Better Prescribing, Better Treatment Podcast
Prescribing Opioids in a Rural Setting
In this episode, Dr. Schlicher talks with Barry Bacon, MD, a family medicine physician in Colville, about chronic prescribing, co-prescribing, and treatment in the rural environment.
Learning Objectives
- Summarize barriers to opioid prescribing in rural Washington.
- Detail the current challenges for incarcerated patients in accessing sober and clean housing.
- Describe the vicious cycles incarcerated patients experience when dealing with opioid use disorder.
- Identify the unintended consequences of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s opioid prescribing guidelines on rural communities from 2016 to 2023.
- Find ways to be part of the solution to the opioid epidemic in rural areas.
Release date: June 23, 2023
Expiration date: June 22, 2026
Audio-only Versions
Listen to audio for episode 3 – Prescribing Opioids in a Rural Setting
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Resources
Opioids in Rural Settings slide deck
CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain — United States, 2022 | MMWR
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