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Future of US healthcare: Gathering storm 2.0 or a golden age?
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Should healthcare leaders hunker down to weather the next gathering storm or reimagine their businesses through AI, automation, and innovative-care models? The best leaders will do both.
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Gathering storm 2.0: Succeeding in healthcare despite the turbulence
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Payers and health systems must act now to respond to unprecedented forces that could cause margin pressures of up to 5.5 and...
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Reimagining sustainable healthcare and business models
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US healthcare organizations should rethink care and business models in response to substantial economic pressures and evolving...
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The coming evolution of healthcare AI toward a modular architecture
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The surge in the use of AI healthcare tools is likely to prompt a shift away from point solutions. Early investors will set the...
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The $50 billion opportunity for US health systems to improve women’s healthcare
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Shifting away from a sole focus on women’s reproductive health to a broader view of the health of women across the care continuum...
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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Leading a best-in-class health system integration
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The CEO and the president of BJC Health System discuss the challenges of combining two large organizations and the critical role...
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Matt Holt on how privacy and private capital can improve healthcare
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Matt Holt, managing director and president of private equity at New Mountain Capital, on better data privacy standards and creating...
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Dr. Rupal Malani on the way forward for clinical-care organizations
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McKinsey’s Dr. Rupal Malani discusses changing policies and workforce shortages and how leaders are using M&A and AI...
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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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Reimagining sustainable healthcare and business models
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US healthcare organizations should rethink care and business models in response to substantial economic pressures and evolving...
Article
Gathering storm 2.0: Succeeding in healthcare despite the turbulence
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Payers and health systems must act now to respond to unprecedented forces that could cause margin pressures of up to 5.5 and...
Article
The $50 billion opportunity for US health systems to improve women’s healthcare
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Shifting away from a sole focus on women’s reproductive health to a broader view of the health of women across the care continuum...
Podcast
Leading a best-in-class health system integration
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The CEO and the president of BJC Health System discuss the challenges of combining two large organizations and the critical role...
Article
Gathering storm 2.0: Succeeding in healthcare despite the turbulence
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Payers and health systems must act now to respond to unprecedented forces that could cause margin pressures of up to 5.5 and...
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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 coming evolution of healthcare AI toward a modular architecture
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The surge in the use of AI healthcare tools is likely to prompt a shift away from point solutions. Early investors will set the...
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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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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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Future of US healthcare: Gathering storm 2.0 or a golden age?
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Should healthcare leaders hunker down to weather the next gathering storm or reimagine their businesses through AI, automation,...
Article
Gathering storm 2.0: Succeeding in healthcare despite the turbulence
-
Payers and health systems must act now to respond to unprecedented forces that could cause margin pressures of up to 5.5 and...
Article
Reimagining sustainable healthcare and business models
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US healthcare organizations should rethink care and business models in response to substantial economic pressures and evolving...
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Health business building: The next phase of consumer-directed health
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Traditional and nontraditional healthcare companies can jointly create consumer-directed health ecosystems—focused on holistic...
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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...
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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...
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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...