Cooper is proud of our employees who serve, or have served, in the military. Two years ago, Cooper established the Military Person of the Year Award to honor a deserving employee who has made significant contributions to Cooper or in the community.… Read more.
Cooper University Health Care is proud to recognize National Respiratory Care Week from October 25 through October 31, 2020. This has been a particularly challenging year for respiratory therapists (RTs), as they have played a critical role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.… Read more.
Cooper University Health Care is proud to announce that Nitin K. Puri, MD, Division Head, Critical Care Medicine and Co-Medical Director, Center for Critical Care Medicine, was named a co-winner of Physician Health Care Hero of the Year by NJBIZ magazine as part of the publication’s annual Health Care Heroes awards.… Read more.
During National Health Care Quality Week – October 18 to 24, 2020 – Cooper recognizes our health care quality professionals and their role in ensuring that our patients receive excellent care. Our quality professionals work to enhance care delivery, optimize value, and improve outcomes by leading activities in the following core quality functions:
Cooper’s quality improvement model is nurse-led and supports every institute, service line, and department.… Read more.
Due to the trend-setting nature of this year, we are going to take a pause on the awarding of the annual quality and safety awards. Instead, the Quality Improvement department wants to recognize and honor the entire Cooper community: Staff, providers, and those working behind the scenes, for pulling together, everyone in their own capacity, and crossing over to wherever they could assist.… Read more.
Every year from October 6 to October 12, Cooper University Health Care recognizes National Physician Assistant (PA) Week and celebrates the many important contributions that PAs make to health care.
PAs play an integral role in improving health care access and quality.… Read more.
September is Women in Medicine Month! At Cooper, our Women in Medicine group is highlighting the experiences of our women colleagues in research, education, patient care, and more through online panel events and blog posts throughout the month.… Read more.
Cooper University Health Care has been awarded the designation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). Cooper is one of 101 programs nationwide to have received the designation since the program’s launch in 2017.… Read more.
Barbara Stein had undergone a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure and was so moved by the care she received from Tara Jones, RN, Structural Heart Nurse Navigator, that she wrote the following tribute.
“We can all agree on the scientific marvels of today’s medicine.… Read more.
Cooper University Health Care has been named to Newsweek’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns, and their families, as verified by the 2019 Leapfrog Hospital Survey. … Read more.