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The next specialty: The physician CEO

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What are AI agents, and what can they do for healthcare?
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Optimizing healthcare supply costs—from the physician’s perspective
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Transforming employer health benefits: Large employers’ activist role
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A five-year review of women’s representation in healthcare
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McKinsey on healthcare: Perspectives and research for the healthcare industry
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The Future of Nursing: McKinsey’s Frontline Insights
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The Future of Nursing: McKinsey’s Frontline Insights
McKinsey Insights on healthcare consumerism trends and perspective
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McKinsey Insights on Healthcare Consumerism: Trends and Perspectives
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Our conversations

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Drew Ungerman on patient-centric care, leadership, and technology
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Unlocking the power of price transparency data
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Speaking to hearts and minds in healthcare
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Anne Klibanski
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Beyond the numbers: Creating a more diverse future for health
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Provider Insights

A bird's eye perspective of a physician sitting at an executive desk, filling out paperwork. Beside them sits a laptop, medical records, and a stethoscope. The desk is positioned on a rich, dark wooden floor.
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The next specialty: The physician CEO
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Surgeon, doctor and team in operating room for surgery, face mask or PPE for safety and healthcare at hospital. Help, support and medical procedure with medicine, trust with partner and treatment
Article
Optimizing healthcare supply costs—from the physician’s perspective
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An attentive nurse, whose face shows a look of thoughtful consideration and slight apprehension, having a discussion with another nurse in a hospital hallway.
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Nurse managers: The backbone of a strong nursing workforce
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Tech resilience for healthcare providers: Inaction has a heavy toll
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Payer Insights

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Transforming employer health benefits: Large employers’ activist role
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Rewiring healthcare payers: A guide to digital and AI transformation
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How healthcare entities can use M&A to build and scale new businesses
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The future of Medicare Advantage
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Healthcare Services & Technology Insights

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What are AI agents, and what can they do for healthcare?
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Medical professionals discussing the security system in front of an array of screens in a control room.
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Tech resilience for healthcare providers: Inaction has a heavy toll
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Generative AI in healthcare: Current trends and future outlook
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Rewiring healthcare payers: A guide to digital and AI transformation
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Business Building in Healthcare

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What to expect in US healthcare in 2025 and beyond
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How healthcare entities can use M&A to build and scale new businesses
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How the healthcare industry can weather ongoing challenges
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Revitalizing organizational health in the care delivery sector
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Consumer Health Insights

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Meet Gen Z: Social media and digital tools are key in healthcare
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Engaging the evolving US healthcare consumer and improving business performance
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Health media: How consumer content informs the future of healthcare
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Harnessing AI to reshape consumer experiences in healthcare
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Behavioral Health Insights

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Working nine to thrive
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Understanding and prioritizing nurses’ mental health and well-being
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Reframing employee health: Moving beyond burnout to holistic health
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Gen Z mental health: The impact of tech and social media
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Public Health Insights

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Advancing America’s holistic health
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Public health’s inflection point with generative AI
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Future-proofing health systems for climate risks and pandemics
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The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency: What’s next?
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