Becker’s Healthcare Podcast Closing the Gap: Advancing Osteoporosis Care Across Practice Settings
Mar 30, 2026
Dr. Gregory Mines, a sports medicine physician who runs a post-fracture and bone health clinic, and Christina Yazdani, a PA and certified densitometrist leading a hospital-based bone health clinic, compare care strategies across settings. They discuss launching clinics from pilots to full programs. They cover scaling, referral workflows, staffing, EMR fragmentation, and building multidisciplinary partnerships.
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UT Bone Health Clinic Started From Repeat Hip Fractures
- UT Physicians launched a bone health clinic after noticing high rates of repeat fragility fractures and poor outpatient follow-up.
- Christina Yazdani described building the clinic to capture patients leaving Memorial Hermann who had long waits or no osteoporosis management.
Private Practice Post-Fracture Clinic Grew From Repeat Patients
- Florida Orthopedic Institute created a post-fracture clinic after recognizing recurring fractures and untreated underlying osteoporosis.
- Dr. Gregory Mines explained the clinic provided a 'home' for patients who otherwise bounced between specialties without ownership of osteoporosis care.
Scale Post-Fracture Care By Starting With Low-Hanging Fruit
- Start small and scale deliberately by focusing first on low-hanging fruit like hip fragility fractures and then expand locations.
- Christina Yazdani recounted moving from a half-day weekly clinic in 2015 to multiple full-day clinics and telemedicine by maintaining dedicated APPs.