Dear Cooper Team:
We hope this year is getting off to a good start and you are having a safe and productive week. Thank you for all you do for our patients and each other.
What You Should Know This Week:
- This Sunday marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year, “one of the most important celebrations of the year among East and Southeast Asian cultures.” To all those who celebrate, we send our best wishes for a happy and healthy year!
- Cooper recently honored Internal Medicine residents Dr. Ricky Orozco and Dr. Kat Kaminski, and fourth year Cooper Medical School of Rowan University student Anil Bhatnagar, with the Cooper Heroism Award for saving the life of a man who collapsed in a restaurant. To read more about their incredible act of heroism, click here.
- Cooper’s Event and Activity Reporting System – also known as EARS – has a new form for reporting violent events, including verbal abuse, threats of violence, physical violence, stalking, and threatening behavior. To access EARS, visit Quick Resources on the Pulse. Click here to learn more.
- Starbucks will offer extended hours twice a month. Beginning Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the Starbucks located in the lobby of Roberts Pavilion will offer extended hours from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. – on the first and last Tuesdays of every month. For more information, click here.
- CMSRU Story Slam. All are invited to hear Cooper University Health Care and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) team members read stories about their “Connection in Medicine” at the CMSRU auditorium on February 2, 2023, and vote for the winner. For more information, click here. To RSVP, click here.
Reminders:
- Vote for our Q4 2022 Good Catch Winner. Details can be found on the homepage of the Pulse homepage, and video testimonials and voting for each of the three nominees are now on Pulse+.
- 2023 Nursing Excellence Award Nominations Now Open. Please take a moment to nominate deserving nurses and patient care team members for the 2023 Nursing Excellence Awards. For more information click here, and for the full nomination packet click here.
- 2023 Payroll Tax Rates. To review the 2023 tax rates for Federal Social Security and Medicare for New Jersey and Pennsylvania, click here.
- Cooper’s Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine and Emergency Preparedness teams resumed hosting Basic Disaster Life Support (BDLS) and Advanced Disaster Life Support (ADLS) courses. For more information, click here.
COVID Updates:
- New Jersey reported another 1,483 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 15 confirmed deaths. For more information, click here. The CDC Community Level for Camden County is currently HIGH requiring masks in all Cooper facilities.
- For the latest updates on required PPE and masking, including non-clinical areas, 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, including Kalhy, Nicole, Jennifer, Natalie, Lauren, and Carolyn. Click here to read more.
- Click here to read the most recent Daily Dose, “People Need People.” As always, you can view the Daily Dose archives here.
- Theme of the Week: This Monday, January 23, 2023, is Maternal Health Awareness Day. In 2017, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to designate a day to raise awareness of maternal health, safety, and mortality issues. A table will be set up in the Roberts Pavilion Lobby from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday to bring awareness to these issues. For more information, click here.
- Movie Quote: “Any game becomes important when you know and love the players.”
Please email CEOQuestions@CooperHealth.edu with any questions or comments.