Mort Goldman

His Story

Mort Goldman received his Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree from the University of Pittsburgh and Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the Univerisity of Cincinnati. After completing his concurrent Hospital Pharmacy Residency at the VA, Cincinnati, Mort moved to Cleveland where he spend 5 years at the Louis Stokes Veterans Administration Medical Center and 20 years at the Cleveland Clinic. Mort started as the Infectious Diseases Pharmacist at the Cleveland Clinic and worked his way to become Director of Pharmacotherapy Services where he built one of the premier Clinical Pharmacy programs in the country. Mort was instrumental in starting residency programs at both the VA and Cleveland Clinic, and has had numerous publications and presentations at national meetings. In 2012, Mort began working as a Health Care Consultant with American Pharmacotherapy, Inc - which has changed its name in 2016 to Pharmacy Consulting International.
Dr. Goldman has been a member of ASHP since 1984. He has most recently served on the Council on Education and Workforce Development and is currently serving his second year on the Clinical Leadership Section Advisory Group, Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists.

Overview of Facility/Health System

Pharmacy Consulting International (PCI) has been providing a comprehensive suite of pharmacy consulting services to clients in all segments of pharmacy for more than 15 years, nationally and thoughout the world.  PCI is a private, independent firm that believes that the customers success means their success. PCI’s mission is to provide innovative solutions to the challenges encountered by clients in their efforts to provide high quality, cost-effective care to patients.

The consultants are pharmacists who are nationally recognized and published experts in their field, and who have worked for and provided consultation to some of the world’s leading healthcare organizations; and are committed to a collaborative approach when working with clients. PCI provides services relating to any aspect of the business of health system pharmacy including pharmaceutical cost reduction, work force analysis, operational efficiencies, ambulatory pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, compliance (including 340B), and benchmarking services with our BenchmaRxTM proprietary software.

Current Projects

Dr. Goldman has worked with clients from Florida to New York to Alaska to California and many more. He also has experience with international engagements. Dr. Goldman works with small community hospitals and large academic health systems performing assessments and "boots - on - the - ground" implementation support.  Using the BenchmaRxTM  software and an individualized client approach, PCI has consistently provided strategies that enable health system pharmacies to reduce their inpatient spend by 8 - 12%.  They have strategies to maximize 340B purchasing while maintaining strict compliance to HRSA guidelines. PCI has successfully opened ambulatory and specialty pharmacies for clients. PCI has also performed audits for 340B compliance, for Joint Commission readiness, and for controlled substance diversion prevention.

Advice for Someone New to Your Specialty Area

Dr. Goldman's  general advice for anyone in Pharmacy or in life comes from three quotes from The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent M. Keith (often attributed to Mother Teresa):

"The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds. Think big anyway."

"If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway."

"What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build anyway."

Value of ASHP

"As a member of ASHP I have found the ability to network as invaluable.   Being able to reach out to colleagues all over the world who are dealing with simiar problems and issues is vital for exchange of ideas and organizational efficiency and success."