McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company.
DECEMBER 2011
Lower profit margins suggest a need for new business models.
NOVEMBER 2010
Recent health care reforms open the door to insurers, hospitals, and IT vendors.
OCTOBER 2010
Five characteristics can help ensure that a disease-management program achieves its clinical and financial goals.
AUGUST 2010
A volatile new health care environment is emerging in the United States. These are times of trouble—and opportunity—for the payers’ CIOs.
JANUARY 2010
A sustained reduction of emergency-department wait times requires not only an end-to-end transformation of multiple hospital processes but also a change in hospital culture, stronger staff skills, better performance management, and visible leadership.
Payors can help improve consumers’ health and reduce costs by providing information, choice, and incentives that encourage healthier lifestyles and value-conscious consumption of health care.
DECEMBER 2009
Most health systems lack a rigorous approach for matching clinician supply to the demand for various health services. As a result, patient care and clinician morale suffer—and costs cannot be controlled effectively.
JULY 2009
A regional approach to strategy development can enable health systems around the world to make significant improvements in health care delivery.
FEBRUARY 2012
The country may well foster new models of innovation, but success will require a long-term commitment and talent development.
FEBRUARY 2010
A senior executive in the German Ministry of Health describes approaches the country is using to control health care costs.
The CEO and chairman of Novartis AG shares his personal approach to management and leadership and discusses health care reform, the economic downturn, and executive compensation.
SEPTEMBER 2011
A daunting array of financial and operational barriers is holding back growth. What can be done?
JUNE 2011
The shift away from employer-provided health insurance will be vastly greater than expected and will make sense for many companies and lower-income workers alike. (Read more about the survey methodology.)
Around the world, only a few health care providers deliver integrated care effectively. Their experiences offer useful lessons for organizations that want to pilot integrated-care programs.
MAY 2010
The development of an automated payment network would reduce bad debt, cut administrative costs, and save billions of dollars.
Innovators—some from developing nations—have found ways to deliver care effectively at significantly lower cost while increasing access and quality.
The managing director of a venture capital firm explores the ecosystem of innovation for medical devices, the ways they will support health care reform, and the new business models they will encourage.
The president of the health arm of the US National Academy of Sciences focuses on the action items for hospitals, doctors, and patients—and the innovations needed to achieve the goals of health care reform.
McKesson’s chief executive discusses the business problem of delivering high-quality care to a growing population of patients.
JUNE 2010
A new model to make care more accessible to Africa’s people is not only possible but affordable.
Namibia’s ongoing efforts offer lessons for other countries seeking to improve maternal health, as well as for health programs tackling HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, or other conditions.
A system governed by Africans in Africa is needed to provide a sustainable funding mechanism that would encourage African scientists to collaborate on common health concerns, share expertise, and build capacity.
Systemwide barriers impede health care delivery in the region. A comprehensive approach that strengthens key elements of national health systems is required to save lives.
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