Medications used to treat diabetes are among the most common causes of emergency hospitalizations due to adverse drug events. Diabetes agents are one of three medication classes that are the focus of the National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention. The objectives of the action plan are to identify common, preventable, and measurable medication-induced harms and to align federal work to reduce adverse drug events nationally. The collective effort of all providers caring for patients with diabetes is essential in reaching national prevention goals for adverse drug events.
Sixty years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower made a commitment to the health and well-being of our nation. On July 16, 1956, he established the President’s Council on Youth Fitness. Recognizing that our nation’s youth were not fit to serve in the military, compared to our European counterparts, the Council was formed to ensure that youth were fit and active.

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Substance abuse is associated with a range of destructive social conditions, including family disruptions, financial problems, lost productivity, failure in school, domestic violence, child abuse, and crime. Additionally, social attitudes and legal responses to the consumption of alcohol and illicit drugs make substance abuse one of the most complex public health issues facing our Nation today.…

Today, public health has the potential to be at the forefront of redefining standards for population health. Today, we are not the only ones in the population health sphere. As health care moves from volume to value, we are hearing new standards for population health such as membership in a health insurer, a patient with a specific condition, or a group of patients served by the same physician (a physician’s panel). These are not the standards that public health has historically used to measure population health.