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The next specialty: The physician CEO
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Healthcare organizations face growing complexity, and physicians are eager to step in, drawing on their distinct expertise. Here’s how their CEO potential can be unlocked to achieve both mission and margin.
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Specialty risk: The next frontier of value-based care
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The healthcare industry could save $100 billion a year by employing value-based specialty care. Some encouraging models are emerging....
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What are AI agents, and what can they do for healthcare?
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These agents may not have the code name 007, but they can still offer powerful and compelling solutions for the pain points in...
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Optimizing healthcare supply costs—from the physician’s perspective
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Clinical supply costs make up a large share of a health system’s total cost base. As healthcare leaders look to optimize clinical...
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Transforming employer health benefits: Large employers’ activist role
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Amid unprecedented rate hikes and financial pressures, large employers, which account for more than $800 billion in healthcare...
McKinsey Healthcare Blog
Fresh takes on the hottest topics in the healthcare industry
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McKinsey on healthcare: Perspectives and research for the healthcare industry
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A selection of recent articles that cover the challenges and opportunities facing healthcare organizations in 2024 and look ahead...
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The Future of Nursing: McKinsey’s Frontline Insights
McKinsey research on the nursing workforce has yielded invaluable insights into the challenges confronted by nurses both in the...
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McKinsey Insights on Healthcare Consumerism: Trends and Perspectives
McKinsey’s extensive research into healthcare consumerism provides insight into the continually evolving opinions, preferences,...
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McKinsey on Healthcare Podcast
A new series of podcasts around transforming healthcare
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Paul Kusserow on the forces changing healthcare faster than ever
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In his latest book, Paul Kusserow discusses the forces that will shift US healthcare more in the next ten years than it has changed...
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Patrick Finn on resilience, healthcare’s mission, and AI’s promise
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McKinsey Senior Partner Patrick Finn discusses how being nimble, continuously improving, and taking advantage of new technologies...
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Drew Ungerman on patient-centric care, leadership, and technology
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McKinsey’s Drew Ungerman discusses how healthcare leaders can improve patient care and use technology in a way that complements...
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Unlocking the power of price transparency data
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Is the future of healthcare consumer-centric?
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The next specialty: The physician CEO
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Healthcare organizations face growing complexity, and physicians are eager to step in, drawing on their distinct expertise. Here’s...
Article
Optimizing healthcare supply costs—from the physician’s perspective
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Clinical supply costs make up a large share of a health system’s total cost base. As healthcare leaders look to optimize clinical...
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Nurse managers: The backbone of a strong nursing workforce
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US healthcare organizations could save up to $700 million annually—and improve care—by reducing frontline-nurse turnover...
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Tech resilience for healthcare providers: Inaction has a heavy toll
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Cyberattacks and tech outages at provider organizations have reached an all-time high. To stem the tide, providers need strong...
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Transforming employer health benefits: Large employers’ activist role
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Amid unprecedented rate hikes and financial pressures, large employers, which account for more than $800 billion in healthcare...
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Rewiring healthcare payers: A guide to digital and AI transformation
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Although payers have been comparatively slow to adopt digital and AI tools for some valid reasons, healthcare payer digital transformation...
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How healthcare entities can use M&A to build and scale new businesses
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Care delivery organizations and payers have accelerated efforts to expand into fast-growing industry subsegments with ‘transact...
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The future of Medicare Advantage
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The Medicare Advantage program is undergoing its biggest shifts in more than two decades. Payers can take steps now to mount...
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What are AI agents, and what can they do for healthcare?
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These agents may not have the code name 007, but they can still offer powerful and compelling solutions for the pain points in...
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Tech resilience for healthcare providers: Inaction has a heavy toll
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Cyberattacks and tech outages at provider organizations have reached an all-time high. To stem the tide, providers need strong...
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Generative AI in healthcare: Current trends and future outlook
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The healthcare sector has been integrating generative AI to enhance operations and engage stakeholders, with many advancing to...
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Rewiring healthcare payers: A guide to digital and AI transformation
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Although payers have been comparatively slow to adopt digital and AI tools for some valid reasons, healthcare payer digital transformation...
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Specialty risk: The next frontier of value-based care
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The healthcare industry could save $100 billion a year by employing value-based specialty care. Some encouraging models are emerging....
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What to expect in US healthcare in 2025 and beyond
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Industry economics are shifting toward non-acute care delivery, healthcare software, data, analytics, and specialty pharmacy...
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How healthcare entities can use M&A to build and scale new businesses
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Care delivery organizations and payers have accelerated efforts to expand into fast-growing industry subsegments with ‘transact...
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How the healthcare industry can weather ongoing challenges
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Even though the industry will continue to face hurdles for the next few years, leaders can seize the moment to spur lasting improvements...
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Meet Gen Z: Social media and digital tools are key in healthcare
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In the United States, Gen Z is not interacting with their health and wellness needs in the same way as other generations. Healthcare...
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Engaging the evolving US healthcare consumer and improving business performance
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US consumers have become more active in their healthcare decisions and are seeking engagement from healthcare organizations....
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Health media: How consumer content informs the future of healthcare
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Healthcare organizations are well positioned to offer healthcare content to improve consumer experience and care outcomes, achieve...
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Harnessing AI to reshape consumer experiences in healthcare
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AI-powered solutions can unlock insights from previously inaccessible data and enable consumer engagement and personalization...
Article - McKinsey Health Institute
Working nine to thrive
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Better aligning employment with modifiable drivers of health could unlock years of higher-quality life and create trillions of...
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Understanding and prioritizing nurses’ mental health and well-being
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More than half of surveyed nurses in the United States reported symptoms of burnout. Employers can take additional steps to better...
Article - McKinsey Health Institute
Reframing employee health: Moving beyond burnout to holistic health
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A new McKinsey Health Institute survey across 30 countries offers insights into how organizations can help create a workplace...
Article - McKinsey Health Institute
Gen Z mental health: The impact of tech and social media
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A new McKinsey Health Institute survey finds that Gen Z’s social media engagement can feel negative but can also help with...
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Advancing America’s holistic health
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Living longer and healthier can help people be more productive in the workplace. Here are three ways in which the US government...
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Public health’s inflection point with generative AI
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Public health organizations can responsibly use generative AI to improve service delivery, bolster outbreak preparedness, accelerate...
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Future-proofing health systems for climate risks and pandemics
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Climate change and infectious-health risks are threatening health systems across the globe. High-impact investments that address...
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The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency: What’s next?
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As a raft of federal COVID-19 support interventions and regulatory waivers expire, healthcare providers, payers, and other private...
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Addressing youth mental health through school-based services
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One in five US children has a mental health condition. Schools may play a critical role in providing evidence-based interventions....
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Genentech’s John Marioni on enhancing drug discovery with data and AI
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John Marioni discusses how he and his teams across industries and academia use evolving technologies to bring increasingly sophisticated...
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What are GLP-1 medications?
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GLP-1s are drugs that help people manage diabetes and lose weight. Their surging popularity has a range of economic and public...
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A five-year review of women’s representation in healthcare
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Since 2020, women’s representation in healthcare has stagnated despite remaining higher than in other industries. Focused...
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GLP-1s are boosting demand for medical aesthetics
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Industry stakeholders can take steps to better understand the needs and preferences of GLP-1 patients who seek to address one—and...
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Heartbeat of health: Reimagining the healthcare workforce of the future
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Closing the healthcare worker shortage gap could eliminate 7 percent of the global disease burden and add $1.1 trillion to the...
McKinsey Direct
Investing in the Italian private healthcare services market in 2025
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Private companies are already playing a role in Italy’s healthcare system. A number of factors could help investors evaluate...
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Building interoperable healthcare systems: One size doesn’t fit all
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Seamless integration of healthcare data systems has the potential to enhance experience and outcomes for patients and healthcare...
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Faster, smarter trials: Modernizing biopharma’s R&D IT applications
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To fully realize the potential of AI and digital, biopharma sponsors need a structured approach to upgrading tech infrastructure...
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Connecting patients to healthcare: A conversation with Halodoc’s Jonathan Sudharta
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The co-founder and CEO of an Indonesian healthtech is simplifying and enabling healthcare access in the world’s fourth...
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From discovery to delivery: Finding an investment edge in biopharma services
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Even though the biopharma supply chain is a dynamic and complex part of the pharmaceutical industry, private equity investors...