If It’s Broken, Fix It: Can an Automated System Predict Short-Term Fracture Risk?

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Erratum
The September article, “If It’s Broken, Fix It,” mistakenly stated: “The FRAX risk calculator requires the femoral neck bone mineral density score from a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan to calculate risk estimates. If a patient has not had a DXA scan, then this tool cannot be used.” However, the FRAX score can actually be calculated with or without the bone mineral density, corrected above. We regret the error.

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