The healthcare industry is in a period of recalibration. Organizations are revisiting how they prioritize topline growth relative to their ability to secure sustainable margins, pivoting their business strategies accordingly, and altering industry power dynamics and relationships.

To navigate this new strategic environment, it’s critical for leaders to separate long-term structural changes from temporary forces, such as the effects of a chaotic election year, coverage churn, and procedure volume fluctuations. Advisory Board’s Pivots for a Sustainable Future summit brought leaders together to strategize how to build a sustainable future in the face of deep structural shifts in the healthcare industry — including purchaser scrutiny on costs, demographic changes, dramatic treatment advances, and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence.

Read on to learn about eight key takeaways on sustainable growth in this shifting healthcare ecosystem.