Today, November 11, 2019, our nation celebrates Veterans Day to honor all those who have served our nation to secure our freedom and way of life. We are proud of the many Cooper employees who are veterans and we thank them for their service.… Read more.

The Rals point-of-care system has been successfully completed.
If you encounter any issues, please contact the Service Desk at 856.968.7166.

Cooper’s 2020 Open Enrollment period is November 11 through November 26, 2019. Your benefit elections will determine whether your enrollment is passive (no action necessary) or active (requires action).

• Current participants in the Basic and Core Plans do not have to take action and will have a passive enrollment for 2020 unless you decide to make a change to your existing benefit elections and/or enroll in a flexible spending account.

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve patient safety and satisfaction, Cooper joined the New Jersey High Reliability Organization (HRO) Collaborative earlier this year.

On Monday, November 11, 2019, we will launch a new HRO website, which will serve as a one-stop shop for all of Cooper’s HRO and patient safety-related information.… Read more.

Available to all Cooper employees:

The 2020 Life Support Training Center courses are now available to register online for Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).… Read more.

All presentations are held on Thursdays, noon to 1 p.m., in Dorrance 409 unless otherwise noted.

Topic: Rembrandt’s Empathy
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Salvatore Mangione, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director Internal Medicine Residency
Faculty, Clinical Skills Center
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Topic: Antibiotic Stewardship
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Dana Byrne, MD, MSCE
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship
Antimicrobial Stewardship Director
Cooper University Health Care
Camden, NJ

Attention all division heads/coordinators, executive/administrative coordinators/assistants and program administrators: Please forward to all your division faculty/housestaff members so that they may have the opportunity to access the WebEx presentation (audio and slides only – no video).… Read more.

Join us in celebrating Cooper Trauma’s 11th Annual Season of Hope and Healing by making a donation to the Trauma Center’s Annual Snowflake Fundraiser.

Purchase a “snowflake” in honor or in memory of someone special. Your snowflake will be on display in the DiFlorio Family Healing Garden in December.… Read more.

For the 10th year in a row, Cooper employees are invited to adopt a family through a partnership with Volunteers of America Delaware Valley. Volunteers of America has provided a list of families that need support.… Read more.

Camden County’s Newton Avenue Signal and Alignment Project aims to upgrade utilities, road surface, streetscape, traffic signals, curb ramps, and sidewalks along Newton Avenue near Cooper. as the project also is designed to improve the traffic flow of this diagonal corridor and support the revitalization of the neighborhood along Newton Avenue (between Kaighns Avenue/4^th Street and Pine/7^th Streets).… Read more.

Facilicare Solutions will be onsite to clean the interior and exterior windows at Cooper University Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper-Camden between November 11 and November 17, 2019.

This schedule may be adjusted due to inclement weather:

• Kelemen Pavilion: Perimeter interior windows – November 11 to November 12
• Kelemen Pavilion: Perimeter exterior windows – November 11 to November 12
• Roberts Pavilion: Perimeter interior windows – November 13 to November 14
• Roberts Pavilion: Perimeter exterior windows – November 13 to November 16
• Dorrance Building: Perimeter interior windows – November 14 to November 15
• Dorrance Building: Perimeter exterior windows – November 14 to November 16
• MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper-Camden: Perimeter interior windows – November 16 to November 17
• MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper-Camden: Perimeter exterior windows – November 16 to November 17

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Marc Argentieri at argentieri-marc@cooperhealth.edu… Read more.