Colleen T. Fogarty

Aug 14, 2024 | jabfm.org | Kevin Fiscella |Mathew Devine |Colleen T. Fogarty

AbstractBackground: The 2022 Centers for Disease Control’s “Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain in United States” called for attention and action toward reducing disparities in untreated and undertreated pain among Black and Latino patients. There is growing evidence for controlled substance safety committees (CSSC) to change prescribing culture, but few have been examined through the lens of health equity.