A medical team at Cooper University Health Care recently was the first in the eastern United States to treat a patient with central sleep apnea (CSA) with a new implantable device to stimulate breathing. Cooper is currently one of only 24 sites in the United States treating CSA with the remedē® System, developed by medical technology company Respicardia, Inc. The remedē® System received FDA-approval in 2017 and is the first commercially available device to treat CSA. Read more.
Camden Institutions Partner to Research Genetic and Biological Factors to Fight Opioid Addiction
The Coriell Institute for Medical Research, Cooper University Health Care and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) are launching the Camden Opioid Research Initiative (CORI), a first-of-its-kind undertaking to investigate the genetic and biological factors that contribute to the development of opioid use disorder (also referred to as opioid dependence or addiction). Opioid overdoses continue to climb in New Jersey and nationally and the opioid addiction epidemic is one of the most urgent public health concerns of our time. Read more.
Benson Street Closure Tuesday
On Tuesday, November, 27, 2018, from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Benson Street will be closed to all traffic between 7th Street and Broadway due to crane activity for the construction of the co-gen project.
Prior to 7:30 a.m., employees and visitors will have access to the CCIA garage via the Benson Street entrance as well as the entrance at 6th Street and Stevens Street. Read more.
Camden Students Learn How to Stay Healthy at “Teddy Goes to Cooper” Event
Kindergarteners from the U.S. Wiggins College Preparatory Lab Family School in Camden visited Cooper University Health Care on November 16, 2018, to take part in “Teddy Goes to Cooper”. The “Teddy Goes to Cooper” program was developed to help alleviate young children’s fears of visiting the hospital or the doctor while teaching them healthy habits.
Each child received a teddy bear and rotated through different stations where Cooper physicians and other health care professionals diagnosed and treated the bear’s ailments using real tools and equipment. Read more.
Floragraph Decorating Ceremony Honored South Jersey Teen’s Life-Saving Organ Donation
Memorial floragraph will be among several adorning the 2019 Donate Life Float at the 130th Rose ParadeTM on January 1, 2019, in Pasadena, California.
Family, loved ones, hospital staff, and representatives from the NJ Sharing Network gathered on November 16, 2018 to remember Tabernacle, NJ, teen Sean Clegg by completing a beautiful floragraph portrait that will be part of the 2019 Donate Life Float at the 130th Annual Rose ParadeTM in Pasadena, California, this coming New Year’s Day. Read more.
Cooper Employees Recognized For Their Service During Veterans Day Event
Cooper University Health Care was proud to host retired NBC 10 journalist and U.S. Army veteran Terry Ruggles on November 14, 2018, as the keynote speaker at Veterans Day celebration active and retired military personnel. Cooper is committed to its employees who currently or previously served in the military and hosts celebrations near Memorial Day and Veterans Day to honor their service. Read more.
Commentary: “Role of HPV Vaccine in Cancer Prevention”
On November 6, 2018, “The cancer-preventing HPV vaccine a dozen years on: Progress, fear, and loathing” ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Read more.“A dozen years after the debut of the HPV vaccine, its track record of warding off infections that cause cervical cancer and other malignancies keeps getting better.”
“But, ironically, this powerful cancer-prevention tool also faces growing fear and rejection, stoked by anti-vaccine activism.”
Chairman George E. Norcross, III Announces Cooper University Health Care to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour for All Employees, Calls on Other Health Care Systems to Join Effort to Raise Wages
Wage Hike by Largest Employer in Camden City and County Will Benefit 10% of Workforce
Cooper University Health Care Chairman George E. Norcross, III today announced the health system will increase the minimum wage it pays employees to $15 an hour, the first health system in New Jersey to make such a commitment to its full-time, part-time, and per-diem employees. The new minimum wage policy will go into effect on January 1, 2019, and will benefit approximately 10 percent of Cooper’s 7,500 employees, one third of whom are Camden city residents and over 450 of whom are Camden County residents. Read more.
Crane Activity on Benson Street
Beginning Tuesday, November 13 through Friday, November 16, 2018, a crane will be located at 7th Street and Benson Street for construction of Cooper’s new helipad. Employees and patients will continue to have access to the CCIA garage from Benson Street. Traffic exiting the CCIA garage will only be able to turn right toward Broadway. All traffic using 6th Street will also be directed toward Broadway.
Cooper and Advanced Recovery Systems Join Forces to Build a Facility Dedicated to Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Cooper University Health Care and Advanced Recovery Systems (ARS), which operates addiction and substance abuse treatment centers in five states, announced the joining of forces to form a partnership to provide addiction recovery services to patients in the region. Together, ARS and Cooper are building a state-of-the-art, $27 million, 90-bed inpatient treatment facility in Cherry Hill, New Jersey; the first of several planned treatment facilities in the region. Read more.