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AN DIEGO IS AN ACTIVE PLACE. Whether it’s the warmer days of spring and summer, or the shorter and cooler days of fall and winter, S A Healthy Place
Chief Development Officer, Scripps Health Foundation MANAGING EDITOR Laura Dennison
Health care, too, is fighting to get back to a healthier place. As you may have heard, health systems across the country are facing a confluence of challenges the likes of which we’ve never seen: supply and labor shortages, the higher costs of rising inflation, insufficient payments from government and commercial insurers, and a mandate that hospitals rebuild or close by 2030. Like our patients, we are focused on our goals, doing the work and making the tough decisions that will keep Scripps here and healthy for decades to come. You can read more about this “perfect storm” and how we’re weathering it on page 28. For 100 years, Scripps’ hospitals, clinics, doctors, nurses and thousands of health care professionals have been caring for San Diegans—patients like Nancy, Ariana, Brad—and maybe even you. As the seasons change and we welcome new beginnings, it’s a suitable time to reflect on what healthy means to us and the special people in our lives. Now and always, we hope you’ll choose Scripps to be your health care family.
Dennison.Laura@ScrippsHealth.org CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Mark Dastrup, Bob Ross
we can find San Diegans of all ages out and active, enjoying and often improving their health. It’s true for retired biotech professional Nancy Butsumyo, who always enjoys a good game of pickleball. It’s true for Ariana Collopy, who likes to get in some exercise when she’s not busy with her interior design business. And it’s true for consulting firm CEO Brad Samuel, who has always enjoyed competing on the tennis court. All three have something else in common. They’re all Scripps patients. In this issue, you’ll read about how Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute helped Nancy manage her prediabetes; how Ariana is now six months seizure- free after battling a life-altering epilepsy condition; and how Brad, through sheer will and determination, teamed up with his doctors to beat Hodgkin’s lymphoma. These are three of the thousands of patients who trust Scripps with their care. Each has their own story, their own challenges and their own Scripps health team helping them get back to a healthier place. It’s stories like theirs that get me up in the morning and make me proud of Scripps, its legacy and everyone who works here.
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