwide. Models are currently available for 53 countries.

Today, at the opening of the World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, the International Osteoporosis Foundation has launched a new FRAX App to meet the needs of clinicians worldwide. The new FRAX App allows for maximum flexibility in any clinical setting - anyone with a mobile phone or tablet can easily access the most up-to-date version of the calculator.

New FRAX App includes 58 models for 53 countries, full functionality

• PIN Protection for saved assessments;
• Patient Results Management (save, delete & sort options);
• E-mail sharing capability of patient assessment (responses and results);
• Shake-to-Restart assessment functionality
• Updates will be available as new country models are developed.

Source: International Osteoporosis Foundation