Dear Cooper Team:
We hope everyone is doing well and having a healthy and safe week. We are grateful for your unwavering dedication to our patients, community, and one another.
What You Should Know This Week:
- Connect, Support, Advocate: Join a Team Resource Group at Cooper. Team resource groups (TRGs) are team member-led groups that enhance a sense of belonging, cultural awareness, and workplace safety. You are invited to become a leader or member of one of our existing TRGs or suggest a new group you’d like to see at Cooper. Click here for more information.
- Schwartz Center Rounds: Panelists Needed. The Schwartz Center Rounds offer a platform for team members from all levels to discuss the social, emotional, and sometimes ethical aspects of patient care. Held monthly at Cooper and open to everyone, the rounds foster a supportive environment for meaningful dialogue. If you’re interested in participating as a panelist in an upcoming session or want to learn more, click here.
- Enhancing Patient Care: New Mobility Device Available at Cooper Camden. The Johns Hopkins Activity and Mobility Program remains essential to our daily practice at Cooper. We are thrilled to announce that Cooper University Hospital in Camden has introduced Sara® Stedy sit-to-stand mobility devices across all inpatient units. Click here to learn more.
- New Pharmacy Plan Enhancements for Cooper Camden. Team members and enrolled dependents in Cooper’s Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey medical plan can now obtain maintenance prescriptions either at an expanded retail pharmacy network or through home delivery. For more information about these enhancements, click here.
- Cooper Cape’s Expanded ED Suite Open House. The Cooper Cape team will celebrate the grand opening of the newly completed Emergency Department suite on Monday, January 20, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. To learn more, click here.
- Join the Cooper Cape Team’s Food Drive. To participate in Cape’s food drive, running now through January 31, 2025, click here for more information.
Reminders:
- NEW Date. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Food Distribution Event. Team members will distribute non-perishable and ready-to-eat food items to Camden County residents on Monday, January 27, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For additional information, click here. Sign up here to volunteer to assist on the day of the event, slots are limited.
- Second Annual Hackathon Registration Is Open. The Cooper Innovation Center is hosting its second annual Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Hackathon. The first Hackathon was a great success. For more information, click here.
- New Recognition Portal. Cooper Celebrations starts in February. To submit nominations for award programs (Team Member of the Month, Manager of the Quarter) email CooperRewards@CooperHealth.edu. For more details, click here.
- Call for Nominations: 2025 Cooper Camden Nursing Excellence Awards. Please submit your nominations by Friday, January 31, 2025. To review the full nomination packet, click here.
- Cooper Welcomes Optum as New Employee Assistance Program in 2025. To see what’s available to you and your eligible dependents at Optum Emotional Wellbeing Solutions, click here.
- Don’t Miss it Tomorrow … Eat, Think, Create. Cooper’s Latinos Unidos Team Resource Group (TRG) invites you to their 2025 Vision Board Event on Thursday, January 16, 2025, to help envision goals and activities for the year. Click here for more information.
- Cooper Events From Cape to Camden. See them all here.
Other News:
- Click here to read the most recent Daily Dose, “10 Simple Ideas for Better Health.” As always, you can view the Daily Dose archives here.
- We love positive patient feedback. Kudos to all who are making The Cooper Experience a reality, including Dr. Shapiro, Dr. Lee, Bri, Jennifer, Dr. Lopez, Sara, and Susan. Click here to read more.
Movie Quote: “A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.”
Please email CEOQuestions@CooperHealth.edu with any questions or comments.