Improving healthcare has long been a central part of the mission of McKinsey’s Healthcare Systems & Services Practice. We have honored that mission by serving our clients effectively and investing in issues deeply relevant to society, such as social determinants of health, rural health, maternal health, and behavioral health—including mental health, substance use, and the opioid crisis.
We have established the Center for Societal Benefit through Healthcare to integrate, amplify, and extend these previous efforts. We aspire to collaborate with other organizations to drive positive innovation in areas that have been historically underinvested in but are critical for the benefit of society.
We hope to accomplish our objective through four strategies. First, by conducting and sharing research. Second, by co-investing with other organizations to define and launch new innovations with the explicit purpose of sharing results so others can replicate what proves effective. We hope to include “open source” sharing of select analytic models, data sets, and software tools. Our third strategy entails partnering with other organizations to convene and support multi-stakeholder collaborations. Finally, we will continue to focus on achieving tangible impact as we serve clients in these areas.
We bring McKinsey’s full global capabilities and resources to bear, including our healthcare expertise, advanced analytics, functional knowledge, technology assets, network, and investment capacity. That said, making progress will depend on collaborating with other organizations seeking to innovate in these areas. Please contact us if you are interested in partnering.