Stroke

Cooper University Health Care Earns National Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for Efforts to Improve Stroke Treatment

Leave a Comment

By ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, Cooper University Health Care has received the following awards from the American Heart Association:

  • Gold Plus with Target: Stroke,
  • Target: Stroke Advanced Therapy, and:
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.

“Our Cooper team is dedicated to giving our patients the best possible chance of survival after a stroke so we appreciate this recognition by the American Heart Association,” said Tudor Jovin, MD, medical director of the Cooper Neurological Institute. Read more.

Cooper University Health Care Awarded Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers

Leave a Comment

First in South Jersey/ One of Only Seven in New Jersey to Achieve Gold Seal of Approval

Cooper University Health Care announced that it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Heart-Check mark for Advanced Certification for Comprehensive Stroke Centers. The Gold Seal of Approval® and the Heart-Check mark represent hospitals with the highest level of stroke care and are symbols of quality from their respective organizations.  Read more.

Dr. Thomas Mirsen Discusses Stroke with CBS3 Following Beau Biden Hospitalization

Leave a Comment
Beau Biden, the Attorney General in Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, suffered a mild stroke Tuesday morning. As part of their coverage, CBS3's medical reporter, Stephanie Stahl, spoke with Thomas Mirsen, M.D., Director of the Stroke Program at Cooper University Hospital, for perspective and additional information about stroke symptoms, treatment and recovery.

Cooper Receives Performance Achievement Award for Heart Disease and Stroke Care

Leave a Comment
(Camden, New Jersey) Cooper University Hospital is pleased to announce that it has received the Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get with the Guidelines Program for excellence in the management of heart failure. Heart Failure affects over five million Americans, accounting for more than one million hospital admissions each year. Hospitals in this program are recognized for using evidence-based guidelines in each of the categories Get With The Guidelines measures. Those hospitals marking 85 percent compliance for 12 consecutive months are given the Silver Performance Achievement award.