Cooper Partners With Horizon BC/BS of NJ to Tackle Social Barriers to Health Through New Initiative

Cooper University Health Care has partnered with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (Horizon BCBSNJ) to deploy community health workers (CHWs) in Camden as part of an innovative program – Horizon Neighbors in Health – that is improving health, reducing inpatient hospital stays and emergency department visits, and increasing behavioral and specialty care visits by addressing social barriers to health.… Read more.

May Is Better Speech and Hearing Month

Speech-language pathologists, also called SLPs, work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.

  • Speech disorders occur when a person has difficulty producing speech sounds correctly or fluently or has problems with his or her voice or resonance.
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Learn How You Can Become a Living Donor

April was National Donate Life Month. According to the NJ Sharing Network, 2.6 million New Jersey residents are registered organ and tissue donors, and 572 organs were transplanted in 2020 thanks to New Jersey donors. However, nearly 4,000 NJ residents – including some of our own Cooper employees – are still awaiting transplants and could benefit from a living donor.… Read more.