Like many other industries, the healthcare business in North Texas has been robust over the years, with unprecedented growth and a diversified economy helping to lift all boats in the region.

Over the past two years, global events reshaped the health care industry by shifting the priorities of the industry’s key stakeholders. In the post-Covid-19 economy, quick responses to short-term problems such as continuing supply chain disruptions and workforce shortages define success for health care businesses. However, as the industry’s leaders return to remaking health care’s patient-centric future, they are incorporating the evolving demands of key stakeholders in the health care ecosystem to address larger issues of inefficiency, inequity, and inaccessibility in the health care industry. Collectively, these complications raise questions about health care’s sustainability and the ultimate impact of sustainability on delivering patient-centered health care services.