On Monday, March 21, 2022, Cooper began using Teladoc to provide interpretive services during virtual patient appointments. Teladoc recently integrated with Voyce, the service that Cooper uses to provide interpretive services during in-person patient visits. Together, Teladoc and Voyce support our providers and patients by easing language barriers and creating a natural interaction during both in-person and virtual appointments.… Read more.
Celebrating Cooper’s Certified Nurses
On Friday, March 19, 2022, Cooper University Health Care recognized Certified Nurses Day and honored the commitment, expertise, and achievements of our certified nurses.
Cooper’s certified nurses are clinical experts in their specialty field dedicated to providing high-quality, evidence-based clinical care to more than 1.6 million patients each year.… Read more.
Patient Safety Awareness Week
This week, Cooper recognizes Patient Safety Awareness Week. Thank you to our entire Cooper team for playing an important role in Cooper’s journey toward becoming a High Reliability Organization and reaching a goal of zero harm.… Read more.
Cooper University Health Care Named Among Top 5% of Hospitals in the U.S. for Patient Safety by Healthgrades for Fourth Consecutive Year
Cooper University Health Care today announced that it has been recognized by Healthgrades as a 2022 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ recipient. This distinction places Cooper among the top 5% of all short-term acute care hospitals as evaluated by Healthgrades, the leading marketplace connecting patients and providers.… Read more.
Celebrating Our Cooper Team During Social Work Month
March is Social Work Month, and a great opportunity to learn about the important teams who work with patients and families to provide support during life’s most challenging moments. In New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s proclamation of March 2022 as Social Work Month in New Jersey, he acknowledged the impact of social workers on individuals and our communities at large: “Whereas the 2022 Social Work Month theme, ‘The Time is Right for Social Work’ embodies how social workers rose to meet the most pressing challenge of our lifetimes, the COVID-19 pandemic, even as our nation continues to grapple with systemic racism, economic inequality, global warming, and other crises … Social workers have helped this nation live up to its values by successfully advocating for equal rights for all, including individuals who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color, individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+, people of every race and creed, people with disabilities, and more.”… Read more.
Celebrating Our Cooper Team During Health Care HR Week
Health Care HR Week recognizes human resources professionals in health care organizations for their important role across the continuum of care.
At Cooper, our health care HR professionals navigate a number of complex issues every day, including:
- Workforce management
- Talent management and acquisition
- Compensation and benefits
- Employee relations
- Employee wellness
- Government regulations
- Changing reimbursement rules
- Evolving medical-record keeping and other new technology
The role of a health care HR professional requires an ability and willingness to develop creative solutions to ensure that employees across the health system, including those providing patient care, receive the support and services they need in order to do their jobs well.… Read more.
CMSRU Center for Humanism Newsletter
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) recently published the latest issue of the CMSRU Center for Humanism newsletter, entitled, “Weathering the Storm: Learning, Working, and Living During the Pandemic.” Click here to read the newsletter.… Read more.
Medicine Grand Rounds – Estimation of Kidney Function: Does Race Have a Place?
Estimation of Kidney Function: Does Race Have a Place?
Presented by:
Lawrence Weisberg, MD
Cooper University Health Care
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Associate Dean for Professional Development
Professor of Medicine
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Noon to 1 p.m.… Read more.
Medicine Grand Rounds: Environmental and Social Justice
Environmental and Social Justice
Presented by:
Marcus Sibley, MSW
Chairman, Environmental and Climate Justice Committee
NAACP New Jersey State Conference, Burlington, NJ
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Noon to 1 p.m.
CC121 or Webex
When it’s time, join your Webex meeting here.… Read more.
Radiology Grand Rounds: MRI of the Liver: Five Imaging Pearls
Radiology Grand Rounds – MRI of the Liver: Five Imaging Pearls
Presented by:
Evan S. Siegelman, MD
Section Chief, Body MRI
Department of Radiology
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Radiology
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
11:30 a.m.… Read more.
