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OsteoLink is an online and in-person social networking site launched in 2011, specifically for people with [[osteoporosis]], as well as their friends, families |
OsteoLink is an online and in-person social networking site launched in 2011, specifically for people with [[osteoporosis]], as well as their friends, families and healthcare professionals.<ref name= OsteoLink>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/patients-public/osteolink.html |title= OsteoLink |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> OsteoLink is an initiative of the [[International Osteoporosis Foundation]] (IOF) and the Division of Bone Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine, [[University of Geneva]]. It is funded by grants from the [[European Union]] and the [[Swiss Confederation]] through the [[Ambient Assisted Living]] (AAL) Joint Programme on research, [[Amgen]] (Europe) GmbH in collaboration with [[GlaxoSmithKline]] (GSK), and other partners.<ref name= Osteos>{{cite web |url= http://www.osteolink.org/ |title= OsteoLink: Building Better Bones|year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> |
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OsteoLink functions at a global and country level, managed by local osteoporosis patient support societies.<ref name= OsteoLinkOperations>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/newsroom/downloads/OsteoLinkBackgrounder.pdf |title= About OsteoLink |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> |
OsteoLink functions at a global and country level, managed by local osteoporosis patient support societies.<ref name= OsteoLinkOperations>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/newsroom/downloads/OsteoLinkBackgrounder.pdf |title= About OsteoLink |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> |
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OsteoLink was created to improve communication between people with osteoporosis (a disease which affects 1 in 3 post‐menopausal women and 1 in 5 men worldwide<ref name= OsteoStats>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/publications/pdf/eu‐report‐2001.pdf |title= A Call to Action |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref>) and their health professionals, following a report which indicated physicians underestimate the emotional and physical impact of the disease<ref name= OsteoLinkOperations>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/newsroom/downloads/OsteoLinkBackgrounder.pdf |title= About OsteoLink |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> |
OsteoLink was created to improve communication between people with osteoporosis (a disease which affects 1 in 3 post‐menopausal women and 1 in 5 men worldwide<ref name= OsteoStats>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/publications/pdf/eu‐report‐2001.pdf |title= A Call to Action |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref>) and their health professionals, following a report which indicated physicians underestimate the emotional and physical impact of the disease.<ref name= OsteoLinkOperations>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/newsroom/downloads/OsteoLinkBackgrounder.pdf |title= About OsteoLink |year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> |
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The report, titled ‘The gaps between patient and physician understanding of the emotional and physical impact of osteoporosis’ found physicians underestimate how many patients worry about breaking a bone, as well as patient concerns about decline in activity levels |
The report, titled ‘The gaps between patient and physician understanding of the emotional and physical impact of osteoporosis’ found physicians underestimate how many patients worry about breaking a bone, as well as patient concerns about a decline in activity levels and loss of independence.<ref>{{cite book |
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| title= The gaps between patient and physician understanding of the emotional and physical impact of osteoporosis |
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| page= 145-153 | series=Archives of Osteoporosis | publisher=Springer }}</ref> |
| page= 145-153 | series=Archives of Osteoporosis | publisher=Springer }}</ref> |
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OsteoLink was trialled with a pilot programme in 2010, and officially launched |
OsteoLink was trialled with a pilot programme in 2010, and officially launched in Austria<ref name= OsteoLinkAustria>{{cite web |url= http://www.aktiongesundeknochen.at/frameset/osteoframe.html |title= OsteoLink Austria|year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> and Sweden<ref name= OsteoLinkSweden>{{cite web |url= http://se.osteolink.org |title= OsteoLink Sweden|year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> in March, 2011.<ref name= OsteoLaunch>{{cite web |url= http://www.iofbonehealth.org/download/osteofound/filemanager/newsroom/downloads/OsteoLinkLaunchPressRelease170311.pdf |title= First Social Network for Osteoporosis Launches at Global Patient Conference|year=2011|accessdate=2011-08-11}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 15:00, 8 September 2011
OsteoLink is an online and in-person social networking site launched in 2011, specifically for people with osteoporosis, as well as their friends, families and healthcare professionals.[1] OsteoLink is an initiative of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the Division of Bone Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva. It is funded by grants from the European Union and the Swiss Confederation through the Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) Joint Programme on research, Amgen (Europe) GmbH in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), and other partners.[2]
OsteoLink functions at a global and country level, managed by local osteoporosis patient support societies.[3] OsteoLink was created to improve communication between people with osteoporosis (a disease which affects 1 in 3 post‐menopausal women and 1 in 5 men worldwide[4]) and their health professionals, following a report which indicated physicians underestimate the emotional and physical impact of the disease.[3]
The report, titled ‘The gaps between patient and physician understanding of the emotional and physical impact of osteoporosis’ found physicians underestimate how many patients worry about breaking a bone, as well as patient concerns about a decline in activity levels and loss of independence.[5]
OsteoLink was trialled with a pilot programme in 2010, and officially launched in Austria[6] and Sweden[7] in March, 2011.[8]
References
- ^ "OsteoLink". 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "OsteoLink: Building Better Bones". 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ a b "About OsteoLink" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "A Call to Action" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ The gaps between patient and physician understanding of the emotional and physical impact of osteoporosis. Archives of Osteoporosis. Springer. 2010. p. 145-153.
{{cite book}}:|first=missing|last=(help); Explicit use of et al. in:|first=(help) - ^ "OsteoLink Austria". 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "OsteoLink Sweden". 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ "First Social Network for Osteoporosis Launches at Global Patient Conference" (PDF). 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-11.