Celebrating Administrative Professionals’ Day

Administrative Professionals’ Day is Wednesday, April 24, 2019, and recognizes the significant support and expertise administrative professionals provide in the workplace.

Administrative professionals are the backbone of a successful business, enabling each team member to work together to get the job done.… Read more.

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 21 through April 27, 2019, is a time to recognize laboratorians who perform millions of diagnostic test procedures in hospitals and clinical laboratories. Did you know that 70% of medical decisions are based on laboratory results?… Read more.

Cooper’s Nurse Donor Team Provides Information to Staff

April is National Donate Life Month. Cooper is partnered with NJ Sharing Network in facilitating organ donation which saves lives of donor recipients and provides important healing and closure to donor families. Helping to raise awareness and advocate for organ donation is an important part of NJ Sharing Network and the Cooper Donor Team during April and throughout the year.… Read more.

Corinne Gierman Is April’s Employee of the Month

Congratulations to Corinne Gierman, Medical Services Staff Administrator in the Medical Staff Office, for being named April 2019 Employee of the Month! Join us as we celebrate Corinne and the contributions she makes to Cooper.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019
3 p.m.… Read more.

Prescribers: Could Your Patients Benefit From PET/CT?

Why There’s A Bright Future for PET/CT

Physicians have realized the value of PET/CT for cancer patients and want to use this imaging modality for all solid tumors. Medicare proposed a Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) trial program that began in 2006 and went until 2009.… Read more.

Highlighting Our Med-Surg Nurses Through Facebook Live

In February, March, and April, we highlighted the medical-surgical units on Kelemen 8, 9, and 10. Learn more about what makes each floor special for our nurses and patients, and please share with any nurses you know who may be interested in joining the Cooper team!… Read more.

Research: Lower PTSD Symptoms Among Patients With Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies

If patients experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency perceive their health care provider as compassionate, are they at a reduced risk for subsequently developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? This was something researchers at Cooper University Health Care and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University explored as part of a study about the effects of compassion in health care.… Read more.

Green Team at Cooper

Did you know that the health care sector – when hospitals and ambulatory facilities are combined – has the largest carbon footprint of any industry in the United States? We strive every day to make our patients healthy, yet we are heavily contributing to the overburden on the environment.… Read more.

Epic Upgrade: Upcoming Freeze

To prepare for our upgrade to Epic 2018 on Sunday, June 2, 2019, non-upgrade related changes to Epic will be “frozen” from May 6 to June 17, 2019 (approximately four weeks before and two weeks after the upgrade).… Read more.