General

Q: Will I be able to use the new badge for parking access?

A: Please review the following:

• Medical School Garage: Continue to use your stick-on wafer.
• Garages with decal scanners: Use your new badge with the wafer only for back-up access in the event the scanner does not read your vehicle decal.

A “Good Catch” is a potential error that never reaches the patient because of identification by a team member. These events can also be referred to as a near miss, and they are often the key to identifying system and process issues before errors have a chance to harm a patient, visitor, or team member.… Read more.

The Cooper Cape M365 migration is complete and Cape team members now have access to all Cooper M365 applications and functions, including email, calendars, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams with their new cooperhealth.edu logins.

We thank our IT teams for their careful coordination and Cooper Cape team members for their patience and flexibility as they navigated this transition over the last three weeks.… Read more.

Tune in this Sunday, March 30, at 8 p.m. ET on CNN to see Cooper featured in “Fentanyl in America: A Way Out.”

In this episode of “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper,” Kate Bolduan reports on more than two years of on-the-ground reporting with those most affected by America’s opioid overdose epidemic.… Read more.

Blood Pressure Procedure Calms Overactive Nerves That Can Elevate Blood Pressure

Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care now offers a new renal denervation (RDN) procedure for certain patients with high blood pressure. Clinicians at Cooper and Inspira Cardiac Care recently performed the first case using this new procedure at Cooper University Hospital in Camden.… Read more.

Cooper University Health Care’s Center for Resuscitation Education and Community Engagement recently made its first community donation of an automated external defibrillator (AED), accompanied by training on the system, to the Little Rock Baptist Church in Camden.… Read more.

If you haven’t updated your driver’s license or obtained an ID that is compliant with the REAL ID Act, you may not be able to travel on an airplane unless you have a passport. To get a REAL ID, you will need certain documentation.… Read more.

To prioritize commuter safety, PATCO will temporarily halt overnight weekday train service from midnight to 4 a.m., Sunday through Thursday, for six months starting this spring. This suspension will facilitate deep cleaning and extensive maintenance across its 13 stations in South Jersey and Philadelphia.… Read more.

Please join us in celebrating and honoring our Cooper physicians for all that they do for our patients, their families, and the Cooper team. To check out The Cooper Foundation’s new series, “Behind the Stethoscope,” read the physician tribute wall, submit a tribute, or make a donation, click here.… Read more.