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:
- Project Imagine Groundbreaking Media Event. Yesterday, Governor Phil Murphy, four former governors, Camden’s mayor, special guest Kelly Ripa, and hundreds of guests joined us and Chairman George Norcross at a groundbreaking media event in Cooper University Hospital’s lobby. The event was a great success that will further bolster Cooper’s reputation. It was also an opportunity to celebrate the incredible professionals over our past 138-year history whose dedication has helped us evolve into an elite, nationally recognized academic health system, including all of you. Project Imagine will also empower Cooper’s dedicated team of health care experts to provide the highest level of care to our patients in facilities that match their skills. We thank you for your dedication and passion that made yesterday possible. Kelly Ripa also made good on her pandemic promise yesterday to host a disco party with a red velvet cake. To see her comments thanking Cooper team members for their COVID-19 response, watch the entire event, and see event photos and press coverage, click here.
- February Is American Heart Month. Join the Cooper team in celebrating Wear Red Day on Friday, February 7, 2025. Be sure to share your photos on Pulse+. Click here for more information.
- Schwartz Center Rounds. Please join us for the next Schwartz Center Rounds on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, from noon to 1 p.m. In this session, “What’s Your Why – Meaning and Motivation in Medicine,” panelists will share an experience that describes why they continue to choose their role each day. Click here for more information.
- February Is National Random Acts of Kindness Month. Check out the C.A.R.E team’s page here for ideas on how to celebrate and to request a small bag of kindness coins that you can use to recognize fellow team members. To learn more, click here.
Reminders:
- New Recognition Portal. Cooper Celebrations launches on February 3, 2025. To submit nominations for award programs (Team Member of the Month, Manager of the Quarter) prior to that, email CooperRewards@CooperHealth.edu. For more details, click here.
- Call for Nominations: 2025 Cooper Camden Nursing Excellence Awards. Please submit nominations by Friday, January 31, 2025. View the full nomination packet here.
- Help Support Cape Patients in Need. To join the Cooper Cape team’s food drive running now through January 31, 2025, click here for information.
- 2025 CMSRU Story Slam. Cooper’s annual Story Slam takes place on February 4, 2025, at noon in the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) auditorium. All team members are welcome to attend the event. 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, “Your Printable Guide to Health Through Laughter.” 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. Rohit Patel, Denise, Dr. Brody, and the Ripa Center team. Click here to read more.
- Movie Quote: “If you weren’t you, then we’d all be a bit less we.”
Please email CEOQuestions@CooperHealth.edu with any questions or comments