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Season 1 | Episode 42 - Apr 21, 2026

2026 Summit Recap: Service Line Rationalization, Scenario Planning, and AI

Episode Description

Related Topics:
Healthcare ServicesGrowthFinance and OperationsLeadership & GovernanceArtificial Intelligence
Relevant Roles:
Chief Strategy Officers

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In this episode of The Strategy Catalyst Dispatch, we recap the 2026 Strategy Catalyst Summit, where more than 75 strategy leaders from nearly 50 health systems spent two days working through some of the hardest questions in health system strategy right now.

Featuring perspectives from members and session facilitators at the summit, we focus on three themes: what leaders in the room said about breaking through on service line rationalization, what happened when we put strategy teams through a live scenario planning exercise and asked them to confront how prepared they actually are, and the tension between building AI governance structures and maintaining the speed to get past the pilot phase.

Watch our highlight reel from the summit here. And for more on the content referenced in this episode, read our analysis in The Strategist here and check out our Stress Test Scenario Planning Guide here.

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About Our Host

Anika Rasheed

Anika is a Senior Analyst on the Strategy Catalyst team.

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