Reimagining Bone Health Care in the United States

For decades, bone health has remained fragmented, under-resourced, and difficult for clinics to scale. Providers want to deliver evidence-based care, but face barriers across clinical operations, workflow coordination, and access to reliable infrastructure. The result is a persistent national gap between the number of patients at risk and the capacity of the system to deliver timely, effective care.

At the American Society of Osteoporosis Providers (ASOP), our plan is simple and ambitious:
build the clinical and operational foundation needed to make high-quality bone health programs sustainable everywhere.

This requires new models, new tools, and new alignment across specialties. And it begins with giving providers a framework they can trust.

The Five Pillars of ASOP’s Strategic Plan

1. National Education & Training

Establish standardized education that elevates provider competency in bone health diagnosis, treatment, and longitudinal management across primary care, orthopedics, endocrinology, and women’s health.

2. Scalable Care Pathways

Implement evidence-based, repeatable pathways that reduce variation, support earlier detection, and guide patients consistently from identification through treatment.

3. Clinical Infrastructure

Support providers with the operational structures needed to run efficient bone health programs—including guidance on workflow design, staffing, analytics, and integration across specialties.

4. Structured Patient Engagement

Strengthen between-visit engagement through simple, standardized communication processes that help patients stay on track with treatment, reinforce adherence, and improve long-term outcomes—without requiring additional visits or complex technology.

5. Enterprise-Level Alignment

Equip health systems, independent practices, and specialty groups with tools to align leadership, clinicians, and care teams around one unified strategy for fracture prevention.

Our Plan Succeeds With The Right Tools

Introducing the Bone Health Optimization Platform™ (BHOP)

The Bone Health Optimization Platform™ is an integrated framework and supporting infrastructure designed to help organizations:

  • Launch and scale bone health programs

  • Close clinical gaps between identification, diagnosis, and treatment

  • Reduce friction in care delivery through coordinated workflows

  • Measure performance using enterprise-wide metrics

  • Align incentives across specialties and service lines

BHOP brings together education, workflow support, analytics, and coordinated care pathways into one model—helping organizations deliver bone health programs that are both clinically effective and operationally sustainable.

Implementation Partners

We collaborate with select implementation partners who provide complementary capabilities to support clinics adopting the BHOP model. These partnerships ensure flexibility, allowing each site to deploy the tools and workflows that best fit their environment.

What’s Included

Our Plan Benefits Everyone

    • Earlier Detection: Patients are identified before their first fracture—often during routine care.

    • Personalized Guidance: Ongoing communication and structured support help patients stay engaged with their treatment plans.

    • Fewer Barriers: Streamlined clinical processes make it easier to receive timely, evidence-based therapy.

    • Standardized, Efficient Workflows: Evidence-based pathways reduce administrative burden and align care teams.

    • Clear Role Definition: A standardized model helps practices understand how to staff and manage a bone health service line effectively.

    • Better Outcomes: When workflows are coordinated, more patients stay on therapy, leading to fewer fractures and better long-term results.

    • Sustainability: Standardized pathways and operational planning allow bone health programs to become repeatable, reliable, and economically stable.

    • Systemwide Impact: Strong bone health programs reduce fracture-related complications and downstream MSK costs.

    • Performance Measurement: Enterprise-level metrics allow organizations to evaluate program success and optimize for long-term growth.

ASOP’s Commitment

We are committed to supporting a nationwide network of bone health programs built on best practices, shared standards, and a unified vision: a future where every patient at high risk for fracture receives timely, proactive, and coordinated care.