Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 18 – 24, 2021, 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? As critical members of the health care team, laboratorians work behind the scenes to verify the accuracy of test results, and to provide test results in a timely manner to health care providers who rely on these results to provide outstanding patient care. Read more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: As you may know, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) have paused the administration of the Johnson & Johnson (J & J) vaccine to review data involving six cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in women who were between the ages of 18 and 48. Read more.

Last week, April 5-11, was National Public Health Week. Cooper University Health Care has a community outreach team that demonstrates the work done in public health within the department of Population Health. The focus of Population Health is to transform care delivery to empower patients and improve the health of our community.

“Our Community outreach programs provide education, awareness, and health promotion to the communities we serve. Read more.

This week, the Patient Access Center at Cooper celebrated National Patient Access Week 2021. The Patient Access Center is a fast-paced call center with a very talented team of patient navigators.

A patient navigator is proactive in serving patients. “Our patient navigators provide a single and centralized point of patient access to physician and radiology services across multiple disciplines. Our navigators are tech-savvy, service-oriented, communicate effectively, and have excellent Cooper Core Values,” said Gabriel Suckey, Manager of our Patient Access Center. Read more.