Taylor MacKinnon, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Director of Pharmacy
Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest and Mentor Hospitals
Contact
Phone: 234.346.5122
Email: mackint@ccf.org
Education
- BCPS - Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist
- MS - Master of Science in Health-System Pharmacy Administration, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 2020
- PGY1/2 - PGY1 and PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency, University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI, 2018–2020
- PharmD - Doctor of Pharmacy, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 2015
- BS - Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 2011
Areas of Interest
- Pharmacy Leadership and Health-System Strategy
- Medication Safety and Quality Improvement
- Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation in Pharmacy
- Workforce Development and Professional Growth
- Operational Excellence and Medication-Use System Optimization
Service and Professional Organizations
- Vizient University Health-System Consortium Pharmacy Network
- Vizient Business of the Pharmacy Enterprise Committee Chair
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
- ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Leaders
- ASHP Advisory Group on Business Development and System Integration
- American Pharmacists Association
Publications
- MacKinnon T, Pounders K, Diener K, Doellner C. Strategic Analysis of Fluid Extravasations to Improve Vascular Safety (SAFE IVS). American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2026; zxag023.
- Bonner L, MacKinnon T. From Discovery to Treatment, Everything a Pharmacist Can Do. Pharmacy Today. 2025;31(8):34–35.
- MacKinnon T, Toraño M. 2025 ASHP MHPE/PELA Organizational Structure Survey Report. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. 2025.
- MacKinnon T, Chou J, Davis C, Denny A, Flaker S, Giazzon A, Goodnow V, Weinkauf C. Framework for Evaluating AI Tools in Pharmacy. Vizient. 2025.
- Blanchette L, Chery A, Elchehimi S, Flaker S, Giazzon A, Hoyle C, MacKinnon T, Reist L, Wooten A. Vizient Business of Pharmacy Enterprise White Paper: Roles of a Pharmacy Informatics Team. Vizient. 2024.
- MacKinnon T. Artificial Intelligence Tools Can Help Foster Leadership in Pharmacy. Pharmacy Times. 2024.
- MacKinnon T, Schaeffler K, Penzien C, Sauro A. Implementing USP Guidelines in Pediatric Hospitals. Pharmacy Times. 2024.
- MacKinnon T, Schaeffler K, Kent S, Clark JS. Program for Advancing Supervisor Skills Among Pharmacy Technicians. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2024;81(6):235–240.
- MacKinnon T, Clark J, Schaeffler K. Multigenerational Alignment for Growth, Inclusion, and Collaboration by Applying Lessons from the Disney–Pixar Merger. Hospital Pharmacy. 2023.
- MacKinnon T, Schaeffler K. ChatRx: Responsible AI Use for Clinical Pharmacists. Pharmacy Times. 2023.
Selected Lecture Presentations
- Ultra High-Cost Therapies: Enterprise Strategy for Cellular, Gene, and Precision Medicines. Vizient. Presented to pharmacy leadership and health-system stakeholders, 2026.
- Pharmacy Committee Infrastructure. ASHP-SPPL, Presented to pharmacy leadership and health-system stakeholders, 2025.
- New Drug Approvals: Must Knows. Continuing Education Inc. Presented to domestic and international physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, 2023.
- Cost Savings and Revenue Enhancement Compendium. Vizient. Presented to pharmacy leadership, 2022.
- Delivering Personalized Medicine. Continuing Education Inc. Presented to domestic and international physicians, pharmacists, and nurses, 2022.
- Building Relationships and Trust. Michigan Medicine. Presented to pharmacy leadership, 2022.
- 503A vs. 503B. Compounding Summit. Presented to pharmacy leadership teams from Froedtert, University of Wisconsin Health, and Advocate Aurora, 2019.
- Clinical Inpatient Pharmacy Dashboard and Pharmacy Accountability Measures: Use of Clinical Data and Creation of Pharmacy-Sensitive Measures. Great Lakes Pharmacy Resident Conference, 2019.
- Integration Strategy: Techniques from the Business World on Mergers and Acquisitions. University of Wisconsin Health Leadership Team, 2019.
