Healthcare improvements have dramatically increased life expectancy, and new treatments are improving quality of life for many populations. Yet with this progress comes daunting economic challenges. For at least 40 years, healthcare spending in the United States has outpaced GDP growth. We work with private and public healthcare leaders to identify innovative ways to tackle the biggest healthcare challenges and improve the productivity and quality of healthcare delivery.
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Healthcare Systems & Services
Americas
Identifying innovative ways to address healthcare value and affordability
Center for US Healthcare Improvement
McKinsey’s Center for US Healthcare Improvement collaborates with healthcare leaders and researchers to combine qualitative analysis with proven operational approaches. Our goal is to deliver actionable insights on how the US healthcare system could improve patients’ access to affordable, high-quality care.
McKinsey Health Institute
The McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) is an enduring, non-profit-generating entity within the firm. It was founded on the conviction that, over the next decade, humanity could add as much as 45 billion extra years of higher-quality life (roughly 6 years per person on average—and substantially more in some countries and populations).
Featured capabilities
Actuarial Analytics
Optimizing growth through deep actuarial, analytic, and healthcare-risk expertise
Nebula platform
Operationalizing the strategic and secure use of healthcare data to deliver insights that transform healthcare systems and organizations around the world
Featured experts
Brendan Buescher
Senior PartnerOhio - Cleveland
Leads statewide efforts to improve population health and create sustainable healthcare delivery systems, and supports state-led...
Brandon Carrus
Senior PartnerOhio - Cleveland
Works with CEOs and top teams to achieve excellence in clinical and service operations
Manish Chopra
Senior PartnerNew York
Serves clients in healthcare, B2B industries, and private equity on strategy, M&A, and operational improvement, and leads pricing...
Patrick Finn
Senior PartnerDetroit
Global coleader and North American leader of McKinsey’s Social Sector, Healthcare, & Public Sector Entities Practice, counseling...
Jocelyn Grahame
Senior PartnerNew Jersey
Applies her organizational expertise to help clients shift strategy, improve performance, build capabilities, and strengthen...
Celia Huber
Senior PartnerBay Area
Leads our North American board services sector and advises organizations on strategies to help thrive within the context of global...
Ian Jefferson
Senior PartnerWashington DC
Ian collaborates with leaders in the public, private, and social sectors to mobilize their teams for implementing large-scale...
Basel Kayyali
Senior PartnerNew Jersey
Assists healthcare, high-tech, and telecommunications companies with digital and analytics transformations targeted at their...
Karl Kellner
Senior PartnerNew York
Brings extensive experience in healthcare management, shapes strategy, and leads major performance-improvement initiatives for...
Gunjan Khanna
Senior PartnerPittsburgh
Leads McKinsey’s healthcare innovation work with investors to improve quality access and new delivery models, serving industry...
David G. Knott
Senior PartnerNew York
Leads the firm’s Center for US Health System Reform and Medicaid work, drawing on 30 years of experience with national and regional...
Dr. Edward Levine
Senior PartnerBay Area
Serves multiple national and regional hospital networks on frontline operations transformations for both clinical and nonclinical...
David Nuzum
Senior PartnerNew York
Supports public and private payers as well as healthcare providers in strategy formation, business design, and implementation...
Shubham Singhal
Senior PartnerDetroit
Global co-leader of McKinsey's strategic priority on geopolitics; counselor to healthcare institutions on strategy, growth, M&A,...
Drew Ungerman
Senior PartnerDallas
Leads McKinsey’s Social, Healthcare and Public Sector Entities Practice globally and is global co-leader of McKinsey Health...
Tim Ward
Senior PartnerSouthern California
Leads our work with state and local governments globally, bringing the best of our cross-sector expertise in digital, analytics,...
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Generative AI in healthcare: Adoption trends and what’s next
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Surveyed healthcare leaders say their organizations are eager to use generative AI to help enhance how healthcare stakeholders work and operate, but some are still adopting a wait-and-see approach.
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Digital transformation: Health systems’ investment priorities
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Health system executives globally view digital and AI transformation as crucial to overcome many challenges, a new survey reveals,...
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Value creation through business model innovation in US healthcare
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Innovative business models in US healthcare are creating substantial value, but much opportunity remains, even among the fastest-growing...
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Consumers rule: Driving healthcare growth with a consumer-led strategy
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Consumers are increasingly discerning about where, how, and from whom they receive healthcare. Healthcare can learn from other...
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