Flu Vaccine Updates & Automatic Scheduling
Posted May 28, 2014 in Mobile Health Updates
As the flu vaccination 2013-2014 season winds down, Mobile Health will no longer be offering flu vaccines. This is a result of vaccine expiration dates and seasonal decrease in flu activity during the summer months. In preparation for the 2014-2015 flu season, we now offer automatic batch scheduling[Read more]
Northeast Still Under Widespread Flu Activity
Posted May 8, 2014 in Compliance Alerts Health Alerts
The latest CDC map of national flu activity shows only Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York as states with ‘widespread flu activity’. Most of the other 46 states show local or sporadic activity. New York State specifically reported influenza activity in 46 counties and all five[Read more]
Powder Alcohol: New Risk of Employee Alcohol Abuse
Posted April 29, 2014 in Health & Wellness
Palcohol may be an employer’s new worst nightmare; right alongside edible marijuana. Palcohol is a new product that sells alcohol in a powdered form at 12% alcohol by volume. This powder can then be added to a liquid or food for consumption, or as discouraged on their website: snorted. Although no[Read more]
Mumps Outbreak at Fordham University
Posted February 24, 2014 in Health Alerts
The New York City Health Department is investigating a confirmed outbreak of mumps (PDF) at Fordham University in the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx as well as the Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan. As of today, 2/24/14, there are 13 confirmed cases among students at both campuses. Infected students[Read more]
Mobile Health Increases DOT Exam Capacity with Additional Certified Medical Examiners in New York City and Long Island
Posted February 20, 2014 in Press Releases
(PRWEB) February 21, 2014 – Mobile Health recently added certified medical examiners to their Manhattan, Queens, and Hempstead locations to accommodate the increase of DOT exams and drug tests by local employers. With seven examiners, Mobile Health maintains the largest network of certified me[Read more]
Mobile Health Introduces Physical Fitness Testing in February 2014 for New York City Employers
Posted January 30, 2014 in Press Releases
Starting in February 2014, Mobile Health is offering employee physical abilities tests in their Manhattan, New York location. The physical abilities test evaluates an individual’s physical ability to perform certain job functions before making a hiring decision. Due to popular demand from multiple[Read more]
Waverley Mansion’s Call Me Maybe
Posted January 29, 2014 in Health & Wellness
For those who doubt happiness and excitement in their senior years, hope this video helps prove otherwise. Congratulations to The Waverley, an Ontarian nursing home, whose lives up to their tagline “It’s all about living” with this great video. The nursing home is part of Diversica[Read more]
White Collar Drug Abuse
Posted January 17, 2014 in Health & Wellness
With over two-thirds of all adult drug abusers employed, it is a high probability that a few employees are engaging in such dangerous illicit behavior in your company. Although many might stereotype the employed drug abuser as the creative artist in a bohemian design firm, the dangers apply to emplo[Read more]
Healthcare professionals impacted by widespread flu
Posted December 26, 2013 in Compliance Alerts
On December 19 2013, the New York State Health Commissioner declared the influenza virus widespread, requiring unvaccinated healthcare professionals (HCP) to wear a face mask while working with patients. This requirement is a result of the February 7 2013 regulation asking that all HCP’s be vaccin[Read more]
Phencyclidine: Concern for New York City Employers
Posted November 20, 2013 in Health & Wellness
The plague that spread across America in the 70’s is not gone, and a new SAMHSA study suggests that it might be making a rebound. PCP, angel dust, and wet are just a few of the terms used to describe recreational phencyclidine. Legally used in veterinarian clinics as an animal tranquilizer, recrea[Read more]
