MU Health Care was recently recertified as a Premier Geriatric Fracture Care site. The recognition, awarded by the International Geriatric Fracture Society, recognizes teams of dedicated professionals who have illustrated their ability to achieve sustained outcomes that outperform the clinical quality and performance improvement benchmarks as identified by the IGFS.
Brett Crist, MD, Division Chief for Orthopaedic Trauma and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Vicki Jones, Interim Director, Research Operations and Planning are among the leaders for the team.
“The team at MU Health Care has done an excellent job with data collection specific to their hip fracture patients,” said Julie Switzer, M.D., President of the IGFS from Regions Hospital in St Paul, MN. “The commitment to care and dedication to quality improvement exhibited by this team are to be commended and I believe contribute greatly to the success of this program. I would also like to focus on and commend the team members for their devotion to this initiative given the recent pandemic and the resulting challenges.”
Through this recognition, MU Health Care now joins a small collection of trailblazing fracture care programs in the United States.
Congratulations to the team!
