HMC’s Fracture Risk Assessment Tool to enhance osteoporosis management in Qatar – The Peninsula Qatar

HMC’s Fracture Risk Assessment Tool to enhance osteoporosis management in Qatar – The Peninsula Qatar

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Doha: In a first of its kind effort for Qatar, a group of investigators from Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) Rheumatology Osteoporosis team in collaboration with FRAX team from the University of Sheffield in the UK have formulated a fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX tool), which is expected to enhance osteoporosis management among Qatar's population.

"We are proud to have pioneered FRAX tool in Qatar. This initiative further puts Qatar at the fore front of countries with high-quality healthcare services. The FRAX tool has been recommended in more than 100 national and international guidelines and is expected to be adopted fully in Qatar soon a step being considered as a milestone in osteoporosis management in the country," says Dr. Samar Al Emadi, Head of Rheumatology Division at HMC.