Several years ago, I experienced a patient encounter that signaled to me that the future of mobile health technologies is primed for democratization by patients. As dean of the USF College […]

This summer, I will be publishing meaningful excerpts from previous posts; as I reviewed them, many are just as relevant in 2019 – 2020 as when I first published them. […]

“Pharmacists should move from behind the counter and start serving the public by providing care instead of pills only. There is no future in the mere act of dispensing. That […]

So the questions become, “How do we get to these integrated care teams?”    “What clinical team members do we need for our patient-centered medical homes?”       “Do […]

During the past several months, I have been engaged in a number of meetings with health professionals from almost every sector of the health system. This includes CEOs, CMOs, researchers, […]

“Health care harms patients too frequently and routinely fails to deliver its potential benefits. Indeed, between the health care that we now have and the health care that we could […]

Happy New Year!! In this newly minted year 2014, we find ourselves grappeling with the national implementation of healthcare reform. With each passing day, we are exposed to previously unforseen […]

I spent last week attending the FutureMed2013 conference hosted by Singularity University.  It was a fantastic display of  futuristic technologies by the innovative souls that believe the future of health will be tied to “disruptive health technologies!” I too believe this; mobile Health (mHealth) technologies promise to change the entire patient-provider relationship.  These exponentially evolving technologies within medicine and healthcare  will […]

The University of South Florida College of Pharmacy (USFCOP) continues to move forward to the Future of Health!!   From the very beginning, we sought to create a professional environment that would […]