IFLSD Aim & Objectives
The primary aim of the IFLSD is to maintain a contemporaneous database of all patients in Ireland, aged 50 years and over, with non-hip fragility fractures, referred to or treated in an FLS, to drive continuous quality improvement for better care in line with the Capture the Fracture® Best Practise Framework.
IFLSD Objectives
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| Objective 1 | To continue the implementation of the audit at all eligible sites |
| Objective 2 | Stay aligned with the Capture the Fracture® Best Practice Framework as the national standards against which all FLS should compare their performance. |
| Objective 3 | Provide hospitals with reports to support quality assurance, service evaluation, quality improvement and better patient outcomes |
| Objective 4 | Publish an annual report for benchmarking |
| Objective 5 | Conduct organisational surveys every four years |
| Objective 6 | To support the development of a national bone health strategy |
| Objective 7 | To support research using the IFLSD data |