Dear Cooper Team:
We hope you are having a safe and productive week, as we move into the holiday season. Thank you for everything you do for our patients, their families, and each other.
What You Should Know This Week:
- Earlier today, we announced that we signed a Letter of Intent to merge with Cape Regional Health System. This is the first step in lengthy process, which could take more than a year. If completed, this proposed deal will merge Cape Regional into Cooper University Health Care to expand access to specialty health services to the Cape May County region. To read the internal announcement and the press release, click here.
- In November, a team of Cooper physicians spent a week in Tanzania to provide advanced medical education at Muhimbili Hospital in Dar Es Salaam. The team, led and organized by Nitin Puri, MD, Head of Critical Care Medicine, included Philip Dellinger, MD; Jason Bartock, MD; Adam Green, MD; and Lindsey Glaspey, DO, all members of Cooper’s Division of Critical Care Medicine. Funded by a grant, the team taught Fundamentals of Critical Care Support, a course developed by Dr. Dellinger for the Society of Critical Care Medicine in 1995. To read more, click here.
- Moorestown Campus Sneak Peek. As you know, construction is underway and the opening of our Moorestown campus is less than a year away. Once complete, it will become Cooper’s largest ambulatory campus. For a sneak peek at the progress being made at the site, watch a short video here.
- Care to Share, Cooper’s employee giving campaign, is an opportunity for all team members to support our organization’s life-saving work. Your donations are meaningful and appreciated, and those who donate will be entered in prize drawings throughout the month of December. For more information, click here.
Reminders:
- Cooper’s Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness teams will resume hosting Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) and Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) courses later this month. For more information, click here.
- Snowdown for Safety. Skiing right along, Dr. Jack Snowdown is on part two of a three-week journey through safety topics, highlighting the safekeeping of our patients, families, and team members. For more information, click here.
- Have an opinion on Cooper’s internal communications and marketing? Take a brief survey to help us better serve you and Cooper. Click here to take the survey.
- Use It or Lose It. Some of your earned Cooper Rewards Medallions may expire soon. Don’t wait; redeem today! For more information, click here.
COVID Updates:
- New Jersey reported another 1,891 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 confirmed deaths. For more information, click here.
- For the latest updates on required PPE and masking, go to the COVID-19 Resources section on the Pulse.
Other News:
- We love positive patient feedback. Kudos to all who are making The Cooper Experience a reality. Click here to read more.
- Click here to read the most recent Daily Dose, “Reading With Mr. Herman.” As always, you can view the Daily Dose archives here.
- Theme of the Week: ‘Tis the season of giving! Cooper’s third annual Community Health Winter Coat Drive is a great way to get into the holiday spirit and give to those in need. For more information on how you can help, click here.
- Movie Quote: “There is no right way to be a family.”
Please email CEOQuestions@CooperHealth.edu with any questions or comments.