Care gaps
Limited rolloutPatients with osteoporosis risk are often already on the orthopedic schedule. Bone Health flags them before the visit and prepares a referral the physician can sign or set aside.
The problem
Fragility-fracture risk is easy to miss in a busy clinic, and follow-up depends on someone noticing it during the visit. A flag that arrives with the schedule gives the physician a chance to decide while the patient is in the room.
How it works
A flag on the clinic schedule for patients whose chart shows bone-health risk factors, such as age or a prior fragility fracture, with the reasons listed. When the practice's referral criteria are met, OpAgent prepares a draft referral to the practice's bone-health program. When they are not, the flag notes that screening may be worth considering and no order is drafted.
The physician reviews the flag and the chart evidence, then decides whether a workup is appropriate. A missing bone-density result does not on its own mean a scan is indicated.
If the physician agrees, they sign the referral in athenaOne. If not, nothing is ordered.
Availability
Limited rolloutIn use at selected participating practices.
Evidence
Measured
Unique patients flagged for bone-health review
Limitation: A flag asks the physician to consider a bone-health workup. It is not an order, a referral, or a completed visit.
Measured
Bone-health flags supported by the chart on review
Limitation: A small sample. It shows whether each flag was supported by the chart, not whether care followed.
Related workflows
Readiness items for surgical patients, flagged on the same schedule.
Imaging-report drafts from the same clinic day.