Dear Cooper Team:
We hope everyone is doing well and having a healthy and safe Hospital Week. We appreciate your unwavering dedication to our patients, community, and one another.
What You Should Know This Week:
- Happy National Hospital Week. Cooper has an extraordinary team dedicated to our mission. Click here to view the schedule of activities to celebrate all you do. Don’t miss the Hospital Engagement Fair, running now through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the hospital gift shop in Camden. Click here to see a list of participating departments and programs.
- Celebrating Nursing Excellence: 2025 Award Winners. On Monday, May 12, 2025, Cooper proudly announced the recipients of the 2025 Nurses of the Year Awards. Congratulations to Raymond Duma, BSN, RN, a dedicated medical-surgical nurse at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, and Yulia Schaffer, BSN, RN, CMC, CCRN, a skilled critical care nurse at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional. Watch the video of the 2025 Nursing Excellence Award recipients here. To learn more, click here.
- RECAP: Cooper Celebrated National Nurses Week. Nurses Week at Cooper was filled with celebrations across our health system. Thank you for your unwavering commitment to our patients, team members, and the communities we serve. Click here to see some pictures of the team.
- Do You Have a Ticket to Ride? To enhance patient safety, a new “Ticket to Ride” form will need to be printed from Epic to improve communication during handoffs involving Transport Services at Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Learn more about the Safe Travels Campaign here.
- The Peep-le Have Spoken – Diorama Contest Winners. Thank you to all who participated in the 2025 Peeps Diorama Contest, and congratulations to our winners. To see the winning entries, chick here.
- Help Name Our New Cleaning Robots. Starting June 1, 2025, you’ll see two cleaning robots in action at Cooper University Hospital in Camden—one a powerful floor scrubber, the other a high-efficiency vacuum. Click here to submit your naming ideas.
- APP Slogan Contest. The APP Engagement Committee of the AP Council is hosting a slogan contest for National APP Week, which runs from September 22 through 26, 2025. The winning submission will be proudly displayed on an APP Week T-shirt. Click here for more information.
- Celebrating Five Years. Cooper team members recently celebrated five years since the official opening of Cooper’s Cherry Hill Campus on April 27, 2020. Click here to see pictures of the festivities.
- Technology Tip of the Week. Did you know that you can create a shortcut to the files that are saved in a frequently used Teams channel? Click here to learn how.
Reminders:
- “Team Resource Group” Seeks New Name. Click here to suggest a name.
- New and Improved Cooper Company Store. We’ve added Staples as an option in Cooper’s Company Store. For a fantastic selection of apparel, accessories, and more, click here.
- Center for LGBTQ+ Health Fundraiser. Join the Cooper Foundation at the Collingswood Ballroom on June 11, 2025, at 6 p.m. for a fundraiser for Cooper’s Center for LGBTQ+ Health. To learn more, click here.
- PTO Sell Back. Requests must be completed through iCooper Team Member Space between May 27 and June 9, 2025. For more information, click here. Cooper Cape team members will receive information on PTO cash-out separately.
- Fresh, Locally Grown Veggies. This summer, beginning Thursday, June 5, 2025, Rancocas Creek Farm will bring patients and team members in Camden fresh, locally sourced foods through a community-supported agriculture program. There are only a few slots left, so act now. Click here to read more.
- Goodbye LifeImage, Hello Medicom. On May 19, 2025, we will be transitioning from LifeImage to Medicom as our new cloud-sharing platform for importing and uploading imaging exams. To ensure a smooth transition, training is required for all current LifeImage users. 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, “3 Steps to Reduce Self-Obsessing.” 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 Paige, Maria, Mrs. Sherl, Lisa, Gabrielle, Allison, Daria, Manny, Jenny, and Drs. Nyce, Raghuwanshi, and Winters. 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.