McKinsey on Healthcare

Gretchen is a member of the Public Sector, Healthcare Systems & Services, and Organization Practices, drawing on her in-depth experience in the healthcare industry to serve clients. A registered nurse by background, Gretchen has led numerous engagements with leading public- and private-healthcare organizations to develop innovative healthcare strategies and drive sustainable change through frontline-workforce and clinical transformations.

Most recently, Gretchen designed and implemented a large transformation for a national public sector health system to optimize effectiveness and efficiency.  She has also led the development of market-level partnerships and large-scale transformations in the private sector to improve quality, access, and efficiency. She has also created workforce strategies for large private-sector hospital systems, focused on improving nursing retention and achieving 5 to 10 percent labor-cost efficiencies through total rewards strategies and changes to core staffing and skill mix.